2011년 6월 25일 토요일

Chanel



From her first millinery shop, opened in 1912, for the years 1920, Chanel 'Coco' Gabrielle went on to become one of the fashion designers world-class in Paris, France. Replacing the corset with comfort and casual elegance, her fashion themes included simple suits and dresses, slacks, jewelry, perfumes and textiles.

Coco Chanel said a birthdate of 1893 and a birthplace of Auvergne, who was actually born in 1883 in Saumur. According to his version of the story of his life, his mother worked in the orphanage where Gabrielle was born and died when Gabrielle was only six, leaving his father with five children who soon abandoned the care of relatives.




He adopted the name Coco during a brief career as a singer and a coffee concert 1905-1908. First a mistress of an army officer after a wealthy industrialist English, Coco Chanel was inspired by the resources of clients in setting up a millinery shop in Paris in 1910, expanding to Deauville and Biarritz. The two men also helped her find customers among women of society, and her simple hats became popular.

Little Coco Chanel was the expansion of high fashion, working in jersey, a first in the world of French fashion. By 1920, her fashion house had expanded considerably, and his shirt to establish a fashion trend with his "boy" look. His relaxed fashion, short skirts, and casual look were in sharp contrast to the corset fashions popular in previous decades. Chanel wore men's clothes, and adapted these more comfortable ways that other women are also liberation.

In 1922, Coco Chanel introduced a perfume, Chanel No. 5, which became and remains popular, and remains a profitable product of Chanel's company. Pierre Wertheimer became her partner in the perfume business in 1924, and perhaps also her lover. Wertheimer owned 70% of the company, Coco Chanel received 10% and her friend Bader 20%. The Wertheimer continue to control the perfume company today.





Coco Chanel cardigan jacket, presented his firm in 1925 and signature "little black dress" in 1926. Most of her fashions had a staying power and does not change much from year to year - or even generation to generation.

Coco Chanel served briefly as a nurse in the world of the Nazi occupation of War I meant the fashion business in Paris was cut off for some years; Chanel issue during World War II with a Nazi officer also resulted in several years of declining popularity and an exile of classes in Switzerland. In 1954 he returned him back to the first ranks of haute couture. Its natural clothing, casual, including the Chanel suit once again caught the attention - and wallets - of women. She introduced jackets and bell bottoms pea important for women. She was still working in 1971 when he died. Karl Lagerfeld has been chief designer of Chanel's fashion house since 1983.

Besides his work with fashion, Coco Chanel also designed costumes for stage works such as Cocteau's Antigone (1923) and Oedipus Rex (1937) and film costumes for several films, including The Rule Jeu Renoir. Katharine Hepburn starred in the 1969 Broadway musical Coco based on the life of Coco Chanel.

Tom ford



Tom Ford was born in Austin, Texas on August 27, 1961, Tom Ford and Shirley Burton. He spent his early years in Houston, San Marcos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the age of 17 years, Tom Ford moved to New York to attend college and study art history. After a year, left the University of New York who prefer to act in television commercials that appeared to be a great success. Ford, studied interior design at Parsons The New School for Design. While in New York, Ford became a regular at the nightclub Studio 54. This is where he realized he was gay. Influencing the club record also later influenced by his design style. Before the last school year, Ford spent a year in Paris as an intern in the press office Chloe. His internship sparked her love of fashion into existence. He spent his last years in the study of the New School in fashion, but nevertheless, he graduated with a degree in architecture. Despite his lack of experience, Ford finally got a job as an assistant designer Hardwick.

In 1988, Ford moved to Perry Ellis, where he met Marc Jacobs Robert McDonald and social. He stayed with Perry Ellis for two years.

In 1990, Gucci Ford hired as the head of the ready-to-wear designers. In September, Ford and his longtime partner, fashion journalist Richard Buckley, relocated to Milan. Within months, Ford was designing men's clothes, then shoes. In 1992, Ford took over as design director. With this position, Ford took over ready-to-wear, perfumes, image, advertising and store design.


Between 1994 and 2004, Ford faced many times with Maurizio Gucci, the company president and owner of 50%. Ford was promoted to creative director and brought the house Gucci from bankruptcy with a value of U.S. $ 4.3 million. When Ford left in 2004, the Gucci Group was valued at $ 10 billion. Ford created his own line: TOM FORD brand. He joined Gucci Group President and CEO Domenico De Sole, who serves as president of the company.

In April 2007, the TOM FORD brand opened its first flagship store in New York. Currently, there are 21 stores in places like Milan, Tokyo, Las Vegas, Dubai, Zurich and Russia. Since his departure male, Tom has dressed Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.


As if his fame is not good enough, Tom Ford is also a producer. Tom Ford's ambition and fame are incredible. What this man does in a couple of decades, others could not even accomplish in life.

funk fashion



The clothing style of life of people with limited cash due to unemployment and general neglect of low income or school students often experience.



Punks cut the old clothes of charity shops and second hand, destroyed the social fabric and refurbished equipment in a manner then thought a crude construction technique, making garments designed to attract attention. It deconstructed garments into new forms. While the fabrics torn, frayed edges and defaced prints are now considered normal in the 21st century, in the 1970's that surprised many people because you never seen before. Until then, the fabric had been treated as a material to keep as pristine, as new and beautiful as possible.

