The chosen garment that will be discussed in detail in this essay is the Royal wedding dress designed for Catherine (Kate) Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge made by the English designer Sarah Burton creative director of the fashion label Alexander McQueen. This essay will cover the topics of this dress in terms of historical and cultural context, the formal elements and its meaning.
This royal wedding gown designed by Sarah Burton was worn by Kate Middleton on her Wedding day to Prince William in the Westminster Abbey on the 29th of April 2011. There was a great mystery surrounding this dress. No one knew what the Duchess would wear on the day until she arrived. The dress itself was made by Sarah Burton at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace. This wedding dress created a story.
‘Every dress tells a story and Catherine Middleton's wedding dress tells one
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Many reasons why this dress is important, one reason being the dress was for the duchess of Cambridge’s wedding, a once in a lifetime will she ever wear a royal wedding dress. This dress will go down in history beside Queen Elizabeth’s and Princess Diane’s wedding dresses. No one will forget this dress as the English people look up to the royal family. This dress created a trend not just in the United Kingdom but worldwide as the audience that seen this dress on the television as the wedding was broadcasted worldwide. It will be historic dress in terms of the royal family. In years to come the future royals will have to keep the tradition of this dress in terms of how the past people of the royal family wore. The dress was a success for the designer Sarah Burton as 5 years on the style of this dress is still very popular for brides to wear on their wedding day many admire her and want to be just like her, Sarah Burton the designer set the trend for many years to come with this wedding
Working at her father’s clothing shop, she became very knowledgeable about expensive textiles and embellishments, which were captured in her works later in career. She was able to capture the beauty and lavishness of fabrics in portraits of aristocratic women.
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death.” (Goldman 358) That was said by William Goldman at the end of his novel The Princess Bride. The Princess Bride is a book about a girl named Buttercup who learns throughout the book, about the difficulties of life. Buttercup learns about love, adventure, and truthfulness of life, and people. Buttercup lived in a farm in Florin opposite from the land of Guilder. Her family owned a boy she called “Farm boy.” Buttercup teased Farm boy and told him what to do. One day, the Count and Countess of Florin show up at Buttercups families farm, and asks for their cows milk, which was said to be the best milk around. The Countess takes an interest in Westly, the farm boy, and Buttercup realizes her love for him. When Buttercup admitted to her love for Westly, he told her he was moving to America to build a future for the both of them. Soon, Buttercup got a call that informed her of Westly’s death, she was petrified. Later in the book, the Prince of Florin decided he needed a princess because his father, the king, was very ill. Soon, he would become king, and there must be a queen. Prince Humperdinck went to Buttercups farm to gather her so she could become his wife. Buttercup did so and the marriage was soon to be. One day, when Buttercup had been living in the Princes castle, she decided to go for a ride on her horse. Buttercup was kidnapped by three men, Inigo, Vizzini, and Fezzik. They were planning on taking Buttercup to Guilder to kill her so there could be a war between Florin and Guilder. The group was followed by a “man in black” who turned out to be Westly Buttercups love. Westly defeated each man and planned on taking Buttercup to...
The color of clothing that the women wear is an important element because it helps to show the women’s power and privileges. The color of clothing a woman wears reflects how much freedom she will have. Th...
The future of women’s fashion is uncertain—in that shock value is harder to come by with each passing year. There is a concept in fashion that nothing is new, everything has been done before. This theory is coming closer to obvious reality, as fashion shows of recent years have visual throwbacks as late as the Victorian era. Although the direction is not yet decided, it is almost definite that women will use fashion as an important tool for expression and freedom in the future.
