Assignment 10.1-11.1

This garment was created by Anna Sui in collection 2009 ready to wear. She got the inspiration from stack of books, inspiration boards and piles of 1890’s in order to get jewelry’s inspire from Erickson Beamon. She wants the girl who wear the dress look like to have fun.










This garment came from Alexander McQueen. His spring collection 2009 ready to wear resolved conflicting tensions in a presentation, staged in the round in the Cirque d'Hiver, that framed all his romantic, historicist accomplishments without veering too far in either direction.













This is Christian Dior 2008 couture collection ready to wear. It composes with the big coats, wasp waists, nipped jackets, circle skirts, tulle dance dresses, architectural gowns cut from spiraling lace and jutting scrolls of crinoline. It was a classic and combining the indelible fifties inspiration of Lisa Fonssagrives.
















Michale Kors fall 2007 ready to wear collection. Sportswear has become one of Fall's buzzwords, and Michael Kors was not only in his element but in top crowd-pleasing form. Working in a palette of soft, flattering (read: salable) neutrals, with shots of safety orange and caution yellow, he laid the cashmere on thick. A knit dress shaded from cream to chestnut. An oversize face-framing cowl-neck pullover peaked out from beneath a Donegal tweed swing coat. And other sweaters, with plunging V-necks and deep keyholes, made an erogenous zone of the back.











Balenciaga Fall 2006 Ready to wear collectio
Ghesquière's woman, in her amazing wardrobe of short, molded checked tweed suits with stand-away collars, rounded coats and mind-blowingly wrought evening dresses, radiated a powerful modernity. Elevating his models to a towering height with tall hats and vertiginous platform boots, Ghesquière's vision created extraordinary volumes and new proportions using fabrics that are rarely seen outside haute couture.








Valentino Fall 2009 couture collection

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino's former accessory designers. The pair of their former boss and their first outing was so stiff and reverent it seemed as though the house would be fossilized in the past. The pair of breaking away into a collection of pretty (but not too saccharine) black, lacy, ruffled dresses that, layered over nude, had much more delicacy and leggy youthfulness. Some of them had the simplicity of T-shirts; others came with short dance skirts, bustled and ruffled and sometimes glinting with muted silver beading.

assignment 8.1-9.1

<<<<18th century French 1780

After the French Revolution in 1792, shoes styles changed dramatically. Heels disappeared and expensive silks were replaced with more affordable and practical leathers.





Edwardian rhinestone beaded silk dress shoes. c. 1900. >>>

The wealthy women wore silk stockings in dark colors and handmade shoes and boots with pointed toes and a two or three inch heel. Silk or fine kid was used for the dressy styles with buckles or bows as decoration and that completely matched their whole outfit.

17th century.

The Red Heel, its vamp and tongue dripping with silver lace applique in the ultimate of Rococo

In the 1660s women to pay more attention to their shoes and no longer wanted the same shape as men’s. A variety of exquisitely embroidered shoes in silk, satin and velvet appeared trimmed with lace which fell in a deep flounce over the foot. Slippers had heels often measuring six inches made of colored satin to match the costume.



<<< 1918

This is the tiny feet. During this decade ladies began fussing about narrow feet believing that it was a sign of good breeding and gentility. After all, you never see a debutant with big oafish clown feet, now do we? Both men and women took to wearing shoes that were a full size too small and some (obviously insane) women even had their little toes removed for maximum narrow-ability.



1954 Saks Fifth Avenue >>>
Elegant and feminine pump for the elegant and feminine 50's woman.

Assignment 4.1-5.1 - Historical Draped/Tailored Garments

1.

-The Late Victorian Silhouette 1878-1901
-The Princess Line and the Cuirasse Bodice

The cuirasse bodice of 1880 reached the hem actually becoming the princess panel dress. It made an exceptionally form fitting draped sheath dress which was elongated even further by the train.

2.

-Ancient Egyptian Clothing - Egyptian Dress Costume Plates, Skirt, Cape and Draped Shawl Styles
The cape shoulder drapery was a rectangle twisted in specific manner as shown in the diagram. Once the ends were twisted, they could be knotted to make ties, which then used to position the cap

3.

-Classical Grecian Decoration on Dress 1800-1803Early Regency Gown - White Muslin Dress - 1807 - Border

-Between 1800 and 1803 classical ornament used geometric shapes.

-Greek key patterns decorated borders and garment hems, sleeve bands and shawls. All the embroidery was initially delicate and light, faithfully following the classical influence, but eventually the embroidery became coarsely executed.

4.

La Belle Époque 1895-1914

Edwardian Fashion

Tailor Made Ready to Wear Costumes
By the 1890s and until 1910 the gored skirt also looked more tailored and matched the jacket style which followed the changing silhouette of the time. In the 1890s the tailored suit was thought both masculine and unladylike, a description usually used for a fairly plain garment. Describing female clothes as masculine was intended to be derogatory.

5.

European and Military Influence in Decoration 1808-1817 - European and Military Influence in Regency Pelisse Coat Decoration

A la Mameluke Sleeves

The Napoleonic Wars meant that a soldier's uniform had high visibility and military style details featured on clothing for both sexes.






6.
The Soft Bustle Fashion Silhouette 1867-1875 (England)

After 1868 Worth's overskirt really caught on in England and contrasting underskirts and gown linings were all revealed as the over top skirt was divided or turned back. Other top skirts were called aprons and they were also draped making the wearer look like a piece of elaborate upholstery. Rounder waistlines were fashionable and waistlines even began to rise very slightly. On the left a tiered soft bustle ball gown of 1872.

Assignment 3.1

The six six functions of dresses.
1. Environment protection
This picture I took from fall-winter 2008-2009 Christian Dior ready to wear collection. It was represent to the feeling of fashion in cold weather with the fur coat and still look sophisticated as safety from environment.












2. Gender Differentiation
As this picture can tell, there are many choices of clothes or outfits that male and female can choose and they both can look good depend on their styles that look different in person.










3. Ceremonailism
The dress that completely express meaning in itself is wedding dress. The environment that is fully with the happiness and hope.










4. Group Membership

The models that dress up in the same way of the concept that use to show in American's next top Model. The black and white outfits that have shown the power of self-confidence and sexy. They have to compete each other no matter what the competition would be.






5. Sexual Enhancement

We cannot deny that the market pursue the sexy clothes for women to present themselves in the way that look romantic and sensitive.
6. Decoration

The dresses from Antoinette Movie are very impressive that are fully with decoration in contemporary style. Even though, it is the the history movie but they can still mixing betwwn the past fashionably and adaptive present completely.

InSpiRation

The actress and celebrity are the idol for many people who like her style that chick and unique.In this case I would give an example of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen who are very popular and be influence on fashion trends. They give me an inspiration to create something chick like their styles. I like the way that they do not follow much on fashion but they wear what they want and look good on them. That is the point that let me think about to create the product that not just lovely but it has to suitable with customers.