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Types of Fashion
As much as I love fashion I never took notice of the words they use to describe clothing. Recently I kept hearing Haute Couture, and I was like what is that? what does it mean? I went online and realised that its just a fancy term use to describe how a clothes fits you and time and quality of fabric used. Its just what a dressmaker does, measure you and make your clothes to fit perfectly. But in this case its high fashion, not what a typical dress maker sews.
Haute Couture : French for high-fashion. Garments are sewn for a specific client. A Haute Couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric. These couture garments are sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of the materials and the time it takes to make. However, "Haute Couture", can only be official used by companies that meet strict criteria set by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. Now I see why they are so expensive and of of range. lol
Ready-to-wear: These clthing is a cross between haute couture and mass market. They are not made for individual customers, but great care is taken in the choice and cut of the fabric. Clothes are made in small quantities to guarantee exclusivity, so they are rather expensive. These collections are usually presented by fashion houses each season during a period known as Fashion Week. Fashion Week takes place in a city-wide basis and occurs twice a year.
Mass Market: The fashion industry currently relies more on mass market sales. The mass market caters for a wide range of customers, producing ready-to-wear clothes in large quantities and standard sizes. Cheap material, creatively used, produce affordable fashion. Mass market designers generally adapt the trends set by the famous names in fashion. They often wait around a season to make sure a style is going to catch on before producing their own versions of the original look. In order to save money and time, they use cheaper fabrics and simpler production techniques which can easily be done by machine. The end product can therefore be sold much more cheaply.
Haute Couture : French for high-fashion. Garments are sewn for a specific client. A Haute Couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric. These couture garments are sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of the materials and the time it takes to make. However, "Haute Couture", can only be official used by companies that meet strict criteria set by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. Now I see why they are so expensive and of of range. lol
Ready-to-wear: These clthing is a cross between haute couture and mass market. They are not made for individual customers, but great care is taken in the choice and cut of the fabric. Clothes are made in small quantities to guarantee exclusivity, so they are rather expensive. These collections are usually presented by fashion houses each season during a period known as Fashion Week. Fashion Week takes place in a city-wide basis and occurs twice a year.
Mass Market: The fashion industry currently relies more on mass market sales. The mass market caters for a wide range of customers, producing ready-to-wear clothes in large quantities and standard sizes. Cheap material, creatively used, produce affordable fashion. Mass market designers generally adapt the trends set by the famous names in fashion. They often wait around a season to make sure a style is going to catch on before producing their own versions of the original look. In order to save money and time, they use cheaper fabrics and simpler production techniques which can easily be done by machine. The end product can therefore be sold much more cheaply.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A new look thats razing eyebrows
Bleached eyebrows.
When it comes to eyebrows, high fashion has decided there is only one way to go - and go they must. Emma Watson and Cheryl Cole may adhere to the power of the brow to frame a face, but more and more models are bleaching them to the point of invisibility. The eyebrows, it seems, has become "excess" hair. Agyness Deyn, Lily Donaldson and Linda Evangelista have all gone eyebrowless recently. In Givenchy's latest advertising campaign, eight male and female models recline in a french chateau looking curiously androgenous. Each is eyebrowless.
Perhaps the trend has been a long time coming. Three years ago, the model Lara Stone bleached her brows on the advice of Carine Roitfeld, the esteemed editor of French Vogue. This year she starred at the authum/winter and couture shows, apperaing on catwalks for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier and Prada among others. And this month the popular 90s model Kristen McMenamy, now 42, appears on the cover of Italian Vogue without brows, 17 years after she and Karen Elson popularised the look during the grunge years.
Makeup artist Pat McGrath worked on the Balenciaga and Prada shows, both of which featured bleached-out brows. "The current economic troubles open people up to be more daring and willing to don cutting-edge looks," she says.
At a time when advertising is suffering, is eyebrowlessness just a more extreme way for a brand to sell its products? Or perhaps the prevalence of Botox (no frowning or eyebrow raising) means we simply have no need for them?
Aiden Jean-Marie, creative director of Premier Model Management, says he has "had a couple of girls who had their brows bleached for beauty stories in the last few weeks. I think clients like the look because it's clean, like a blank canvas, and 90s-inspired, which is a big trend. It's alien-like and quite creepy."
But before you reach for the Jolene, consider a more subtle take on the look. Lisa Oxenham, beauty and style editor at Marie Claire, advises "gently tweaking eyebrows with breach". She says it gives the same effect as freckles on blondes. But she warns against eyebrow removal. "Brows give a face expression - when they are not there the look hardens." And "it is not advised if your face is round, long or if you're hungover.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Recycling a mans XL shirt
This is an express mans XL shirt that was never worn and was about to go to salvation army. I realized that the shirt had alot of potential (lol) and i went to work. First i removed the sleeves, cut them in to short sleeve and added a little gathers at the cuff and armhole. Added a slit, cuffs and button hole. I shorten the length and took the sides in to make it more fitted. And my shirt was done. Then i realise that one side of the shirt had design and the other side was blank, so i took the original cuffs and made it into a pocket. And my shirt was now perfect.
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