Essays on Vogue

Yves Saint Laurent is a French fashion designer renowned for making ready to wear clothing. Recently Yves Saint Laurent has changed the brand name to Saint Laurent Paris. The change in brand name to Saint Laurent Paris was introduced by the director Hedi Slimane. “Unfortunately, Hedi Slimane is no longer with the company (Phelps, 2016)” and the director is now” Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent Paris (Milnes, 2016)”. In the fashion world things are subject to change which is good in some ways. It depends on the timing of the change in the industry. To make sure the name ...

History

Fashion photography is the use of a photograph to display clothing or accessories. Typically, fashion photography has a marketable intent as it is used in documenting or selling the particular fashion in the photo. Fashion photography has the ability to expose attitudes, ambitions, sense of taste of time, visions, desires, values, sexuality and self-image. The photographer hopes to give the viewer something to believe in. Baron Adolf de Meyer was the first American fashion photography to have impact on the fashion photography industry with the use of form, and light. Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue were the first fashion ...

2.0 Introduction As identified in the first chapter of the dissertation, this study will seek to examine the elements of luxury goods positioning and branding. This will aim at examining the cultural settings in purchasing these luxury products in the British and Kazakhstani contexts. This literature review will analyse authoritative sources and ground-breaking definitions that relate to core concepts and theories in the area of luxury fashion and branding. 2.1 Positioning Strategies for Luxury Brands “Brand vision and the culture, personality relationships and presentation are key components of corporate branding that builds brand identity” . Luxury fashion and products are ...

For years obtaining a marriage license was a requirement in order to say that your marriage was legal. In some states, there is a particular time frame in order to get your license before you marry or else you will have to delay the nuptials. However, each state has different requirements for couples wishing to be granted a marriage license. Marriage licenses are also used to prevent what the court considers to be inappropriate marriages. But after the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to allow gay marriages to become legalized, some do not see the purpose of a ...

http://nypost.com/2016/02/19/are-we-finally-moving-beyond-the-hook-up-culture/ Chelsea Samelson writes for the New York Post in this article regarding how American’s views on sex have changed in the last decade. The article essentially summarizes a study conducted by OKCupid, where both men and women were asked “Would you consider sleeping with someone on the first date?” and “Would you date someone just for the sex?” The results of the questions revealed that in response to the first question, there was a 19% decline in participants answering yes. For the second question, there was a 10 percent decline. According to Samelson, this says a lot ...

Human Resource Management

In recent cases such as Fisher v. Texas in 2008, several senior high school students were denied admission to the University of Texas-Austin despite being in the top 10% of the class, which provides automatic admission to any State university of their choice (de Vogue, 2015). Furthermore, Fisher argues that race and color should not be a basis for admission. However, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals in favor of UT on the grounds that the school is entitled to racial preference citing the requirements laid out on Grutter v. Bollinger (NCSL, 2013). In ...

The Concept of the Collection: Japanese Warrior

Introduction Nature, the environment and the universe as a whole, provided a huge influence on mankind for a long time. It was particularly pronounced prior to the active development of technical progress. Japanese culture can be considered as one of the brightest representatives of such influence. It is a multi-faceted, surprising and unusual world of images and objects. Everything is living his own life in harmony with the surrounding space. Japanese style evolved over the centuries. Now it is an excellent example of the preservation of a constant shape in combination with the cycle of patterns and colors. The ...

  Fashion can carry significant meanings about culture, tradition and the outlook of people around the world. Fashion not only encompasses many social issues but also individual backgrounds of people, and it can be a very useful tool in expressing one’s personal identity. According to Barber, "Fashion has also been used in reference to language usages, literature, food, dance music, recreation, indeed the whole range of social and culture elements" (Barber, 1993). Throughout history it has been evident that, fashion has revealed itself during the evolution and revolution of many aspects of issues, including but not limited to class ...

Introduction

When we hear the name “Anna Wintour,” images of flashy models and trendy designer clothes definitely flash across our mind. This is a lady who has achieved a lot in matters pertaining to fashion and journalism. Her achievements in this million-dollar industry of fashion that cannot be overestimated as she is one if the few the most popular outstanding designers who became an inspiration for various books and movies, got plenty of world renown awards and handles both American and British divisions of Vogue magazine. Not only has she molded and brought up stars but she has also stirred ...

The world of fashion is the area, which lures and charms both men and women. But very few people really know what it means to be a model and how much modeling industry negatively affects health of tender young women. Modeling industry is much criticized for that negative impact it has on the health of girls wishing to look as perfect as models and have such tender bodies as their favorite models. In the paper, we are going to concentrate on the topic how modeling industry affects models` health and discuss whether this industry shall be regarded responsible for ...

