I am a woman breed by fashion. Fashion has not only empowered me to be the strong woman I am today but it is the only matter that drives me to excel. Fashion does not just exist, it lives. How you dress can interpret how a person feels, how their day went, or what lifestyle they live. I've always wanted to help women enhance their natural beauty. I suffered from low self esteem myself, but embracing who I was and my style bought confidence and drive to my life. This has been my passion since I was five years old and even in the present day fashion is my biggest muse in life. Though I have had my obstacles staying true to my style, dedication to be successful, and my learning from my mistakes has gotten me to this opportunity today. I have great potential within me and The Fashion Institute of Technology is the perfect place for me to broaden my knowledge and apply my skills to grow within the fashion industry. I want to strive to be the best with the best.
My ambition has always been radiated by fashion. I remember as young as the age of four, fashion has been a significant facet of my life. Growing up I was quite the introvert, but fashion bought life to me. I would play dress-up with my grandparent’s clothes and costumes and do a catwalk. I started drawing clothing at the age of five. My aunt and I would sit at the dining room table and create what we liked to call "princesses". I even remember giving my drawings names of the states and their capitols just to help me in geography. Once my family picked up on my love for fashion, I got a sewing machine for Christmas. It was in 2004 and I'll never forget this Christmas year. I quickly began to learn to sew and made clothes for my Barbie dolls. I would make little...
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...ings within the fashion industry. My dream is to become a Fashion Event Coordinator/Producer and I would love to own a boutique selling my own line along with other independent designer labels. I want to support the hard work of great designers that are not as mainstream and renowned but deserve the credit for great craftsmanship and talent. I want to do what I love and I know FIT will not only give me the extensive education I need to progress, but it will also put me inside of a community that is diverse in cultures and talents that will give me the competitiveness, atmosphere and challenge I need to successfully apply myself. I am a great candidate for FIT because I have no space for error. I have my eye set on a goal and I plan on achieving it with at high statures. I would love to wear the name of FIT and let the world know that FIT helped cultivate my career.
Once I graduate, I plan to become employed in an established salon to build my client list and experience. A lot of my style inspiration comes from vintage styles, 90’s punk styles, and vibrant colors. I hope one day to move west, continuing to learn and accomplish my goals.
Ever since I was a little girl watching the Peony Parade I looked up to the girls who participated in the Peony Pageant. I always told myself after watching that I wanted to be one of the girls who participated in the Peony Pageant, even if I made it or not, just auditioning means that I gave it a chance. I want to be one of the girls that the younger generation looks up to, like I looked up to the girls in the past years. I was always told growing up that I could do anything I put my mind to and this is one of many things I want to achieve.
The fashion industry provides both creative and business-oriented positions, making the fashion world interesting. Fashion moves in cycles, and many, especially those who work within the industry, describe fashion as very fickle. When it comes to people one might work within the industry, fashion attracts eccentric, creative people who are often very difficult to work for and with, and those within the fashion world can be very brutal and backstabbing. Starting salaries can be very low, workspaces can be crowded and noisy, and schedules can be unpredictable and hours are often long and labor-intensive. Though, there is potential for large salaries, travel, and fun, there is can also be quiet, solitude, and security, largely depending on where one works in the field. If one works in the fashion ind...
Fashion is a form people use as a way for self expression. For me, fashion dictates how a person sense of style is; some may be bold and loud or simple and calm in which it also gives others an outlook on how their character may be. Although fashion is a way to express ones’ sense of style it does not tells us who the person is personally. Fashion in the society of the 1900s has changed female gender roles then and now by the way their roles changed during the time.
The world famous designer and fashion icon Coco Chanel once said “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, and what is happening.” Fashion is something that has evolved multiple times and is also something that has stood the test of time since the very beginning. It’s something that effects society from things like people’s first impressions of what they assume about you to defining your social class from the wealthier to the not so wealthy. Fashion itself is a reflection of social, economic, political and cultural changes. It expresses modernity, symbolizing the spirit of the times. "Fashion is the most powerful art there is. Its movement, design,
Fashion is an evolving subject. Fashion Photography, as Fashion itself has transformed too. The way Fashion Photography has changed a lot to what it was and what it is now. And yes it would have changed as a lot has transformed through the years of fashion. Fashion Photography’s meaning and representation has changed in a way that the image represents something that sometimes is not realistic, Photography as an illusion. Fashion Photography has changed in the way we look at it know, it has changed gender issues, sexuality, ethnicity and the way the body has been portrayed. So when looking at a fashion image you have a lot to think about if you want to fully understand the concept of it meaning. It’ not how it used to be, women/men in clothes, showing of the designers creations. But it has a hidden agenda, hidden word, a meaning that it is try to communicate to the viewers. The words in the image, the image are the words, words are hidden in the image or the image is the word are many ways of explaining how fashion image are seen and understood in today fashion photography.
From the moment I starting my educational path I knew four years wouldn’t be enough to fill me with all the dimensions of the fashion industry. This led me to make my decision to apply for the M.S. Global Fashion Enterprise degree. When asked how this program at Philadelphia University would benefit me, I will begin by giving a background on my previous education. I started my undergraduate degree at Buffalo State College in upstate New York pursuing a Bachelor degree in Fashion Merchandising. After being in the program for a year I was confident in knowing I needed a change. My journey changed drastically when I moved down to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida where I transferred to the Art Institute under the same major. I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fashion Merchandising come this June 2014. My experience at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has uncovered my love of education and research.
