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Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging. As a multifaceted term, fashion describes an industry, designs, aesthetics, and trends.

The term 'fashion' originates from the Latin word 'Facere,' which means 'to make,' and describes the manufacturing, mixing, and wearing of outfits adorned with specific cultural aesthetics, patterns, motifs, shapes, and cuts, allowing people to showcase their group belongings, values, meanings, beliefs, and ways of life. Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, reducing fashion's environmental impact and improving sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers. (Full article...)

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On September 12, 2010, American singer Lady Gaga wore a dress to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards made entirely out of raw beef. Designed by Franc Fernandez and styled by Nicola Formichetti, the dress was condemned by animal rights groups, while named by Time as the top fashion statement of 2010.

The press speculated on the originality of the idea, with comparisons made to similar images found in art and popular culture. As with her other dresses, it was archived, but went on display in 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after being preserved by taxidermists as a type of jerky. Following this, the dress was then transferred to the Newseum in Washington D.C. As of 2019, the dress is displayed in Las Vegas at the Haus of Gaga museum inside the Park MGM casino. Gaga explained following the awards ceremony that the dress was a statement about one's need to fight for what one believes in, and highlighted her opposition to the United States Armed Forces' "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (Full article...)

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A suit, also called a lounge suit, business suit, dress suit, or formal suit, is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt suit is similar, but with a matching pencil skirt instead of trousers. It is currently considered semi-formal wear or business wear in contemporary Western dress codes; however, when the suit was originally developed it was considered an informal or more casual option compared to the prevailing clothing standards of aristocrats and businessmen. The lounge suit originated in 19th-century Britain as sportswear and British country clothing, which is why it was seen as more casual than citywear at that time, with the roots of the suit coming from early modern Western Europe formal court or military clothes. After replacing the black frock coat in the early 20th century as regular daywear, a sober one-coloured suit became known as a lounge suit.

Suits are offered in different designs and constructions. Cut and cloth, whether two- or three-piece, single- or double-breasted, vary, in addition to various accessories. A two-piece suit has a jacket and trousers; a three-piece suit adds a waistcoat. Hats were almost always worn outdoors (and sometimes indoors) with all men's clothes until the counterculture of the 1960s in Western culture. Informal suits have been traditionally worn with a fedora, a trilby, or a flat cap. Other accessories include handkerchief, suspenders or belt, watch, and jewelry. (Full article...)

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The "Darnley portrait", the official portrait of Elizabeth I of England, likely painted from life ca. 1575–76. This portrait is the source of a face pattern which would be used and reused for authorized portraits of Elizabeth into the 1590s, preserving the impression of ageless beauty. It features a crown and sceptre on a table beside the queen, and was the first appearance of these symbols of sovereignty separately used as props (rather than worn and carried) in Tudor portraiture, a theme that would be expanded in later portraits.

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... that William Hogarth was paid sixty guineas to paint Taste in High Life (engraving pictured), a 1742 oil-on-canvas that pokes fun at the fashion of the upper class?
...that less than two months after showing what would become the dress of the season for Spring 2006, Roland Mouret split from his backers and took a two-year hiatus from the fashion industry?
...that violent, porno-chic fashion photography in French and Italian Vogue influenced the sexualized glamor of cosmetics in the 1970s?

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Marjorie Schick (August 29, 1941 – December 17, 2017) was an innovative American jewelry artist and academic who taught art for 50 years. Approaching sculptural creations, her avant-garde pieces have been widely collected. Her works form part of the permanent collections of many of the world's leading art museums, including the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia; the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan; the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania; and the Victoria and Albert Museum of London.

Growing up in the Heartland of the United States, Schick was raised by her single mother, who as an art instructor nurtured her creative talent. After attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she completed a master's degree in fine art at Indiana University Bloomington. She then moved to Kansas, shortly thereafter beginning a lifetime association with Pittsburg State University, where she taught as an art professor. (Full article...)