Although the color black was previously used for mourning she made it chic and
In Janie Face to Face, Caroline B. Cooney describes Janie’s dynamic wedding gown and the bridesmaid’s vibrant dresses. Janie’s dress is shimmery, with a hundred silk-covered buttons following the contours of her back. At her neckline, there is a double row of ribbons with small, scalloped cap sleeves resting on the sides. The dress hugs her tightly along the bodice and flares right below the waist. The satin skirt of the gown flows with every move she makes. The bridesmaids dresses are almost just as elegant. It glows a soft pink hue. The ruching and ruffles gather at the waist, attractively accentuating the delicate bodies of the bridal party :). The sleeves form thin lines of silk that frame the girls’ elegant features. The dress brushes the ground and covers all but the tips of the bridesmaids’ black shoes. The chapel that holds the wedding is also impressively described. The church is brimming with life and excitement for the day to come. The delicate white and pink ribbons lining the pews add a softness to the animated spirit in the church. The flowers throughout the chapel perfectly matched the bouquet that Janie lovingly held in her hand. The flowers were just as Janie pictured in her dreams: “The florist passed out the bouquets. Hers was beautiful. Just what Janie would have chosen if she had chosen” (Cooney, Caroline B. Janie Face to Face 332). Every aspect and detail of the wedding
Fashion has been around ever since ancient times, since the time of the Romans, it survived the world wars and is yet today a business with rapid changes. Fashion started off as an art form, a way for the riches to show their social status with unique and innovative designs that only they could afford. It was a way to separate the social classes of the society. In this paper I will include the creator of haute couture, and how the following designers developed couture, as well as having leading names in today’s ready-to-wear industry. The list is long, but I chose to focus on the three most important designers of the modern fashion industry.
Princess Bride, a love story involving action and revenge, is a 1987 film, directed by Rob Reiner. A major theme that drives the story is true love. For example, Buttercup, the daughter of the owner of the farm, would order around Westley, a farm boy, because whenever she asked him to do something, he always replies, “As you wish,” which was his way for saying I love you. Soon enough, Buttercup realized that she loved Westly back. Unfortunately, they had no money together and couldn't get married, so one day Westley decided that he was going to go on a journey to America to get more money.
First introduced by Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II, into France in the 1500s, the corset quickly became a staple of fashion and daily life for women, both in the middle and upper class, for over 400 years. While the specific designer of the corset is unknown the peak of its popularity spans past the Baroque period and from the Elizabethan era through to the Victorian era. First going by the name stays the later and more popular term for the item, corset, comes from the french meaning a kind of laced bodice. Through this paper the social identity of the item, its timeline, misconceptions, design variations, and controversy regarding health shall be examined.
6. Hammond, Colleen. "Dressing with Dignity - History of Women's Fashion Industry - How to Fight Sexual Revolution and Immodesty in Dress!" N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013.
“The New Dress” is a 1994 short story by Virginia Woolf. The story features Mabel Waring, who goes to a party wearing a yellow colored dress. The dress is newly made purposely for this occasion. The story is about the dress that Mrs. Warning wore and felt that it is not good. My first reaction to the story is that the story is about the dress, and it caused large discomfort to Mabel Waring. The discomfort of Mrs. Waring was not mainly caused by the dress, but the writer used the dress to symbolize the social displacement Mrs. Waring was, that she felt that she was out of place due to her social class. The writer uses some stylistic devices to bring out the message of the story and to make it appealing to the reader. "The New Dress" was the
You and your girl got invited to a rocking Halloween party and she wants to go as a couple, as in you have to wear a “couple costume.” Don’t worry, this doesn’t have to end in disaster. It doesn’t have to include you getting laughed at by all your friends or having to explain your costume 100 times over because she isn’t at your side and your costume doesn’t make sense without her half. Thankfully, there are some couple costumes options you won’t hate. They are as follows:
Social responsibilities are being practiced more importantly in our society, and fashion industry is also connected to this aspect. This is true because fashion industry is closely linked with global issues such as labor and trade, markets and its customers. Modern designers are trying to balance their ethical values with profits in order to capture customers, goodwill in society, knowing for its environment-friendly production, designing, manufacturing, purchasing and facilitating them in their endeavors.
middle of paper ... ... It also analyzed the influences of modern dresses. As Palmer and Clark (2005) mentioned earlier, both decades are the classic era in fashion history.
Clothing has been around for thousands of years; almost as long as the modern human has. At first, it served the practical purpose of protection from the elements; but, as life for early humans stopped being a constant struggle to survive, they started noticing how they looked and the concept of fashion began to take shape. These first few garments were typically dyed draped cloth that was pinned at the shoulder and/or waist. This was seen in many ancient civilizations around the world, Greek and Roman the most notable. Over time, clothing began to get more and more complex and formed to the body’s shape, eventually leading up to the tailored style we now have today. However, the sophisticated world of Haute Couture; or high fashion, can distinctly trace its roots to Paris during the mid-19th century. Clothing from there was thought to be superior to those from anywhere else, and women began to come from all over Europe just to buy dresses. This was probably due in part to one notable dressm...