Showing posts with label latest fashion news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label latest fashion news. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Fashion in College

 Tom Tessin

st before we got into college we would look at all the older teenagers and yearn to be like them; so cool and all that.


That was when baggy clothes were the in thing. You had loose baggy shirts and loose baggy pants, which were a craze. Of course in school you couldn't be as fashionable as half the day you were in your school uniform and the rest of the time you spent studying.

But the day a kid passed out of school, and one of the first things on his or her agenda was to get a brand new wardrobe; something that would fetch a lot of attention, mainly from the opposite sex.

What was cool

I remember all the older guys in my college wore these jeans that they bought from ~Cartier", a shopping centre. They used to be this particular shade of blue that was not too dark, and very slightly ~neon-ish". The make was invariably something called Dacron.

Then there was this craze for Nike and Reebok shoes. If you had all of these you were, very, very eligible. Oh yes! I remember myself going all over town to find one place where these shoes were available cheap as my allowance wasn't too high. Not being able to find any such place I had to borrow some money from my elder sister and buy myself a very basic pair of Nikes.

Fashion in college

There'd be these gangs of girls and guys in college who would by their attire try and look like the various pop and movie stars of the day. The girls would ape mainly Madonna or Laura Branigan and the guys would try and look like Paul Young or Tom Cruise.

Imported brands

That was a time when a lot of foreign makes of clothes and fashion accessories were making their way into India either legally or otherwise. You had Pepe and Levi's jeans which were quite popular. Then you had Lacoste T-shirts and accessories.

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Modern and Classic Fashion Jewelry for the Ages

Drew Hill
jewelry Fashion
There is a lot of great fashion jewelry that you will have the opportunity to buy is year.
The trends are showing that a lot of women will be wearing different types of necklaces depending on the season of the year. If you are a woman who wants to be able to keep up with the latest fashion trends, or you would just like to get some good information on the best types of necklaces to buy, then make sure to read this information so that you will be looking your best this year and the years to come.
When you are buying fashion jewelry the best thing to do is make sure that you buy it for the person who is going to be wearing it. Many women try to buy necklaces that they see their co-workers wearing because they look great on them. However, they find that when they put that same necklace on it does not have the same effect. It is best to buy jewelry that looks good on you instead of buying something that looks great on someone else. We all have unique bodies and like to wear different outfits so finding a necklace that matches with both of those aspects is always the best thing to do.

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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Fashion News- Black Girls In A White World

It is always noteworthy when politics and fashion collide. In October, The New York Times ran an article entitled "Runways Fade to White". The article described the relative absence of Black models on the runways of the most recent Fashion Week.

As a follower of fashion and a Black woman, the article caught my attention.
I tend to live by the proposition that race is a significant characteristic, but should not govern our lives and or dictate our decisions. However, this year's Fashion Week has challenged those beliefs.
The New York Times article painted a picture of the whitening of the fashion world. According to the article, the number of Black women used in fashion shows has steadily decreased. Frequently, designers request the model's race in advance so that they can reject the Black models. When the agents try to pull a bait and switch, by withholding the model's race, the designers later complain. The designers reject the Black model and blame the agent by saying, "You didn't tell me that she was Black."
While I was unaware of the underlying details, my review of fashion magazines has revealed that Black models were suffering some challenges. I peruse my five subscriptions to fashion magazines religiously every month, under the belief that fashion is universal. Rather than bemoan the absence of Black women on the hundreds of pages, I have rejoiced when I see a Black face on one page.

I used to believe that I was progressive by not letting politics influence my purchasing decisions. Now, I realize that I was naive.
The Census results gave me an easy way to I rationalize the decisions of the fashion industry. Black people account for about 12% of the population so it would follow that we would not be on the majority of the covers of fashion magazines. However, the article indicates that deliberate discrimination and not statistics likely explains the absence of Black women from the covers.

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