Trousers were deliberately torn to reveal stockings legs staggered and dirty. Were used with great DocMartens footwear, a utilitarian, practical traffic meter type cleaning shoes at the time, not seen in many young women before. Safety pins and chains out pieces of fabric. Neck chains were made from padlocks and chains, and even razor blades were used as pendants. The latter emerged as a status symbol stream of fashion a few years later, when I worked in gold.

Funk group sex pistols

Funk designer

Gucci



Gucci, or the House of Gucci, is an Italian haute couture. It was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1921. Like many other high fashion companies, Gucci began as a small family-owned saddlery and leather goods store. Guccio Gucci was the son of an Italian merchant manufacturing region of the country form the north.



In 1898, Guccio Gucci left Florence in Italy, traveled to Paris and London, where he "won the appreciation of cosmopolitan culture, sophistication and aesthetics." So in 1905 he returned to Italy and started selling saddles and saddlebags, and was quite successful.




Gucci opened his first shop in Florence in the family home in 1921 and quickly built a reputation for quality, hiring the best craftsmen he could find to work in his studio. In 1932, Guccio Gucci created the loafer shoe with a gold fillet. These are the only shoes that have found a place in the New York Museum of Modern Art.

2011년 5월 25일 수요일

Marc Jacob




Fashion designer Marc Jacob is not only a renovation designer but also special for declare that he is a homosexual. He does not have fear of populace. Therefore a lot of people give respect to his life.

A lot of fashion brands and companies says that Mac Jacob is one of the most influence designer today.

Mar Jacob was born in the year of 1963,April, 6th. He was grown up in the city of New York. He graduated art high school in 1981. In the year of 1984, he joined Parsons University in the New York. Also he got Perry Ellis Gold Timble Award. In the same year, school chosen him" the best student designer for this year" and Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award.

When he was studying in the Parsons university, he designed the hand made sweater lined and sold it. He designed it for his first collection Reuben Thomas. He decided to be a partner of Robbery Duffy in the year of 1984, and the relationship between him is still remaining. He got support from Onward Kashiyama USA and designed his first label for his collection. He got award which is very honer for designer in the year of 1987 and he got this award when he was young.

Marc and Robbery Duffy joined Pari Alece in the year of 1989. Robbery worked as a director and Marc worked as a vice director and also took charge of women wear.
Again in the year of 1992, American Fashion Design Association decided to give Marc Jacob the women's Designer of the Year Award.




After he graduated from Parsons university, his ability has proved while he was doing collection of grenge look in the Perry Ellis. He is a director of Louis Vuitton today. He is taking a penalty of greatness in a lot of products. He designed the very first 기성복.
He also made his own brand which is known as " Marc by Marc Jacobs". It started in the year of 2000 and it is also very popular.

2011년 5월 22일 일요일

Karl Lagerfeld ( designer of Chanel)


White shirts with a black suit, sunglasses which covers his eyes. White hair and bike rider gloves. He is a Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld. Probably lots of people don't know him, but lots of people know about brand Chanel.




Profile

Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion designer
Birth: 1938 / 9 / 10 ( Germany )
Award: 1982, American designer association
IWS Contest granularity
Niman Markers award
Career: 2004.11 H&M Top seat designer
1998 Lagebelt gallery launching
1984 Chanel Top seat designer
1975 Built Lagebelt perfume
1970-1997 clo Top seat designer
1965 pendi designer





Karl Lagerfeld youth
He was born in Germany. His father was a business man and grandfather was a bank merchant. He was born in very rich family. He went to church when he was young. So he toungt that simple and neat clothes is the best clothes. Probably the neat suit that he made now days would have influence.





Karl Lagerfeld's job
When he was at the age of 14, the hole family move to French. At the age of 16, he attended the international design contest and got award for woman coat. For this opportunity he started to work in one french clothes shop for second designer. In the year of 1964 he advanced to pretaporte. He was a main designer of lots of company and became a designer of Chanel. In the year of 1983, the first fashion show of Chanel, he said that The Chanel has risen up from the tomb!





His life
He has 6 houses in Paris. Every houses has different design concept. There are lots of music and same design of 10 ipods.
He gets up at 5'o clock. He has 25thousands books which it gives him for ideas and new design. He likes to read books rather than drink and party. He can speak English, French, Germany and Italy. He also design Chanel's public information, picture and everything. He never ever takes drugs, alcohol and smoke. He likes to drink diet coke and mania of espresso.
He always try to get inspiration. He dreams about his clothing design when he sleeps.

His fashion icons.






He is also known as teddy bear.

2011년 5월 10일 화요일

History of Clavin Klein ( CK)



Clavin Klein was born in New York brongkes in the year of 1943. He was graduated in FIT university. After he graduated the university, he lent the money from his partner's father and started the Calvin Klein Ltd man's coat. He started the shop in the small hotel of New York, but fortunately one department CEO ordered a lot of clothes and Clavin Klein started to become popular.

