Vogue, A century of style: National Portrait Gallery exhibition marks magazine's centenery
Striking images include Norman Parkinson’s 1956 photograph of Anne Gunning outside the City Palace in Jaipur, India, modelling a pink mohair coat by Jaeger, a Bardot-esque Claudia Schiffer shot by Herb Ritts in 1989, and Peter Lindbergh’s famous 1990 cover featuring the five biggest supermodels of the day: Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Cindy Crawford. • Vogue's LGBT backlash over Cara Delevingne interview Assembled in reverse chronological order and going back to the magazine’s beginnings in 1916, they illustrate British Vogue’s role as what Alexandra Shulman, its editor-in-chief, describes as “a cultural record of our times”. “These are wonderful pictures and each holds its own on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, but they are also an integral part of the magazine.
The Global Economics of Clothing: Part 2 - Fashion
Introduction In Part 1 of this series, I described the global economics of the clothing industry: where is the demand, where is it produced, etc. This part will focus on fashion. Since I know little about fashion, I have asked a friend who works in the fashion industry to comment.
Women's Clothing Industry Market Research & Statistics
Global Women’s Clothing Industry The global women’s clothing industry is expected to exceed $621 billion in 2014, marking a 12% increase in five years, reports MarketLine. Clothing retailers account for the largest share of the market at almost 65% in terms of value. The EU represents more than 35% of the global market, which encompasses formalwear, essentials, active wear, outerwear and casual wear. Major drivers of the world womenswear market include fashion, with shoppers eager to keep up with the latest trends, consumer confidence and rising income levels.
25 Women Designers Who Changed Fashion Forever
The upcoming Costume Institute exhibit and Monday's Met Ball honors two of fashion's most beloved women designers: Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. But what about the other female names that have helped to change fashion forever? Recently, Style.com's Nicole Phelps noted that in New York fashion today there is a surprising lack of big-name female designers, which begged the question: "Is it easier to succeed in New York fashion as a man?"
Let's Show the World that Fashion is Serious Business
LONDON, United Kingdom — When I first started writing BoF from my sofa back in 2007, one of my main motivations was to demonstrate that fashion is a serious business. Having immersed myself in the industry in the preceding months, the magic of the fashion industry was simply fascinating to me. Where else could one find such dedicated, creative and hard-working people with a shared passion for their work?
The Kooples: The must have brand for trendy couples. - Womenology
Alexander, Laurent and Raphael Elisha were all destined to work in fashion: their father, Tony, is the founder of the brand ‘Comptoir des Cotonniers’, and he soon involved his sons in his adventure. In 2008, the three brothers developed some strategies (advertising in pairs), adapted their target market (young and trendy couples), and The Kooples was born. Three years later, it is one of the fastest growing textile brands in France and abroad… It was from word of mouth that The Kooples became known: even before opening the first store, the brand had launched a major advertising campaign featuring couples, with no mention of the brand.
New York’s Fashion Industry Reveals a New Truth About Economic Clusters
The week before Fashion Week in New York, now underway, is perhaps the busiest in the city’s apparel industry. Frantic designers rush around looking for gold buttons with blue inlay, for seamstresses to make pleats and for patternmakers with spare fabric. They make modifications to dresses in real time under enormous deadline pressures.
Global Recession Impacts on Fashion Industry: Strategies for Survival
The whole world is facing global recession. The economy is slowing, the business environment is unpredictable and the consumers are getting increasingly diverse, informed, technologically strong and demanding. The global meltdown has, in no way, spared the fashion industry. This industry, along with other textile products industry, is also feeling the pinch of financial adversity. The Fashion Industry
Frida Kahlo Cartoon Will Remind You That You're Awesome
Frida Kahlo is the poster child for unibrows, and illustrator Gavin Aung Than perfectly captured why her refusal to give in to society’s norms about beauty is so important. The freelance cartoonist “takes inspirational quotes from famous people and adapts them into cartoons.” In his Strange Like Me strip, he uses Kahlo’s words as inspiration to tell the story of a young girl coming to terms with her bushy eyebrows (little did she know she’s probably going to grow up to be Cara Delevingne status).
Economic contribution
The direct value of the UK fashion industry to the UK economy is £26bn, up from £21bn in 2009, according to data from Oxford Economics, the consultancy, published by the British Fashion Council. This represents an increase of 22% in nominal terms between 2009 and 2014. If the indirect support for supply chain industries and the induced spending of employees' wages are added in, the total contribution from the UK fashion industry is £46bn.Oxford Economics estimates that fashion’s wider contribution to the UK economy in influencing spending in other industries has risen from £37bn in 2009 to over £46bn in 2014 - a 23% increase.The UK fashion industry is estimated to support 797,000 jobs (down from 816,000 in 2009 which reflects an increase in productivity in the sector).
