FAS 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Athleisure, Nordstrom, Mary Quant
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Chapter 10- the economic impact of international fashion centers. Most casual of fashion weeks, athleisure, casual wear: paris. Haute couture, most formal, traditional: london, milan. Known for textile mills, knitwear, fabric driven fashion industry, 80"s is when it moved from florence to milan. Regional fashion centers: california- la and san fran (levis & the gap, chicago- merchandise mart, more apparel then fashion, dallas, miami- swimwear week happens twice a year, seattle- grunge in the 90"s, amazon, nordstrom, portland. Upon retirement a founding designer will be replaced. Charles worth- father, first modern couturier, 1858: showing of dresses on live models, launched first fashion show, founded chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne" 1868. Designer must be on couture-creation list to be considered haute- couture designers: 3 branches; couture, women"s ready-to-wear (pret-a-porte) and men"s, chambre syndicale creates the rules. Parisian couturiers: karl lagerfeld for chanel, house of dior. Franck sorbier: givenchy, adeline andre, anne valerie hash, atelier gustavo lins.