The victorious march through the world of haute couture jeans began in 1988, when the cover of the Bible of fashion Vogue magazine under the leadership of Anna Wintour depicted a model in unmarked blue jeans. Since then, jeans and denim clothing have never left the glossy magazines and gradually seeped into the wardrobe of every person in the world. The story of jeans, just as any other product began from the very bottom. As a product, they rose out of the mud both in a figurative and literal sense. The guiding light for this type of product in ...

Langston Hughes poetry and social activist

Langston Hughes was an American social Jazz Poet, novelist and an activist who used American language, religion, music, slang to educate the globe about the lifestyles of American people at the times of Harlem Renaissance. The main theme that trolled in his poems were the social problems of the blacks who lived in low earning settings (Carl, 2004). Much of critique targeted the prejudices and the divisions that were common in the people of color within the community of the blacks. The poems were activist in nature as they dealt with how to be oneself issues and encouraged the ...

Obviously, if one gives a definition of the phenomenon of fashion, it should be said that it has to do with fashion, taste, and lifestyle. In fact, fashion is a certain lifestyle or its determining function. Vogue is something of a dominant style in one or more areas of life. Each of the classic concepts reflects the social essence of fashion as it has been in a certain era. The features of understanding of vogue are largely determined by the socio-economic characteristics of the societies in which each of the concepts was formed. Fashion is mainly formed in high ...

The modern world is overwhelmed with various social issues. One of such issues is stereotyping. Gender and racial stereotypes within the media are appearing with stronger and stronger amount every time. This paper will focus on the racially marked female bodies, where the media shows racial constructs of the females. This year fashion magazine "Vogue" announced, by showing a few examples that mass culture started the era of big booty. By naming some examples, there were discussed the pictures of a celebrity Kim Kardashian in a loud photo session for "Paper" magazine, styled by a controversial photographer Jean-Paul Goude'a. ...

For people to understand fashion trends and their evolution and presence in the modern world, they need to have a keen understanding of fashion in the previous eras. Men’s and women’s clothing has changed and evolved from a particular kind, to what it is today, because of many fashion giants working together to make them work. It may seem that it is women whose dresses and attires have evolved the most; however men are not behind in this too. The typical dress code for men since the past century, up till now is the suit. The suit ...

Denim is a fashion statement that has withstood the test to time. The fashionable contemporary man or women will have section of their closet devoted to denim. This includes not only pants that are traditional denim products but also bags, hats, jackets and other accessories. These additional items represent the newest to market in the denim world. Everyone wants to feel good in their clothes and the wearing of denim can be as comfortable as a Saturday relaxing day to a night on the town by just adding jeans to the bling that you are wearing to a night ...

Leather jackets in the fashion industry are marketed to men and women who want to dress cool and edgy. Many of the jackets are actually designed for men’s wear, but there are several stores that will sell the jacket to women, and make women’s designs. The leather jacket is designed to be “long a staple of off-duty-model style, those are pieces backed up by decades’ worth of ineffable cool,” (Anderson). Leather jackets are normally worn in the spring and fall. This paper will look into leather jackets in the fashion industry. In reality, many of the fashion ...

Research Paper Proposal

Social media became widespread phenomenon in the second half of 2000s. Social networks like Facebook or Twitter quickly became popular globally: e.g. the total number of people using Facebook at least once per month reached 1.6 billion in 2015 (Statista, 2016). Therefore, due to their vast popularity, social media generated a number of positive and negative effects influencing the society, which are interesting to analyze. During the first years of social media existence public attention was mainly focused on positive side of social media usage, on the opportunities which humanity had never had before. But later in 2010s, when ...

In today’s fashion world, the haute couture fashion shows fulfill their legacies of extravagance and theatricality. The concept of beauty has been transforming through fashion over years that reveals the fact that fashion has been related to the individuals’ personal satisfaction. Every style, every dress, and every trend havebeen acceptedby different public sectors regarding it beautiful in its own way. It has been presented in the haute couture fashion shows of various modern designers that reflect extravagance and theatricality in the collaborative form of their self-expression and self-creation. In the case of Chanel’s haute couture fashion show, ...

The Vogue Magazine sponsored, Selfridges Department Store new designer promotion event showcasing ten (10) up and coming designers and their brand names scheduled to be in stores Autumn and Winter 2013, will be released in the Promotional Supplement circulated in the October issue of Vogue UK.

