WHO ARE FASHION DESIGNERS AND WHAT DOES THEY DO?
Fashion designers hold a special place in our world. Their talent and vision play a big role in how people look, and also contribute to the cultural and social environment. They love to study fashion trends, sketch designs, select materials, and have a part in all the production aspects of their designs. They contribute to the creation of millions, if not billions of pieces of clothing and accessories purchased by consumers on a yearly basis.
Fashion designers create women’s, men’s and children’s apparel. This might include sportswear, maternity wear, outerwear, underwear, formalwear, eyewear and footwear. There are also accessory designers who design belts, scarves, hats, handbags and hosiery. There are fashion designers at different levels of the fashion industry, from well-known couturiers, to unknown fashion designers working for ready-to-wear houses, to fashion stylists who might make only small changes in existing designs.
Fashion designers promote themselves with the help of marketing and advertising. Some designers market their fashions through runway shows, as well as through their own retail stores. Some also lend their name to other licensed products in order to expand their brand identity. In fact, many celebrity fashion designers actually do very little designing of the collections that bear their name.
Fashion designers are now beginning to use new technologies such as body-scanning for a better custom fit, or seamless knitting technologies that can produce clothing with just a simple push of a button. Similar to how the sewing machine changed the face of fashion in the past, the future will change due to new technologies, resources, and tools. High-tech textiles will enable fashion designers to create new product lines including those that incorporate sun protection, and other unique qualities. New consumer demands and preferences may even have more to do with function than with fashion.
FROM WHERE DOES FASHION ORIGNATES FROM?
The vast generation of fashion spreads from Europe to the whole world with the visual illustration of Designer’s well know, famous and well designed clothes at the expensive, luxurious and big fashion events where models catwalk on the runways to beautify the talented designer’s work. Italy and France are most well praised for their new yet traditionally rooted clothing brands such as Gucci, Channel, Dior, Versace, Louis Vitton, Hermes, Renault, Burberry, Addidas and many more that are highly end brands with million of shares and newbie designers to introduce new fashion into world.
FAST FASHION BRANDS
Fast fashion brands produce pieces to get the newest style on the market as soon, They emphasize optimizing certain aspects of the for the trends to be designed and manufactured quickly and inexpensively and allow the mainstream to buy current clothing styles at a lower price. This philosophy of quick manufacturing at an affordable price is used in large retailers such as H&M, Zara, Forever 21. It particularly came to the fore during the vogue According to the UK Environmental Audit Committee’s report “Fixing Fashion,” fast fashion "involves increased numbers of new fashion collections every year, quick turnarounds and often lower prices. Reacting rapidly to offer new products to meet consumer demand is crucial to this business.
FAST FASHION DESIGNERS
Even though any designer in the fashion industry holds very importance and have worked equally hard in learning things than others but the designers that struggle to make their place ends up in fast fashion hole. They remake clothing items exactly that of high brands but with the sprinkle of their own ideas and a little bit of intricate additions.
PROBLEM WITH FAST FASHIONS
There is a reason why fast fashion is also known as disposable fashion; the significant amount of waste associated with it. With consumers understanding and accepting the lesser quality of the garments in substitution for lower prices, they are quick to throw away the items and move on to the next trend. Although this is nothing new in the fashion industry as there have always been trends causing a large surplus; with fast fashion however, the amount of pollution has increased at a tremendous rate.
I saw a documentary on the increasing fast fashion industry and got to know that that 100 gallons of water’s used in dying procession of a leather jacket that we buy in very low-price from fast fashions. Imagine, this much water getting wasted just for a piece of fabric that would end someone’s thurst in some poor country!! That’s why we should avoid fast fashions for the sake of our environment. Because after all it’s us people who’d have to live in the crisis if we wouldn’t act wisely.
FASHION DESIGNERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
The style, impression and the representation way of different designers from different countries varies due to their culture, art, folk tradition, weather and the way of living even their religious beliefs.
Fashion Designers of Europe
These European designers changed the way feminity used to be pictured. With their moods and personalities adding vivid, colourful and bold texture into the designing their clothes. Worked with A-List celebrities and made their name with a maroon stamp into the fashion industry.
