CSFRST 2374 Study Guide - Final Guide: Miniskirt, John Galliano, Market Structure
5 Oct 2018
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Business of fashion and retailing: gateway to all things fashion, about industry and supply chain as well as the business structure. What is fashion: the actual concept and the conditions that effect it, trends develop over time and change over decade. 2. become familiar with how fashion spreads across society. Fashion: what do you think: products, clothes, shoes, perfume, makeup, home furnishings, houses, cars, electronics, body, hair styles, tattoos, body piercing. Fashion: signifies: expression, creativity, culture, can signify gender, being trendy, status, power, beauty, prestige, uniqueness, individuality, conformity. Popular thought on fashion: fashion conveyed by, celebrities, models, friends, designers, media. Examples of fashion over time: 1920- flappers- losing corsets and lose fitting, 1930"s bias cut slim fit and draping, 1940"s new look- restriction on fabric so simple and then after. Common characteristics: style/mode, particular characteristic or look, up-to-date/ change/ temporal, society/ acceptance, accepted by sizable segment of consumers.