Product – Top brands headlining the Vogue UK event to be stocked at Selfridges A/W 2013, include ten (10) core brands:

- Bec & Bridge - Australian brand founded by Becky Cooper & Bridget Yorstonin 2003. - O’2nd- South Korean brand founded in 1997. - Band of Outsiders launched by Scott Sternbergin 2004. - Max Osterweis founded in collaboration with designer Erin Betty in 2008. - Wunderkind founded by Wolfgang Wunderkind ...

Monique Lhuillier

Born in Cebu City, Philippines in 1971 Monique Lhuillier is a fashion designer famed mainly for bridal wear. Her father was a French businessman and her mother was a model and Filipino social figure. Monique grew up in Philippines and upon finishing her school she moved to Switzerland. After completion of her college she went to Los Angeles to study fashion at Fashion Institute of Design & merchandising (FIDM). It was in Los Angeles that she met her husband Tom Bugbee. She still resides in Los Angeles and has two children. Monique L’hullier’s design captures the essence of sophistication by ...

Foreword

The Republic of Turkey has gone through tremendous changes in the economic, political and social fields during the last decades. These were brought about by the ruling Justice and Development Party, or Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi or AKP as it is commonly referred ever since it came to power in 2002. A market-oriented party having ideological roots in the Turkish Islamist movement, AKP commands strong political following in the intense religious and conservative middle class of Turkey. The paper highlights women identity, their lives and perceptions under AKP government in Turkey today.

Sweeping Changes under AKP Rule in Turkey

Ever since AKP came to power in 2002, ...

Byzantine Art Inspires a Fashion Designer

In February 2013, the attention of all the world's fashionistas and lovers of the beautiful shows was riveted to the show of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The Byzantine Art inspired designers for the creation of such an impressive collection. The collection has received many rave reviews, and the hall was full of famous persons who visited the show. The muse of Dolce & Gabbana is a woman, which is destined to conquer the world. She knows how important a first impression, and her appearance in society always produces a sensation; she is ready to compete with men, but always remains a woman. Exactly ...

Corruption

The definition of corruption is the misuse of public power for private profits. We can see this occurrence in large firms or enterprises. We can also see this in most of the activities regulated by the government. To speak more about corruption, it is scanning off money for their own profits. We can see these conditions where organisation don’t work properly because of which normal people have to money for their problems to be solved. Corruption stages will differ among a country side for various sorts. For example, there can also be minoroutstanding corruption during a country with a comparatively clean ...

Principles of Goffman’s Analysis: As Viewed in the Advertisements in Vogue October 2014

Introduction Erving Goffman, in his Gender Advertisement, stresses the importance of taking commercial pictures seriously. The main intention of the advertisements is to lure viewers into buying the product depicted in the advertisement. The power of advertisements is so strong that it can immensely influence the viewers, both consciously and unconsciously. However, the problem is that an advertisement is not necessarily the true representations of reality. Not only commercial advertisers, but also governments and nonprofit organizations make use of advertisements in order to deliver their ideas or messages. The advertisements intentionally and unintentionally raise and exploit the “social situations”. ...

Many of the top athletes in the United States and around the world earn in the millions of dollars every year. There are people who would argue that professional athletes are overpaid because they do not perform a job that enhance or advance society. According to Forbes.com, Roger Federer earns a total of $71.5 million simply because he is very skilled at tennis. (Forbes) While it is true that athletes do not provide society with anything that could improve the living condition of humans or animals, professional athletes do provide people with entertainment. Furthermore, there are many conditions and repercussions to ...

Abstract

Psychology is the backbone of the marketing discipline, since it provides the framework that the marketing individual should use to promote advertise and sell a product (Anghelcev et al., 2014). Thus, a marketing individual should be a position to read the consumers needs and design products which will meet these consumers’ needs (Shin, 131). Additionally, the marketing department should be able to learn the behavior of a group of individual and identify what product can meet all their needs, and they can identify themselves through the product or services. According the book “Fashion statements: Communication and culture” by Barnard (16) the marketing department ...

Analysis of Magazines

The New York Metropolitan area has a population of more than 20 million people (Sultze, 2003). The magazine of New York Times attracts a mass following throughout the country. The target audience of New York Times is the perverse adult reader whose interest is politics and the news that make headlines across the nation. This magazine aims the literate people who have an interest on the current affairs. The New York Times has the politics, entertainment, fashion, bars, and stores segment. The latest print of the newspaper adopts various colors. The New York Times has most news for the ardent ...