...nsive apparel or shoes. It's about wearing pieces that make I feel good about my community. Fashion has become a tool for achieving an understanding of culture and tradition with the inner world and a way of revealing or concealing peculiarities. Clothing is a fathomless notion, it exhibits the hard work and efforts of the user, and fashion stands beside us as we solve the formula of personality. Every style has a specific meaning and they represent our heart to link people around the world together as a united family. Indeed, fashion generates many negative consequences; it displays cumbersome identity till you accustomed to them, but if it doesn’t hurt people in the way “I want to be myself”, I believe fashion is acceptable. Summing it up, fashion is a daily way to embrace art and express who you are. So, why wouldn’t fashion is a part of a personality’s identity?
Clothing has always been an important part of society, with evidence from the earliest human civilizations. In history, climate, religion and political factors played a role in the fabrication, styling and even color of the garments that people wore. Today, the fashion industry is multi-faceted, and while climate and religion are still some factors in how we dress, there are many more influences in what we choose to wear. Time and time again, designers reference historical styles and push them into modern trends. Subcultures illustrate how a particular way of dressing can transform into a lifestyle. Ethnic fashion ties in with a specific culture’s values and beliefs. By looking at clothing in other societies around the world, as well as the many global subcultures, we can learn a lot about the depth and complexity of the members that make this world colorful and diverse.
All together the career of becoming an interior designer is a career that I could see myself pursuing because it has many interest that I would like to explore and also it is a career that I see as a great beginning for the future of my adult life into becoming a more better and skilled designer whether it’s an interior designer or fashion designer or graphic designer.
To begin with, I shall look at what fashion is; it is a currently popular style or practice involving clothing, footwear or accessories. It mostly refers to the current trends in looks and dressing style of a person (Cumming 234). In most cases, fashion is confusedly related to costumes; when a person talks of fashion they are seen to mean fashion in terms of textile. Fashion is seen to originate from the Western world and it is copied by other places. In this paper, we shall look at how fashion affects lifestyles and the group of people who are affected most. The paper further investigates how media is used to transmit fashion from one region to the other. Although it has been seen to affect people’s lives many people have different perspectives on fashion and dressing.
Fashion takes on many different facets and concerns many subsets— a model sashaying down the runway in a gown encrusted in real gems, Lady Gaga’s infamous dress made of cuts of raw beef, a teenage girl obsessing over the season’s latest styles— it is all an expression of our minds and who we are or want to be, made tangible. It is a medium just like any other, for while artists wield brushes and paints, designers use thread and cloth to illustrate their vision. The artistry is none more so apparent than in the exclusive world of haute couture, a world of extravagance that caters to aesthetics, producing one-of-a-kind wearable masterpieces that are made to be admired rather than worn. It is without doubt, high fashion and its design is an art.
Fashion is a currently valued style of appearance and behavior. It is a way to shape one’s external custom. The history of fashion dates back to hundred years ago and it has seen a remarkable progress in the 21st century. Man has endeavored a lot to bring new changes according to style and elegance that suits his needs and desires. Apparently, our culture is inclined towards fashion and change in the former brings change in the latter.When we talk about Pakistan, from the independence day of August 14, 1947 up-to-date, it has been a society in transition and being dynamic in nature, it isconsequently ever-changing and its patterns are transforming from time to time.
...is instilled in me, that I must gain as much knowledge as possible in order to succeed in life. In the fashion industry, one must continue to learn about the world around them in order to keep up with the changes in the industry. There are many different ways today that I can keep up with what is going on in the fashion world without going to school, but school will prepare me for the challenges that are to come. The only previous work experience that I had working in a fashion was at Mortal Kombat. I did not stay at the job very long because of personal issues that I had with staff. I feel that I need to get involved in some type of fashion job so that I can network better. Networking is essential in the fashion business, because you may never see people that you want to talk to but word-of-mouth can open doors that lead you in the direction that you wanted to go.
The society is the main target of the fashion industry. The need of an identity is what brings them to the fashion world. Well-known designers use their positions in the fashion industry to promote certain conceptions such as identity questions, sexuality, distribution of power, and formation of various social and cultural discourses. (Lalovic, 2013) Most people find themselves in wearing what they want to be able to express their feelings or show their personalities. The trends are getting into the way because most people choose quantity over quality. (Zegheanu, 2014) But there are designers whose goals are to design clothes for consumers to look good and make them feel distinctive. For example, in Australia they have a law called Designs act 2003 which states designs cannot be the same or substantially similar to a design that has already been produced even if the design is just a sketch. (“Designs for fashion”, 2015) The technology is another great factor in terms of helping the fashion industry. With these two combined, designers will be able to create new masterpieces that the society never imagined to happen. (“How Fashion And Technology Impact Each Other”, 2013) With fashion involved, IT companies can actually gain a lot in the long term process. One example is, for every $1 million a company invests in fashionable technologies, the CEO would typically reap around $45,000 in the next year. IT companies who engage with the fashion industry can bring short-term social approval to companies and their chief executives, which will become a long term success for them. (Wang, 2010) To end this, fashion depends greatly on society and technology, but it also leaves a great impact on these two