1 Coco Chanel (1883-1971) …
2 Karl Lagerfeld (1933-) …
3 Miuccia Prada (1949-) …
4 Gianni Versace (1946-1997) …
5 Hubert de Givenchy (1927-) …
6 Christian Dior (1905-1957) …
7 Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) …
8 Giorgio Armani (1934-)
FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA
Unlike of European fashion American fashion was and is very opposite. It’s electrifying and poppy. Graphic and intense to eyes. Apart from professional business attire, American fashion is vibrant and predominantly informal. While Americans diverse cultural roots are reflected in their clothing, particularly those of recent immigrants, cowboy hats, boots, jeans, and leather motorcycle jackets are emblematic of specifically American styles. It’s deeply rooted with black fashion and their folk clothing but that’s another thing that they don’t give credit to them due to their capitalism.
1 Ralph Lauren
2 Marc Jacobs
3 Tom Ford
4 Betsey Johnson
5 Donna Karran
5 Micheal Kors
7 Vera Wang
8 Carolina Herrera
9 Tory Burch
FASHION DESIGNERS OF SOUTH ASIA
South Asian fashion’s largely based on the centuries old cultural art and religious modesty. The dense, rich and deep relation of designers with their history’s very admirable. It’s vast, full of different cultures as one unit and everyone cherish each other’s folk clothing. South Asia comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan. The geographical terrain varies from mountainous regions along the northern borders, to desert areas, arid and semiarid zones dependent on monsoon rains for agriculture, the uplands of the Deccan Plateau, tropical wetlands, and the rich valleys of the Indus and Ganges rivers, seats of ancient cultures.
Despite differences in physical appearance, language, and other ethnological features, the people of South Asia share to a considerable degree a common cultural heritage. Sanskrit and Prakrit, the languages of the region’s most ancient texts, are still employed in religious rituals and classical learning. The Mahabharata and Ramayana, great epics dating from ca. 500-300 B.C.E., reinforce cultural links and a sense of shared tradition throughout the
Draped and wrapped garments are the most common form of clothing for both men and women in South Asia. The sari (also spelled saree), in many variant sizes and wrapping techniques, worn with a choli (blouse), is the most typical form of South Asian women’s dress. An analogous wrapped garment for the lower torso and legs, the dhoti, is widely worn by men; it is usually wrapped and tucked to form a kind of unstitched pantaloon. In some areas both sexes wear the sarong (also known as a lungi), a wrapped skirt. Stitched garments are also widely worn in the region by both men and women; examples include the loose trousers called payjamas, and the ensemble of salwar (pantaloons) and kamiz (long tunic) that has become the national dress of Pakistan.
Wrapped and draped garments appear to be the oldest form of attire in South Asia. Nevertheless, awls found at archaeological sites of the Harappan civilization, in the Indus Valley B.C.indicate that leather stitching and embroidery were practiced there. Stitched garments entered the region with ancient migrations of people from Central Asia. The assumption made by some European scholars that Muslims introduced tailoring to South Asia is incorrect. Early literature preserves words for the needle, the thimble, scissors, and even for the sewingbag, showing that tailoring was practiced in ancient times.
An early Harappan sculpture depicts a priest’s draped garment with an embroidered trefoil motif. Women are shown wearing elaborate headgear and a scanty wrap around the hips and ■■■■■ area, a form of dress used even today by some tribal people of Central India.
THESE SOUTH ASIANS DESIGNERS AND BRANDS HAS CREATED THEIR NAME IN THE WORLD
1 Payal Singhal
2 Sana Safinas
3 Sabyaschi
4 Khaadi
5 Sapphire
5 Mrunalini Rao
7 Elan
8 Asim Jofa
9 Harleen Kaur
10 HoliChic by Megha
FASHION OF ASIA
Asian fashion appreciates clean lines, textures, and quality fabrications. A lot of people dress very simple, but the silhouettes of their outfits are balanced in a very cool way- think over sized trench layered over a t-shirt and culottes, a monochromatic look layered in a comfortable but chic way, or a slip dress layered over a long sleeve t-shirt and paired with sneakers. They master the basics of dressing, but adjust simple staple items to fit their personality and make them their own.
