Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Dress designed by Charles Frederick Worth for Elisabeth of Austria painted byFranz Xaver Winterhalter
The history of fashion design refers to the development of the fashion industry which designs clothing and accessories. Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. The modern fashion industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individuals usually male designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created
• Couture
beginnings
The first fashion designer who was not merely a dressmaker
was Charles Frederick Worth (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his
maison de couture (fashion house) in Paris, clothing design and creation was
handled by largely anonymous tailors and seamstresses, and high fashion
descended from styles worn at royal courts. Worth's success was such that he
was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear.
• Early
twentieth century
Throughout the early 20th century, practically all high
fashion originated in Paris and to a lesser extent London. Fashion magazines
from other countries sent editors to the Paris fashion shows. Department stores
sent buyers to the Paris shows, where they purchased garments to copy (and
openly stole the style lines and trim details of others). Both made-to-measure
salons and ready-to-wear departments featured the latest Paris trends, adapted
to the stores' assumptions about the lifestyles and pocket books of their
targeted customers.
The First Family has always been known to dress elegantly,
in classic pieces that bring out the best looks and fashion statements. Barack
Obama wife Michelle Obama and children Malia Obama and Sasha Obama have very
unique and different tastes in fashion which always translate into trends that
the whole world looks to and follows.
Though Barack Obama is almost always n suits, his pieces are always smartly cut and are fitting. They are what every fashionable man should be emulating. The shoes are always polished to a tee and match with whatever cut of suit he is wearing. If it is a casual look like just a pair of pants and shirt, they are usually fitted and bring out his fit physique. In jeans Barack Obama knows how to wear what looks great on him. He kind of made the rolled up sleeve to become a trend that most men quite took to since it shows a casual yet ready to work kind of look.
Though Barack Obama is almost always n suits, his pieces are always smartly cut and are fitting. They are what every fashionable man should be emulating. The shoes are always polished to a tee and match with whatever cut of suit he is wearing. If it is a casual look like just a pair of pants and shirt, they are usually fitted and bring out his fit physique. In jeans Barack Obama knows how to wear what looks great on him. He kind of made the rolled up sleeve to become a trend that most men quite took to since it shows a casual yet ready to work kind of look.
Monday, 24 March 2014
Friday, 21 March 2014
Lupita Nyong'o graced the cover of Yo Dona Spain in March 2014, captivating readers with her stunning beauty and poise. The issue highlighted her rise to fame following her acclaimed performance in "12 Years a Slave," for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Monday, 3 March 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a whirlwind of awards season attention for Lupita Nyong'o ended with a best supporting actress award at Sunday's Oscars, the "12 Years a Slave" star honored the character that put her on stage.
"Thank you to the academy for this incredible
recognition. It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is
due to so much pain in someone else's," she said, referring to Patsey, the
tortured slave she played in director Steve McQueen's wrenching 19th-century
drama.
She credited McQueen for bringing attention to a dark
chapter in American history and the victims of slavery.
"I'm certain the dead are standing about you and
watching," she said, a sentiment she expanded on backstage.
"I think he's really honored a people that really have
been unsung for a really long time in doing this film," she said.
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton are separating after nearly
nine years of marriage. "We will always love each other and be best friends,
however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time," the couple
said in a joint statement to People magazine Monday (Feb. 24). The two married in June 2005 and welcomed their son, Julian,
in 2010. News of the split comes after Thicke was photographed
getting close to women other than his wife. In September, a socialite claimed
she kissed the "Blurred Lines" singer after meeting at a VMAs
after-party at 1Oak. In January, he was seen "dirty dancing" with a
woman in Paris, FishWrapper reported.
Thicke, 36, and Patton, 38, met when they were just
teenagers. “I knew she was special the night I met her. I was only 14,
but she was already the most special girl," he told Star magazine in
September. “As a relationship progresses, you fall in love again in so many
deeper ways. You realize that you need each other and you can’t live without
each other." That same month, the actress gushed about her marriage
during an interview with YourTango. "He loves me so much and the feeling is mutual,"
she said. "The best is when you love someone deeply and those feelings are
equally returned. Also, Robin is really there for me. When times are good or
bad or sad or happy or boring, just having somebody by your side to help you
through means everything. I know I can count on him standing right next to me
always."
Even though they have split here are some of their fashionable moments
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
On December 6, 2011, Stewart was named number one on Forbes
magazine's list of "Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck." On January
13, 2012, she became the face of a new unnamed Balenciaga perfume and on June
29, it was announced that the perfume will be entitled
"Florabotanica". On June 1, 2012, Stewart starred as Snow White in the film
Snow White and the Huntsman. Stewart appears as Mary Lou in On the Road,
the film adaption of Jack Kerouac's cult classic novel of the same name.
Nina Dobrev plays Ellena Gilbert in the highly popular TV Series Vampire Diaries. Unlike her character who is mostly in skinny jeans and pants, Nina knows how to show up looking all glammed up on the Red Carpet. She never fails to impress with impeccable style and taste. Her looks are put together, makeup, shoes and accessories always on point. Whatever she wears she always looks great in them. So it is no surprise that she has a versatile, elegant and cute collection of the famous never to miss in your closet Little Black Dress better known as the LBD. Her LBD's are as fashionable as she is. Whether it is off the shoulder, mini or even flared Nina knows how to dress them with the appropriate accessories, shoes and handbags. Like the one above which has a lacy detail paired with red heels, a box clutch and low ponytail. She has rocked a long sleeved Little Black Dress with strappy heels, a cut out Little Black Dress among other cute ones. See whether you can get inspired by her collection of Little Black Dresses.
Men have come a long way in accepting that you have to keep
with emerging fashion trends as they keep changing. Fashion has become an
integral part of every man’s personal style and more so the hair. Grooming has
stopped just being about what shirt to put on, which matching shoes and what
tie goes with what suit. The hair has been getting its own attention and
becoming more important in the everyday grooming of a real gentle man.
Hairstyles are how the hair is made to look presentable and men are becoming
more knowledgeable in the art of hairstyle management.
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