Found 829 Articles for Fashion Studies

If we check out the historical background of the development of the fashion industry, we will find that from time-to-time, economic factors such as recession, inflation, the national economic policy, and of course, economic growth have profound influence over fashion. During the recession or financial hardship, the only priority is food. People are hardly concerned with their clothes, dresses, and styles. Likewise, such a period is very difficult for fashion. It is almost struck down. For survival, most of the fashion companies reduce the cost by changing the materials and producing cheaper garments. How Does Economic Factor Influence Fashion? Because ... Read More

Fashion, at one point in time, was a personal choice and creativity, but no longer limited to in-house affairs. In the present world, it is a billion-dollar industry and its market is expanding exponentially. Everyone seeks designers’ dresses and trendy dresses. In the course of such development, the garment industry started dumping unmanageable waste of garments, including the raw fibers, raw fabrics, and used garments. Dumping of garments in such a huge amount causing pollution and damaging the environment directly and indirectly. However, in order to curb such a huge amount of garment garbage, a few people started a culture ... Read More

Though not exactly known, but it is believed that most likely, people of pre-historic age like Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons used some sort of clothing. And, the kind of clothing evidence of pre-historic age that archaeologists found, is a patchwork. Some fragments of pre-historic clothing (somehow) survived, which give an idea about it. Other sources of such information are cave paintings, carved sculptures, and fossils (of early humans). Ancient Period Archaeologists also found that Neanderthal humans and other sub-species of Homo sapiens had used some sort of material for their body decoration. The red substances that believed to be symbolised blood, ... Read More

Fashion design is the art of applying creative, innovative, and acceptable design to clothing and also to some other related accessories. And, the person who does this is known as a fashion designer. So, fashion designers are the people who creatively design different types of dresses, such as suits for men as well as for women, shirts, kurtis, pants, ethnic dresses, and other related accessories, which include shoes, sandals, belts, handbags, jewelry, goggles, etc. But usually, one person designs only one type of dress or jewelry, or only handbags, or may be combination of two. Based on his or her ... Read More

Because of the excessive damage to the environment, which is caused by the various human activities; now, along with the national governments and international organizations, every private organization, firm, company, and other business centers, is concerned and as well as obliged to act in a manner to protect the biodiversity and conserve the environment in situ. So, among all these industries, fashion industry is also there and as per the report, it solely accounts about 10% of the world’s carbon footprint, which is highly dangerous for the environment. But the good point is, many of the brands of fashion industry ... Read More

A fashion event is a very special occasion, especially for the people who are passionate about fashion, such as fashion designers, fashion models, show organizers, and, of course, also for the fashion-loving spectators. At fashion events, a variety of new clothing designs are displayed. In some shows, jewellery designs are also displayed with the purpose of marketing. What is a Fashion Event? An event is a pre-planned special occasion that occurs on a pre-decided date. It could be a one-day program, a two-day program, or even a week-long program. So, a fashion event is a programme that is organised by ... Read More

For the last two decades, fashion events in India have been flourishing like anything. Hundreds of qualified fashion designers emerged with their unique creative skill sets and hard determinations. Dozens of educational institutions started offering fashion studies courses, which further reinforced the fashion industry. All such developments in the fashion industry eventually give birth to several fashion events and fashion shows in India. In today’s India, there are dozens of fashion events that are organised by several fashion designers and different companies and organizations. Top Fashion Events in India There are many fashion shows that are organised every year in ... Read More

Fashion Accessory: Meaning And Significance Fashion, which is largely associated with clothing and dress designs, does not come all alone, but is always associated with certain accessories, which are also covered under fashion design. Such accessories, though small in size and do not take much space, but are fundamental elements of fashion design in terms of enhancing the overall look and giving a complete look to a person. Interestingly, clothing and accessories, which are equally important because they together create balance and give an attractive and unique identity to an individual. What is the Meaning of Fashion Accessory? Fashion accessories, ... Read More

Fashion is a dynamic term that keeps changing. Interestingly, such a change could be progressive, which means keep creating a new and unique design; or it could be regressive, because sometimes fashion designers, with or without modification, bring back the old fashion or style into the market. For example, introducing the 1960s style in the 2000s, though it is old, since it has been reinforced by a few movie stars or fashion models or by any such celebrity, such an old-fashioned design has again become popular. Likewise, designs could be of dozens of types; therefore, they have been given some ... Read More

The act of creating something new, unique, and meaningful is known as design. So, fashion design is a technique of creating new and trendy dresses, jewelry, footwear, and other related accessories, including hand-bags, belts, goggles, and many more. Fashion design is not a static term, but rather it keeps changing with time. Therefore, fashion design needs a creative mind that can create innovative and attractive designs regularly. Types of Fashion Designs The areas of fashion design are pretty wide as well as diversified; therefore, to have specialized study, fashion design is categorized as: Let’s discuss each one of them in ... Read More