The style was very conservative in Asia which somewhat ties into the first observation. There was actually one American girl I saw who was wearing a tube top and cut off jean shorts that stood out like a sore thumb. Even in the heat, they dress very neat, put together, and feminine. They appreciate the bows, embellishments, lace, etc. that adds girliness and flirtation to clothes. The brand that I think really resonates with this category of style in Asia is sophisticated and ultra fem. Think of something you’d wear to a fancy country club brunch and that’s how a good amount of Asian women like to dress everyday.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, we have the Harajuku crowd. Harajuku is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth culture and fashion. This style includes just about everything from mixing bold colors, layering graphic prints, platform shoes, neon hair, knee high socks, ripped fishnets, and more! Now depending on where you go, you won’t see too much of this, but it is significant enough to be associated with Asian fashion and something that is unique to the Japanese culture.
FASHION DESIGNERS OF ASIA
1 Jason Wu.
2 Huishan Zhang.
3 Alexander Wang.
4 Humberto Leon and Carol Lim.
5 Han Chong.
6 Chitose Abe.
7 Prabal Gurung.
8 Anaïs Jourden Mak.
EVOLUTION OF FASHION
Fashion is constantly evolving and changing and with each era of life comes a new style and trends. Fashion patterns travel every which way; then a general public’s esteems are built up and developing trademark to their convictions and culture. Fashion is recently not a driven anticipated picture of a reinterpreted decent old incentive to satisfy some capacity or motivation alike yet rather a suggestive and invigorating idea sufficiently commendable to be depicted for society’s gratefulness that makes us significantly more intuitive. As an outflow of their emotions the present youth attempt to decipher design inclines and embrace the garments style that suits their esteem and attributes. It is stream crosswise over hypothesis where the draw of stylish experience has offered ascend to regular design and psychological engagement. The accomplishment of the design drift lies in the way the general public deciphers the form slant and judges it.
Semiotics in Fashion Photography: Does it affect culture as much as culture affects it? Introduction Fashion Photography has taken quite the belittling from the conventional world of photography. Where other forms of photography ‘naturally’ capture beauty, fashion photography is have said to be too meticulous in ‘setting up’ the photograph. Brookes states that, “fashion advertising, in particular, is seen as negating the purity of the photographic image.
the Spain headquarters, in this way; the “design-on-demand” model will be more adapted to the various country specificities. An optimal solution can be the combination between cost leadership and local responsiveness. Zara is one of the biggest retailers in the fashion industry. Its business model is unique: Zara gathers the information from the customers and then respond in a fast manner to their demands.
The fashion choices people make should not define who they are. People should be judged based on their actions and not by their fashion choices. Passing judgement based on looks can hurt others and cause issues in society. Some people are required to dress in a certain fashion, but that does not determine whether they are good or bad. I chose this argument topic because it involves my major in fashion and also an issue for which I can relate.
I need to break it down into three core reasonable categories. The first is the general attractions. Oh how lovely, green lady! Oh how beautiful, poisonous electric lights! Too long have we thrown ourselves at your needy doorstep. The second is the fashion. For some unholy reason, I, a female, find myself loving New York City’s particular fashion flavors.
I find my initial ideas of good and evil very vague as there are many more aspects that go into what makes a person or act good or evil. I found myself focusing on the disguised evils which are exhibited in the first essay and third project and essay for the class.
How the change in fashion over the decades has represents ones particular lifestyle Introduction Fashion is a way of expressing one’s self through clothing which could be influenced by a particular era or group fighting for a cause or representing a certain groups with the same interests. It highlights how a group of people have a certain persona that can be so ‘large’ that it will influence the way they dress and their beliefs and lifestyle.
Influence on Fashion Introduction I aim to analyse the key role that the surrealist movement has played on fashion and the fashion industry. Both from a historical point of view, as well as its continued impact on fashion today, as a source of inspiration for contemporary fashion designers. In this essay I will account for how the Surrealist movement in art has influenced the progress and growth of fashion worldwide and our sense of appearance.
CONCLUSION
Fashion can be overlooked and downplayed quite often. Fashion is so much more than just throwing on a pair of pants with a shirt. Fashion and personal style means something to people. Its a way of expressing who someone is or to prove themselves to others, its a womans vulnerability, style is something that is someones own and makes a person feel unique and individual. For as long as time can tell fashion has played a huge role in the world and its something people will never not need.