Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Activity

Activity
MUSIC…

-  Analyze what sort of media is used to encourage the public adoption of the trend.

TV – There are programs on TV. (Such as RAGE) People can listen to the music and watch film clips. This is a great way to show off new and old songs.
RADIO – There is always new and old artists on the radio. They are always interviewing them and promoting new songs. When people here the songs on the radio they are encouraged to purchase music. They also are always talking about up and coming festivals and concerts and tell you how to buy tickets.
MAGS – There are pacific music magazines such as Xpress or J-MAG. They are direct music advertising, people can see up and coming festivals, concerts or new albums and read up on bands.

-          PIN POINT HOW MUSIC HAS APPEARED IN THE CYCLE OF FASHION IN THE 20th CENTURY.
Music has been a major influence towards fashion in the 20th century.  A few examples are the following:

The Beatles (60’s)-  People were cutting their hair into the signature “bowl” cut and they were the first major band to start wearing full suits on stage.

Nirvana (90’s)- The Grunge look had people wearing ripped jeans, baggy shirts, cardigans, converse shoes and shaggy hair.

Motley Crew/Ramones (80’s)- The punk look encouraged people to start wearing skinny black jeans, black converse shoes, mullet., rocker styled hair and band t-shirts.

Madonna (80’s) - Madonna made the ‘cone’ shaped bra popular. She was huge on lace and vinyl and the beauty spot mole which later on had the piercing named after her.

The Spice Girls (90’s). The Spice Girls had a huge influence on fashion, having each of the 5 girls sporting a specific look.  Sporty Spice (sports wear), Baby Spice ( pinks, mini skirts, platforms and big blonde pony tails), Ginger Spice(English flag prints, orange hair, platforms ) Posh Spice ( Black bob hair, black dresses and black platforms) and last of all Scary Spice ( Huge afro brown curly hair, lots of animal print on everything, dark lipstick and platforms)

Bob Marley (70’s).  Bob Marley made “weed” cool having it printed on nearly everything, hippy clothing, tie dye, baggy pants, dread lochs, scruffy beards and the cute little beanies in Jamaican colours.




Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Street Fashion/arty cool things :D

Haylee's Jacket, and everything of course:D
 Phoebe's pants are rad!
Phoebe and Luka's necklaces
and ripped shirts
 Love Rebeccas jacket
 Rebecca, this picture is cool and arty:)
Rebeccas crazy feather jacket
Rachel Oldfield
I love her hair, if only mine would grow:(
Flapper girls at the Spiegle tent


Outside Spiegle tent ( Too poor to get inside!)

Fur
Tamara Cordon


Berets
Jake Wilson
A friend took this shot ages ago. I think its cool!



My first peacock experience! Kind of burlesque......esque.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Free Wheeling

Definitions
Fad: An interest followed with exaggerated enthusiasm.
Trend: A general direction in which something tends to move.
Classic Fashion: Something that doesn't go out of fashion, it’s a classic and stays indefinitely, evolving with current and past trends.

Current Fad– Jeggings.

Came out in 2009, didn't last much more than a year. They look like jeans, but are stretchy and fit like leggings. Often made in a fabric that resembles denim. Originally came from Japan Street fashion and became popular from Top Shop.
The Jeggings bubbled up as they didn't originate from anyone or anything, they went in and went straight back out! They were a social statement.
The most fashion influence is:
1. TV 2. Magazines 3. Fashion Innovators 4. Clubs 5. Movies stars 6.  Movies 7. Music videos 8. Internet 9. Streets 10. Advertising 11. Friends and families 12. Billboards .

Current Trend– Military

Has come out in the last 2 years or so and is being seen a lot on the catwalks. Combat boots and kaki green is very popular at the moment. Military was inspired by military uniforms of the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Military style bubbled up as it came from the 18th Century and will continue to become more popular and stylised.
The most fashion influence is:
1. Movies 2. Streets 3.TV 4. Magazines 5. Fashion Innovators 6.Movie Stars 7. Internet 8. Advertising 9.Music videos 10. Billboards 11. Clubs 12. Friends and families

Current classic Fashion: Little black dress

Originally from Coco Chanel in 1926, now slightly shorter and embellishments are added to maintain current fashion and to keep the style fresh. Sleaves are also added or altered to give the cute little dress a twist.
This was a trickle down effect, originally coming from Chanel but the idea of a ‘black’ dress being inspired after her lover Boy Capel died in 1919, and the first black dresses she designed thereafter “were inspired by the simple black mourning attire worn by peasant women in the French villages she knew as a child,” 
The most fashion influence is:
1. TV 2. Magazines 3. Fashion Innovators 4. Billboards 5. Movies stars 6.  Movies 7.   Advertising 8. Internet 9. Streets 10. Music Videos 11. Friends and families 12. Clubs.
I think  femininity and more fitted well presented styles will be the in the up coming style trends. A subtle palette of peach,creams,beige.

Activity

The First vogue magazine ever published was in 1892, this was the cover.

The Delineator
Some articles that this magazine included were, photos, drawings, embroidery and needlework.


Le Bon Ton
The Cosmopolitan magazine was first published in 1886.

The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935 after a run from 1913.