ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Fashion Designer (1969 - 2010) ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) burst onto the fashion stage in 1992‚ courting controversy as headlines hailed him as the new enfant terrible. Though contentious and frequently misunderstood‚ he established the fashion label that is now internationally acclaimed and coveted without compromising his approach. From the start of his career McQueen has both shocked and delighted his audience with raw presentations often depicting bleak history and anarchic
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How fashion professionals use historical and cultural research as source material for fashion inspiration? * Reference to key themes‚ discussion and concepts raised in the Design in Context unit * Referenced quotations (using Harvard referencing) from at least four academic texts to support your arguments * Referenced images * A critical analysis of examples of relevance to your degree subject (Design & Development; Graphics; Photography or Promotion & Communication) *
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ORIGINALITY IN FASHION BY FIRUZÉ FRENCH The Importance of Originality in Fashion By originality in fashion‚ I’m not talking about the originality of everyday people and their fashion style‚ what they wear and how they wear it. I’m talking about the difficulty top fashion designers face every 6 months when they make a great effort to create a contemporary and original collection for the fashion catwalk to please brutally honest fashion critics‚ of magazines and of the public
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CoCo Chanel and Alexander McQueen. Higher Art Design Essay. Abbeylauren Duckett Two artists that I have chosen who reflect change are Alexander Mcqueen who emulated the dominance of media on the world during the 1990’s and Coco Chanel who reflected the change in the stance of women in society after the first world war. Alexander McQueen was a contempary fashion designer and was his in-depth knowledge of British tailoring. He learned his skills as a tailor as an apprentice in the famous Savile
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History of this trend: Once set by Alexander the great as a creation of various styles with defined uses‚ gladiator shoes were created with functions and tasks in mind. According to doloresmonet.com around the 4th century BCE when the age of increased wealth was upon the Roman Empire certain activities and life style changes were acquired. These changes brought about a necessary need for the creation of various sandal styles. The law put in place by Alexander the great was simply to wear the various
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Taste of runway: Anna Marconi Text by Elli Argyridou Anna Marconi talks to Elli Argyridou. Anna is a fashion designer and blogger‚ and the founder and creative director of ‘Taste of Runway’ (www.tasteofrunway.com) Taste of runway is an innovative website that combines fashion and food: Anna’s two main passions. Over a Skype conversation Anna explains how she came up with the idea of her website and she talks about her main inspirations‚ her career and her collaboration with ‘Miele’. ELLI ARGYRIDOU:
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I was a toddler‚ running around and doodling on any surface possible. In this course I wanted to learn techniques that would help me improve my style. I wanted to broaden my creativity by creating abstract works and designing dresses that mimic Alexander McQueen’s. And also to learn new mediums to create mixed media art because I find those artworks to be unusual. This’s why I love art‚ because on rare occasions I discover a piece that’s unique and sparks my creativity so I can produce my own.
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Lee Alexander McQueen born on March 17‚ 1969 and passed away on February 11‚ 2010 in London‚ United Kingdom. He was known as simply Alexander McQueen to the fashion world. McQueen’s dad was a cab driver and his mother was a schoolteacher who taught Social Science. He was youngest of six children. He knew at a young age of three of his homosexuality and children used to make fun of him for it. He states that‚ “Actually‚ yeah. I would wear my sister’s clothes and people wouldn’t recognise it because
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT It is hard to provide an exact definition of leadership‚ courage‚ & heroism because every person has his own opinion. The qualities a leader possesses are not always the same; they can vary according to the time in history he lived in‚ the problems that are occurring throughout that time period‚ and also the people whom the leader is leading. Alexander’s childhood played an important role in his development into a great man & military Leader. Many things of his childhood contributed
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Alexander the Great is renowned for uniting the known world under his leadership and has grown to mythical proportions in his leadership abilities and skill at arms. He was also a young ruler‚ brash‚ irreverent and narcissistic. His never ending lust to conquer new lands‚ his growing problems controlling his drinking and his relentless pushing of his army all contribute not only to illustrating personal character flaws but possibly to his death. In his young life Alexander was tutored by the
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