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Image 1Example of an elaborate stage set used for the Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2011 show (from Fashion show)
Image 2Clothing factory in Buryatia, Russia (from Clothing industry)
Image 3Finnish actress Elina Salo presenting clothes designed by Vuokko Nurmesniemi at a fashion show in the Helsinki Botanical Garden in 1958 (from Fashion show)
Image 4Fashionable lady of the era: portrait by Giovanni Boldini (1845–1931) showing Elizabeth Wharton Drexel in 1905. (from History of fashion design)
Image 5Garment factory workers in Bangladesh, in 2013. (from Clothing industry)
Image 6Models on the runway at São Paulo Fashion Week, 2017 (from Fashion show)
Image 7Fashion sketching before live runway presentation (from Fashion show)
Image 8Young generation - main target of Islamic Fashion market. (from Islamic fashion)
Image 9Example image of a poodle skirt. (from History of fashion design)
Image 10Moslema in style fashion show in Kuala Lumpur (from Islamic fashion)
Image 11Clothing factory in Montreal, Quebec, 1941 (from Clothing industry)
Image 12Liu Wen, a supermodel, walking the catwalk as she models fashions by designer Diane von Fürstenberg at New York Fashion Week in 2013 (from Fashion show)
Image 13Dress attributed to Charles Frederick Worth for Elisabeth of Austria painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (from History of fashion design)
Image 14Nylon stocking inspection in Malmö, Sweden, in 1954. (from Clothing industry)
Image 15Haute couture fashion models walking the catwalk at the Carolina Herrera show during New York Fashion Week in 2014. (from Fashion show)
Image 16Paris fashion and runway at the turn of the century (from Fashion show)
Image 17Fashionable Hollywood actress Louise Brooks (from History of fashion design)
Image 18Moslema in style fashion show at PWTC. (from Islamic fashion)

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... that Alexander McQueen pioneered the use of digitally engineered prints in fashion with Natural Dis-tinction Un-natural Selection (examples pictured)?
... that painter and designer Mia Lee used to make doll fashions from her grandmother's scraps?
... that Broadway actress Isabelle Urquhart started a fashion trend when she decided to reveal her figure on stage by not wearing petticoats?
... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas?
... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
... that the ependytes, originally a Persian male tunic, became a luxury fashion statement in classical Athens, where it was worn by women and children?

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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

— Oscar Wilde

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Fashion design • History • Haute couture • Ready-to-wear • Costume design • Jewelry design • German • French • Italian • South American • Pattern • Tailor • Textile • Stylist • Buyer • Dressmaker • Illustration • Forecasting • Model • Fitting model • Journalism

History of Western fashion • Ancient world • Egyptian • Biblical • Greek • Roman • Byzantine • Early Medieval • Anglo-Saxon • 12th century • 13th century • 14th century • 15th century • 1500–1550 • 1550–1600 • 1600–1650 • 1650–1700 • 1700–1750 • 1750–1775 • 1775–1795 • 1795–1820 • 1820s • Victorian • 1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930-1945 • 1945-1956 • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

Materials • Cotton • Fur • Leather • Linen • Nylon • Polyester • Rayon • Silk • Spandex • Wool

Dresses • Ball gown • Cocktail dress • Débutante dress • Evening gown • Gown • Jumper dress • Little black dress • Opera gloves • Petticoat • Sari • Shirtdress • Sundress • Tea gown • Wedding dress • Wrap dress

Footwear • Athletic shoe • Boot • Court shoe • Dress shoe • Flip-flops • Sandal • Shoe • Slipper

Hosiery • Bodystocking • Fully fashioned stockings • Hold-ups • Leg warmer • Leggings • Pantyhose • RHT stockings • Sock • Stocking • Tights • Toe Sock • Toe tights

Tops • Blouse • Crop top • Dress shirt • Halterneck • Henley shirt • Hoodie • Jersey • Guernsey • Poet shirt • Polo shirt • Shirt • Sleeveless shirt • Sweater • Sweater vest • T-shirt • Tube top • Turtleneck • Twinset

Trousers or pants • Bell-bottoms • Bermuda shorts • Bondage pants • Capri pants • Cargo pants • Culottes • Cycling shorts • Dress pants • Jeans • Jodhpurs • Overall • Parachute pants • Phat pants • Shorts • Sweatpants • Windpants • Yoga pants

Skirts • A-line skirt • Denim skirt • Leather skirt • Men's skirts • Microskirt • Miniskirt • Pencil skirt • Prairie skirt • Rah-rah skirt • Skort • Wrap

Suits and uniforms • Academic dress • Black tie • Cleanroom suit • Clerical clothing • Court dress • Gymslip • Jumpsuit • Kasaya • Lab coat • Morning dress • Pantsuit • Red Sea rig • Romper suit • Scrubs • Stroller • Tuxedo • White tie

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