Vogue is the most famous glossy magazine in the world. It is one of the most authoritative and respectable stylish magazine that is well-known as Bible of the world fashion industry. “Vogue” is a fashion, publicity and popularity in French. People saw it first time in 1892. At that time this magazine was printed as public weekly that had 16 pages in-quarto, elegant cover and cost only ten cents. Thus, it was affordable even for people with mean income. The magazine was created for the citizens of New York to tell about society life, fashion and styles. There were ...

"Work out like a star! Play seventeen stylist game! Enter a style war!" (Seventeen) These are just some of the headlines that daily attract a vast number of teenagers to read this magazine. Based on the some of the most popular magazines for teenagers it may be said that the message that is sent is mainly aimed at the physical appearance, love life, fashion and music. What are the messages that these magazines send to the young population? In order to be one of the popular girls of boys, a person has to take care about every part of its body, to be ...

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the ad campaigns of Chanel N5 and Dior jádore, and how they motivates the buying decision of their target audiences. The report deeply analyses the Nikole Kidman advert of Chanel N5, Dior jádore advert performed by Oscar winner actress Theron. Both the commercial reflects Hollywood touch, style and class in them. Referring to existing literatures and websites, a detailed understanding is being provided in the report about the relation between ad campaigns with luxurious perfume brands and they stimulate buying behaviour in their target audiences. Key words: ad campaign, Dior, Chanel N5, ...

The term Harlem Renaissance has become so commonplace that the history student in any American class can easily give a detailed description of the events that characterized the movement. Among the people that best define the Harlem Renaissance are Langston Hughes and Rudolph Fisher. These two Harlem Renaissance authors produced the most influential pieces of literature describing the situation in Harlem during the 1920s. Fisher’s short story The Caucasian Storms Harlem is as comparable to Hughes’ When the Negro was in Vogue as it as it is distinguishable. In straightforward terms, the differences between the two stories are as ...

In the graphic novel, the art work is black and white with green shades acting as go between. While the mixture of green, black and white seem a little out of the ordinary, one realizes that adding the green to black and white creates a sense of depth thus heightening his gothic experiment. Perhaps one of the biggest strengths of the book is its fascinating exploration of the minds of young people in the post modern world. Some of the challenges that young people go through demonstrated in the book include anxiety, pursuit of independence and freedom, insecurity, friendship and love ...

Introduction

Public Relations is the premeditated, planned and continued effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public subjects. Vogue being a highly profitable global brand has got its presence in nearly all the major cities of the world. While being a global brand is highly profitable to the firm, it is also highly fragile due to the sheer scale of the cultures it transverses. Fashion is highly hinged on prestige and customers therefore like to associate with brands that are most reputable. Being such a fragile industry, competition does not only rest at the product quality or pricing, ...

Tonight, I am honored and privileged to introduce our guest of honor and recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation. If you have a flair for clothes, then this man’s name has probably been somewhere on your body! During his long and distinguished career, our guest has rewritten the rules of the fashion world, and in the process, been a role model and mentor for many designers who have revolutionized this industry. For seven decades, he has worked with and for every member of the Who’s Who in Fashion. Our guest of honor was born in ...

TEXTILE DESIGN

The Mysterious Cycle: Fashion Repeats Itself The fashion cycle has been happening since people started wearing clothes. A basic fashion continues eto repeat thougou history. Trends and fashions seem unique to customers who buy and wear the fashion during a particular decade. In clothing skirt lengths change over the years. The hem of a dress or skirt cycles from shorter to longer over decades. This essay discusses the theory of fashion cycles and some examples in fashion and fabric. Fabrics of many varieties and compostions are used for fashion and interior design. There are new styles that are affecting fashion, ...

Introduction

Body - Apprenticeship in Rome. - Debut of his fashion line. - Famous works. - End of his career.

Conclusion

Introduction He was born Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani on the 11th of May 1932 to parents to Teresa de Biaggi and Mauro Garvani. While in primary school he met his love for fashion by being an apprentice for a local designer named Ernestina Salvadeo who happened to be an aunt of Aldo Giorgini and his aunt Rosa. With the support of his parents he moved to Paris at the Chambre Syndicate de la Couture Parisienne and ...

In recent years, Hispanic actors have risen in prominence more and more, to the point where Latino and Latina actors and performers have become a vital and important part of pop culture and the entertainment industry. Of particular note is Penelope Cruz, who in just over a decade has become one of the most well-known and critically acclaimed actresses in Hollywood. Her career in the entertainment industry has been eventful and long, and she holds herself up as a role model for other Spanish-speaking actors and actresses, due to her substantial success and acclaim in both small, independent films and big blockbusters. ...