week 12
4 , 5/01/09

The First week back feels strange returning after adjusting to life at home, although it’s nice to see friends.
On the first day back we had tutorials with our new tutor Azleen for the final project Fashion Vs Sport, we were in groups of 5 and I found it really helpful to share ideas and be pointed in the right direction, I have decided to look into sportswear for women’s tennis and research into appropriate fabrics.
On Tuesday we had PPRD, we were put into groups and were asked to complete a PowerPoint presentation either on New York, Paris, London, or Milan or any other fashion capitals of our choice. We chose Paris; I am going research French fashion designers.

French fashion sets the trends with icons such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Hermes, Jean-Paul Gautier, Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent.



PPRD

Clothes create a wordless means of communication that we all understand.

Function Form Fantasy Subliminal Comfort Identity Religion Self Expression


Popular fashion trends are close to impossible to trace


Does what we wear define us????

It does to a point. Although clothes can say a lot about a person, they don’t tell the whole story of who you are.
The choice in dressing up is as complicated as the person you are, I don’t think dressing up has to be only for special occasions.
I think it is typical for people to judge somebody by their appearance, however appearances can be deceiving.
I do think what you wear is both consciously and subconsciously a way of trying to express yourself, it tells us how you feel about yourself, if you are revealing a lot of your body then you feel comfortable with yourself if you cover up with a unflattering baggy jumper you clearly don’t like your body.
If you saw a person walking down the street in a bright pink jumpsuit then you would look twice, this would mean the person wants attention and wants to be noticed.
If you wear all black this portrays depression and an element of gloom.
Today people are labelled and categorised by the clothes they wear, such as Goth, Emo, Townie, chav and Trendy.

Experiment with clothes and use your imagination!