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Fall Fashion Trends |
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Fashion Trends |
Fashion for All
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Fall Fashion Trends |
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Fashion Trends |
The Fall/Winter Paris Prêt-a-Porter Fashion Week is the most prominent trade event for the fashion industry, when Fall fashions are rolled-out as a season preview for the world's biggest retail buyers who're scrambling to place their orders for fashion, handbags, jewelry, shoes, hats and cosmetics. Unlike other large industry convention hall tradeshows, Fashion Week is orchestrated citywide at some of Paris' most prominent points of interest.
This year from February 25th to March 4th, top designers and fashion design students staged fashion extravaganzas ranging from the pinnacle of good taste to the surreal. Among the selected sites, were the Louvre, Jardin des Tuileries, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l'Homme, le Champs-Elysee, le Tour Montparnasse, place du Trocadéro, Théâtre du Châtelet, and La Sorbonne.
Winter Paris Fashion Week 2007 took place February 26 through March 4, and featured everyone who's anyone in the designer world, including long-time Parisian favorites Chanel, Dior, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix and Givenchy.
If you are looking to start in the fashion world you will need to make sure that you know more about fashion design drawing. You may think that it is easy to draw a dress or a pair of pants, but if you are going to do a fashion design drawing you will need to know that that drawing or sketch needs to have a ton of detail in it. You will need to be able to convey just about anything on that one piece of paper about the piece that are working on. Fashion design drawings are one of the most important aspects of fashion designing.
If you are just starting out it is understandable for you to feel intimidated by the fact that you need to know how to draw. You will find that only the best designers know how to draw. Also, if you know how to draw you will find that it is not the only skill you need to get into the fashion industry. Most of the time you will find that it is best if you went to a fashion school or college before you tried your luck in the industry.
You will also need to know that if you want to make it as any type of fashion designer you will need to know that you are ready to make it in the business. You do not want to waste your only shot of getting into the business by going to unprepared. Be prepared and if you think that you are ready, go ahead and prepare yourself a little more, just to make sure.
You need to find a few fashion design drawings online to know what we are talking about. You will need to sturdy these drawings to be able to appreciate the detail that needs to go into them. You will find that not many drawings come with a write up at the bottom. You need to be able to tell a story with your drawing, you need to be able to give the seamstress orders with your drawing, and you need to do this with your drawing alone, without the need to talk to him or her.
Every now and again, we see an emergence of a garment that was popular years ago. That enables us to buy something very new for a wardrobe, and we can use our classic garments, along with these new pieces. For instance, on the cat walks this year, we are seeing that dungarees are once again on trend. Dungarees can be worn in many ways, however, this year they are worn not very fitting buy more on the baggy side yes. Denim really is a classic, and although some of the dungarees are made of denim others are in pastel colors and more earthy tones.
Another trend emerging on the cat walks this year, and is underwear as outerwear. It will be interesting to see just how many people will wear this trend, as it really is slightly out there. This lingerie look, can be worn in varying degrees by having just a hint of underwear showing under a jacket or with many sheer layers over the top.
Hermès handbags have been on the wanted list of many individuals who desire the best in quality and craftsmanship. Perhaps none more than the famous Hermes Birkin Handbag named after the famous actress Jane Birkin who posed nude alongside Brigitte Bardot in the late 60's. The Hermes brand name and especially the birkin bag is one of the few that holds their value and even increases in value as an investment vehicle. Finding a place to buy a Birkin Handbag can be almost impossible.
Hermès Birkin handbags are hand-crafted by experienced craftsmen, taking up to 48 hours to manufacture. Most Hermes boutiques have a waiting list that can have a wait of up to two years to get a Birkin bag. The boutiques never know when a new shipment of Birkin Handbags will be delivered or how many they may get in which creates the exclusivity and shortage. Therefore, it can be difficult to buy a Birkin Handbag for lack of finding one to buy.
'Harajuku girls', popularly known as the 'fashion aficionados' or the 'beauty stars of Japan', are best known all over the world for their unique costumes, which are made in various styles of clothing that originated in the rich culture of some of the major cities of Japan. They have been named after the very popular Harajuku district in Tokyo and were made popular in the West by the 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby' album released in 2004 by Gwen Stefani.
Their Clothing Styles
These young, beautiful fashion icons are Japanese teenage girls who gather in a narrow street of 'Takeshita' every weekend and dress themselves up as the baby dolls of the Lolita-esque caricatures. A large number of fashion styles, including the cyber fashion, Gothic Maid, Wamono, Gothic Lolita, Second-Hand Fashion, and Decorah, can be noticed among these young ladies.
They can be often seen wearing dark outfits combined with traditional Japanese clothing, such as Kimonos and fans. Some of them also wear fake bandages and blood and carry things, such as cell phones, hello kitties, and photo stickers, which symbolize modern Japan. The varied clothing styles of these girls are beautifully featured by 'FRUiTS', the most popular Japanese street-fashion magazine.
Women in their twenties fashion are at their prime when it comes to beach fashion. The options are endless and this year beach wear offers something for everyone. If you're planning an ocean side get away with your friends here is what you need in your travel bag.