“The clothing industry is the second largest polluter in the world...second only to oil,” the recipient of an environmental award told a stunned Manhattan audience earlier this year. “It’s a really nasty business...it’s a mess.” - Eileen Fisher. Designer Eileen Fisher was correct in sharing her opinion of the industry. Many people do not know where fabric of their clothing comes from and many don't care. But, it is important to know what we are wearing, how did come to us, why was it like that, and what it's really made out of. What she said in the article "It's the second dirtiest thing in the world- and you're wearing it" This article tells you everything that had happen and I honestly agree with what designer Eileen said. To say that and know the damaged she might do to her company was very bold, but very happy she did it because if you don't say anything then things will get worse in the future and we don't want anymore bad things happening anymore this year. (pic cred; https://www.incimages.com/uploaded_files/image/970x450/feature-97-HIDI-Fisher-pan_5619.jpg )
The history of fashion goes very far back to the early ages of man kind. But, let's look at the most popular time of fashion that we still love and adore. We have 1900-1990's. I think the fashion time that I loved will be the 1950's. The 1950's has the most cutest fashion with the most wonderful looking dresses and shorts. During World War II and the 1940's, clothing was greatly influenced by rationing and limited quantities of fabrics, threads and needles. Once World War II and rationing ended, a new availability of different types of fabrics and larger quantities of these fabrics allowed a new type of fashion to bloom. Because of the end of World War II and the economic boom, men were sent back to work in record numbers. This meant that two of the primary driving forces behind the consumerism of the 1950s were housewives and the baby boom. 😃😃 Descriptions of clothing included subtle cues that certain clothing and fashionable looks would help women either please their husbands or help them find a husband.Fashion started to emphasize conformity. Women were sold on a certain body shape that would best fit the latest fashions and that shape was a thin waist with defined hips and a larger but very defined and shapely bust. Corsets, controllers and bustiere tops were standard beauty fare and latex and nylon slimmers were heavily marketed towards women. For men, fashions changed very little throughout the decade. Choices were suits, sport coats, slacks, sweaters, or casual wear all in similar fabrics and styles. Bolder patterns might emerge for casual wear, but business clothing remained largely unchanged during the fifties. The rise of teenage culture. Around the middle of the decade a separation between child and adult styles began and the gap was filled by teenage clothing. Teenage style, culture, and consumerism became a major part of society for the first time in recent history.Around 1955, we start to see that some of the biggest trends are targeted towards teenagers. Suddenly, whole departments and catalog sections are devoted to (mainly female) teenagers and young adults. At this point, teenage culture and clothing also became a larger part of television, movies and music. The beginnings of change, at the end of the 1950's, Sexier silhouettes with tighter skirts, shirts and dresses start to show up for women. Rebellious looks for men also emerge with leather motorcycle jackets, studded boots, and bolder patterned shirts and sweaters becoming popular at the latter end of the decade. Girls and women start to get more clothing options in terms of pants and shorts with pedal pushers, Bermuda shorts, and tapered leggings featuring prominently in style trends.Fashions from the fifties greatly showcased the mood of the decade and emphasized consumerism and conformity. Going into the 1960's, fashions started to reflect the upcoming diversity and individuality that would become the main focus behind the fashion revolution during the next decade.
The group group I'm in, we are doing moods board at the current time and we came up with a story line behind the mood board theme to create a better "wow" fracture to the mood board purpose. The mood board theme name is "Roses n' Thorns" We called it that because the story we have for it is, a rich boy who is also a bad boy comes along the girls way. She's also wealthy and is a very nice innocent girl. She meets the boy and then that's when she goes into a transition of being her normal innocent self, into this slightly bad girl figure. Thus, we have Roses n' Thorns. The collection that we imagine doing is gonna have, leather, lace, and a bit of silk or woven. The colors we thought of will be blush tone, black, and nude. These colors will signify the nice and naughty of the story, but we called bad and bouji~😊😊 The mood board came out great with many features and awesome looks to make the board look hot and glamorous. So, that's all I could say for today, stay perfect! byye.