Calvin Klein developed very fast. He started to launch the sport wear in the year of 1972. He made European style which was very simple and casual. It enamor American women.

In the end of year 1970, he declared the Calvin Klein Jean. Also in the year of 1982, and 1983, he launched the men's underwear and women's underwear. The item of CK underwear was different from other brands underwear. It is very sensible and useful. Even now days, the underwear of CK is very popular. Same periods of launching underwear, he also launched Obsession, Eternity and Escape which was collection of perfume. This made Ck the perfume image. Especially the year of 1994, customers started to buy the very first perfume Ck one. He got the idea ck one from his daughter Marci.



CK created the new sport wear in the spring of 1992. The fashion of  80 and 90 was very different from the year of 70. Therefore Ck created the very comfortable and awesome formula clothes. The simple and modern formula clothes became very popular in the year of 1995.

In now days a lot of people are interested in modern, romantic, feminine, elegant and sensitive clothes.



Philosophy

"Simple one is not interesting, fashion should be soft and luxury."

He got his design image when he was a child. Americans are very innocent but has confidence. Esmipecially he was very caution and elegant. He was very similar from his mom.  He got many influence from his second designer too. She helped Calvin to become more active. Also she told him to show traditional style and free syyle. He got influenced from artist Donard who told him the minimalism which is very functional American style.

He expressed his-self as" I created the Clavin Klein to express new attitude of fashion." He was very confidence to express his-self. He is honest and modern designer. He aimed in simple city and exact cutting. So that he satisfied for the modern women's desire which is sexy and natural. He used natural fiber to make simple and stable clothes.



Special reasons that Ck is famous

Ck 's formula clothes are very simple, modern and casual style.
In the year of 90 Ck started to get attention in everywhere. That's because Ck started to give satisfy for the customers. Customers wanted to satisfy with mentally. So Ck designed with natural fiber which was very simple and refined. Ck is pushing ahead not only the clothes, but also perfium, watch, a lots of diversity items.


Awards

1972: Start of sport wear "Coty Awards"

1993: CFDA American Fashion designer

1997: New York art director club design visual communication management



2011년 4월 28일 목요일

History of Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton was born in the year of 1821 August fourth in French , In the year of 1835, He moved to Paris and worked for Marechal company which was famous for making Trunk and case. During work, he created rectangular bag which was so successful. During that time, the bags were round and was uncomfortable to put clothes. For the people who liked to go to trip, they needed to carry many bags, but after he created the rectangular bag which is Louis Vuitton, It made popularity.

With this kind of background, In the year of 1854, he opened his shop in downtown of Paris. With very good design and useful trunk, he got gold medals and silver medals in  the paris world exhibition. In the year of 1892 February 27th, Louis Vuitton died and his son Georges Vuitton got the company.



With Louis Vuitton selling such a high an goods at such a high price.

In the year of 1896, his son Georges Vuitton created Monogram Canvas. This trademark was from his Father's first  name letter "L" and the last letter "V". Combination of LV design  represents the Louis Vuitton company. And this was the very first trademark in the world.



Louis Vuitton company is famous until today. The company's history is about 150 years. It expanded to all of the world. The company is not only famous for bags but also famous for accessory and total fashion.

In the year of 1994 Louis Vuitton created their literature collection called Voyager Avec.
In the year of 1997 they created a pen collection and in 1998 the LV city Guides and scrap books. In the year of 2001 the jewellery line was launched. In the year of 2006 the book Louis Vuitton icons was published. In the 2004, Louis Vuitton celebrated their 150the anniversary.


Louis Vuitton first entered the fashion world with their luggage line. In that time, lots of people were beginning to travel. So he created a large flat case and a steamer bag and large overnight bag called a Keepall.


Louis Vuitton is also a made a handbag designer. In the year of 1896 the now famous monogram canvas was created. A print was so popular that it was redesigned in 2003 in multicolour by Takashi Murakami in 1999 of the print called the Mini Lin Monogram. In 1998 Marc Jacobs joined Louis Vuitton as their Artistic Directr and created Monogram line.



Some LV Trends
- The "Noe" is a drawstring bag with a square base first created in 1932. It's able to carry four champagne bottles. As 35years later Louis Vuitton merged with Moet Hennessy.
- The "Speedy" is similar to the Keepall, but it's a handbag. It has one large compartment inside and grab bag handles. It has in four sizes.
- The "Elipse" is an oyster shell-shaped solid bag with grab handles. It has in two sizes and also as a purse.
- The "Neverfull" is one of the newest additions; a large beach bag syle for city living. It has three sizes.
- The "Papillon" is a barrel bag with shoulder straps, available in two sizes. The larger one comes with a mini replica to be used as a makeup bag.
- The "Cherry Blossom" print was one of Takashi Murakami's limited edition prints. The most popular version showed cute little cherry blossom flowers with faces on top of the classic brown monogram print.
- The "Theda", another limited edition, was a garb bag available in several colours and prints with drawstring sides and a large buckle.
- TheThat's love collection has canvas rectangular tote bags with the word LOVE written on the front. The L and V entwine to make the Louis Vuitton monogarm.