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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Fashion Capitals of the World & Trends for Summer 2010

Fashion Capitals- There are four main traditional fashion capital's in the world. They are Milan, Paris, London, and New York City. Milan and New York City are currently the media fashion capitals. All four of these fashion capitals contain some of the top designers and models there are in the world. Parisian designers are known for elegant and formal clothing wear.


Summer Trends 2010- Fashion is all about trends. From each year and season the trends in the fashion world always change. From shoes to clothes to hair styles they are never the same.
For spring and summer 2010 there are many different trends.

These include: hot pants and boy shorts both worn with knee high socks. Warrior trends and colours are to be in clothes, shoes and accessories. Dresses will have high splits for the sexy look. Beach and swim wear include monikinis, they are the hottest swim wear designed. One piece clothing include jumpsuits, play suits, and rompers. Trousers will have floral and stripped colours. The boyfriend blazers very chic like. They are even better when wore with sleeves rolled up and a little over sized. Ripped, torn, and patchwork denim jeans are all in.

Hair styles are to be long and wavy, plaited and braided and untidy loose buns. The accessories for hair will include bows, flowers, and big clips.

The colours for the trends include bright pink, purple, green/blue and yellow.

Some ideas are from: www.fashionising.com

Friday, December 18, 2009

Fashion Flashback Pictures



These pictures show what fashion was like through the years.











Monday, December 7, 2009

Fashion in different countries

Italy: Italians expect people to have well kept hair and a sense of style. Italian fashion has had it all. Both Italian men and women have the best clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewellery, and hair for the past century. Italian cities take pride in making beautiful men and women. Italian people dress with care and confidence. But most importantly it is having attitude. For Italians it's not about fashion, it's about the attitude!



Spain: Spanish fashion has become part of their culture. Spanish people use a lot of black when designing their clothes. They do there shopping in the most common Spanish shops. Such as Zara, Pull and Bear, Bereskha, and El Corte en Ingles. During festive times Spanish wear loose, flowing dresses. They wear bright coloured clothing. They also wear flowers in their hair.

India: Indian fashion varies from villages to cities. There heritage is rich in tradition. They use bright, colours. Indian sari remains tradition for woman's clothing. It is a long piece of fabric woven in different textures and patterns. It can show woman's status such as: age, occupation, region, and religion.


Tanzania: People who live in Tanzania wear bright colourful clothes. They are also worn throughtout Africa. They normally wear one piece of clothing which is wrapped around the whole body. Thier style of clothing has been influences by middle eastern countries.
This is a video of a fashion show.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Fashion flashbacks over the years.

Fashion changes from year to year. Here I am going to talk about the different trends over the years.

In the 1950's fashion was simple, it was leather jackets and jeans. The more dressy wear was pencil skirts and dresses with puffed ends. Shoes were not a huge thing, they were flat and mostly worn with socks. The hairstyles were lose and curly. Remove Formatting from selection

In the 1960's fashion was hot! It was mini skirts, hot pants, and baby doll dresses. Shoes were completed when worn with socks. They would have been worn with knee high socks. The hairstyles were big!


In the 1970's the style was similar to the 1960's. It was mini dresses, hot pants, with platforms. It was influenced by disco and punk! The hairstyles were retro!


In the 1980's the fashion style was influenced by power dressing. It was influenced by t.v soaps such as 'Dynasty'. The clothes worn were skirts, blouses, sweaters, and jackets. The hairstyles were influenced by pop music. They were also big! The shoe styles were platforms or pumps.

In the 1990's the fashion style was mainly hip-hop! Chanel showed hip-hop inspired fashion. Many accessories were beaded or contained sequence. The colours were vibrant! The shoes were big and chunky. The hairstyles were not as big and extreme as the 1980's. They were more glamorous.

Fashion in 2000's was mainly denim. There was denim mini skirts, denim coats, and denim jeans. These were worn by younger people. Shirts were worn loose and were embroidered. Accessories such as belts and bags were bright colours. Hairstyles would vary from long and short lengths. Shoes worn were high heels.

Friday, November 27, 2009

The World Of Fashion

Hi! My name is Kristina and i have started a blog as my assignment for environmental studies in school. I choose this subject because I am very interested in Fashion.