Sketching a fashion model can be a hard task for some people and for others it can be walk in the park. Not many can perfect the model in a sketching way, so here it is. A short illustration of how. Plus, sorry if my explaining doesn't sound right but I'll try my best to describe and walk you through it. First, you'll have to make the model's head, making it about 2iches, slim but not too slim, and then making cheek bones(get to to the point of why you need to put cheek bones later) then make a neck that is also slim and long, but not 2 inches. I say about 1 inch. then from the bottom lines of the neck, you make the shoulders. Try making the shoulder not too bold, or the model's are thin and small. But if you're aiming to make a slight bold woman then don't make her a bit too bold, cause then she'll look like a man. In my opinion... lol. So after you got your slim shoulders, you making the breast/bust. Don'y make them too big, saggy, small, or high. Make them near the bottom of the shoulders, but if they look saggy, then lift them up a bit. Then, make the torso and stomach. The torso should start from the bottom the bust but more to the corners of the bust. Then make the torso line both go out but not too much, about 1 1/2 cm. But, that depends on how big you're drawing the model. Then make the stomach like an hour glass, but not too deep or she'll look a bit off with propitiation. After that you'll make the female uterus in the middle of the hips you made, but low. Make a gap in when you begin to do the legs. After you make the gap, you start the inner line of the legs with a smooth hand and make it long, but not too leg for you don't want your model looking too tall. Then from the hip line you make the outer leg line. Keep the lines slightly together to make a pair of slim legs but not too slim, you still want a model to have meat. After making the legs, you make the feet, and making them big and slim. Like flippers! Last, making the face. The face has to look beautiful, slim, and dramatic. The cheek bone part is to show slimness and dramatic feature. Slightly shade the bottom of the bones then make the eyes, you want to make the eye half lidded, and with long long long! lashes. Makes the eyebrow high and thin with a sharp point at the end. Then making the lips big and dramatic with a white space in the middle to make it look like it's a bit open. After that, you got yourself a model!~ ( picture cred: face: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/fe/82/92/fe8292b001c08a3a869df4bce201cfed.jpg body: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/ab/2d/f0ab2dc7afb2e1e096ecf54954efca10.jpg )
Cosmic Love, the name of Paris's fashion runway this week. I usually don't watch fashion runways but this one caught my eye, giving me multiple feelings to this, and also making me like it in a very deep way. I personally think that fashion shows could be a bit too buzzard with the clothes, but this one made me like it. It was a bit buzzard but it wasn't too buzzard. In a way some of the clothing that were brought to the runway was both bold and flow. Like there would be an outfit were it has a tight shirt with bold shoulders and pants with flowing bell bottoms. Then a dress that was tight on the top and flow on the bottom. Then some that were just plain boldness and plain flowing. All of them bit look futuristic and had a lot of dazzle on them that really gave them life into the outfit. If it weren't for the dazzle the runway look a bit off, but I personally think it came out great. The texture of the runway and the outfit gave the feeling of roughness do to the accessories, then the feeling of coarse. But then again coarse and rough both slightly mean the same thing. Next, the shape. All looked both curvaceous and elongated. Some had curved shoulders that I said before that were bold, and then curved hips; that really made the figure pop out a lot. They had outfits on this runway that looked elongated, many had long dresses that were flow, long sleeves, purses, and a bit of the accessories that were attached to it. There isn't that much to talk about in the shape section, so moving on to scale. Overall the runway was a hit in my opinion and I wish I was there to witness the great runway in person to actually get a better feeling to it. (pic credit; http://blog.patternbank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Manish-Arora-Fall-2017-RTW-Print-trends-paris-fashion-week-collection-2-700x1000.jpg )
A Muslim designer cast only immigrant models in her runway show, Annisea Hasibuan shows that "Fashion is an open world." Annisea Hasibuan, an Indonesian Muslim. Took a very brave step against the situation of Trump's order of keeping immigrants out, but to be more detailed. Keep the Muslim immigrants out. Showing her thoughts to this, she gathers models who are immigrants, green card holders, and first -or second- generation Americans. Then putting them on the runway with stunning outfits and Hijab to really finish the beautiful look, doing this to show her sartorial protest against Islamophobic and xenophobic sentiments and policies in the U.S. "'Drama' is truly inspired by the strength of women," Hasibuan said. "Women are characterized by a very dynamic character with all the sad, happy, complicated moments. But at the end of the day, it's the strength of women that can actually cope with everything and become empowered and rise." The designer channeled empowerment through her modest collection by showing that conservative dressing doesn't have to be any less dynamic. Hasibuan also played with proportion and shape, by adding twisty belts and pairing voluminous cropped jackets with longline skirts to define the waistline. While riding the fine line between conservative dress and taking a sartorial risk, Hasibuan's twist on modest fashion can also be a tool to help dispel some people's misconception that Muslim women are oppressed. "I'm pretty sure we can nail it," Hasibuan said confidently. "Fashion is one of the most important means we can use to express [ourselves]. To make political statements. To right the wrong." (pic credit: https://fashionista.com/.image/c_fit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_80%2Cw_780/MTQ1MDg0MjExMDgwOTk2MTI4/anniesa-hasibuan-fall-2017-1.jpg )
I feel like if that does happen, I hope I gave important information that's also helpful, and gives the reader a clear view of what I'm talking about. The work I put onto the blogs are all hard work that I have researched from multiple websites and put into one that would clearly make sense and sometimes it's just information I have learned from my instructor and my fellow classmates. Not every blog was made out of wanting to make, cause it's actually an everyday thing I have to do in order to either wake myself up and get right into focusing, or to just reminder myself of a lesson I learned not to long ago. With every blog, I serve my whole memory of what I learned and with that I also find myself thinking that I have come a long way of what I fully learned and decided to care about. So to clearly and finally answer the question, I want to say. I would truly feel nervous to what they might think of on my work and if it's something that isn't good enough then I will try harder.
What she said in the article "It's the second dirtiest thing in the world- and you're wearing it" This article tells you everything that had happen and I honestly agree with what designer Eileen said. To say that and know the damaged she might do to her company was very bold, but very happy she did it because if you don't say anything then things will get worse in the future and we don't want anymore bad things happening anymore this year. 
