Fashion Show Organizing Tips
April 9, 2012 | Author admin
Organizing a fashion show is one of a challenging task. It needs team work where it involves many people’s co-operation and co-ordination. Whether your fashion show is to be a simple fundraiser or an elaborate fashion extravaganza you will have to work hard to achieve proud tears and rounds of applause. Choice of lighting, location and music are important elements of the production process.
Organizing a fashion show means selecting and inviting a suitable judge, selecting models and new fashioned apparels that suit them, selecting a theme and getting the hall, wall and floor done accordingly, choosing a place or a hall that has a ramp, selecting music, inviting the press and photographers, selling tickets, and the list goes on and on.
Do you want to keep it on a local level or go big? In either case, prepare yourself for a little begging as well as negotiating and you had better be organized or be good at it. Get yourself a land line because your cell phone bill is going to be outrageous if you don’t have a plan. Factor in your fuel consumption as you will no doubt be doing a lot of traveling.
Theme also plays a role in this. The environment should ideally reflect the central theme of the clothing line you are featuring. This can be achieved with props and decor as well as through the location itself. The wrong venue can kill a show.
The judge for the fashion show needs to be someone famous and also should have idea about the recent trends in fashion. The audience are more fascinated about the one who presides the show as well. There should be a minimum of 3 judges to judge a particular show so that the final results are not biased. Judges should be invited at-least a month prior to the day of the show. Make sure the judges are warmly welcomed and are escorted to their seats by the ushers.
Models should be selected with care so that they merge with the theme and the clothes or any fashionables they display. The make up man should also be invited to dress up the models and make them presentable on time. The models and the make up man are free to select the clothes and costumes that suit them. The theme is usually selected depending on the clothes that are to be show cased.
Thus with team work & good planning, fashion shows can be organized and populated.
80s Fashion
April 3, 2012 | Author admin
The fashion trend in the 80s was quite different and unique. Many different varieties of fashion styles and dresses ran parallel in during the period of 80s. During this period women had many choices in front of them to choose looking at the options available in the market. The fashion in this era was very powerful and dominating. Mostly the attires in this decade gave a tailored look which was preferred my most of the people. During this era, a person ignored going anywhere without a jacket or at least a suit was needed. People were dramatically influenced by the commercials, by the big garment and clothing companies. TV dramas and serials also played an important role in the commercialization of the 80s fashion. People were also influenced by the movies and the characters. Celebrities became the icon for many people and were very much responsible for the 80s fashion influence.
Other celebrities like Margaret Thatcher in tailored suits and the yuppies wearing costumes in the style of Diana Princes of Wales very much contributed in the 80s fashion which influenced many people. New romantics, power dressing, stretch dressing and sportswear too popular among the people. These types of costumes had their own significance in the mind of the people. The fashion of rolled up jeans, scrunched up socks, pony tails and bright colored clothes also dominated the 80s era. People were very much used to prefer this type of clothing. You must have remembered David Bowie and Madonna; these celebrities were the big contributors and style icon among the people in the 80s. Four looks dominated the fashion in the 80s.
The TV soap serial Dynasty and Dallas also had a great impact on the minds of people. This serial targeted the broad shoulder fashion. The TV star Linda Evans had a natural broad shoulder which pressured fashion artist to make a special type of suit. This suit was so famous that people used to put pad to make their shoulder broad to wear the dress. Even celebrities used to pad their shoulder to wear the suit. It was estimated that this serial had an audience of over two hundred and fifty million viewers in the 80s itself. Numerous people watching this serial had a great impact on them and kept the fashion and style on the top of their list. Till today there are numerous people who prefer 80s fashion. Even some people organize parties and get together in the 80s style and fashion.
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Fashion Design
March 30, 2012 | Author admin
Fashion design is the practical art devoted to the design of garments, fashion wear, clothes in general and lifestyle accessories.
Charles Frederick Worth (1826-1895) was the first fashion ‘designer’ and not merely a dressmaker. He was the first to put up a ‘fashion house’ in Paris, where many young designers trained under him and were taught the skill and creativity that Frederick had with fabric.
Modern fashion design is generally divided into two broad categories — ‘haute couture’ and ‘ready-to-wear.’ A designer’s haute-couture collection is intended for private clientele and is custom made, cut and sewn. For a fashion house to be eligible to be an official ‘haute couture’ house, a designer or company must register with the Syndical Chamber for Haute Couture, a body of designers based in Paris and governed by the French Department of Fashion Industry that includes many international designers. An haute couture house is required to display their fashion collections twice a year with a minimum of 35 complete outfits in each show. They are often modeled on the catwalk and exhibited in private salons.
Ready-to-wear compilations are not custom made for private customers. They come in standard sizes, and this makes them more fitting for larger productions. Ready-to-wear collections can be further classified as designers’ collections and confection collections. Designer collections have a premium finish and an exclusive cut and design. The designer’s ready-to-wear collection is also modeled on catwalks all around the world. Confection collections are the clothes that we usually see in shops. These collections are designed by fashion artists. The brands that produce confection collections solely target the masses.
As fashion has become increasingly a large industry, fashion artists have also ventured into the designing of products that accompany clothes like perfume, handbags and foot wear.