essay I will be looking into background of Alexandra McQueen and Givenchy and how and where they started in the fashion industry I will be explaining how their designs have influenced the fashion trends of today with their unique styles through Social media and how they have modified their collections for the mainstream retail industry. Lee Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th March 1969 and died on the 11th February 2010. Alexander McQueen was born in Lewisham, London, to Scottish parents. He
Goth subculture emerged in the late 1970’s in Britain. Punk had generated an age of youth with its D.I.Y. manner and taste in music, fashion, safety pins and thrift shops. Punk had triggered a rise of new styles such as romantic and ‘hard-core’. During this subcultural revolution, a number of personalities and musical bands began to develop this idea of ‘Goth’. Goth subculture as a fashion can be described as the development out of punk and was inspired by the mood the music evokes. Goth punk, 'death
The brand Chanel was founded by Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in Paris, 1909. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, also known as Coco Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Her mother passed away when she was six years old, and she was sent to the orphanage of the Catholic monastery of Aubazine where she learned to become a seamstress. She had started to work for a local tailor when she left the orphanage when she was eighteen (Lifetime TV, 2015). The name Coco came about when she had a brief career
admired her father’s work, but she was determined to be different. At an early age Wintour was introduced to the world of journalism. Her father, Charles Wintour, was the editor for the London Evening Standard newspaper. Her father was the biggest influence to her interest in journalism.Charles personally consulted her on how to
strong male role being the protective and committed romantic who falls in love with the gentle young woman in need of a strong man to care for and love her. However, in modern country music, though this historic theme still exists in some songs, more influence of pop music is being heard, with driving rhythms and lyrics that describe encounters based more on sexual attraction than the romantic ballads of old. In hip-hop music, both historically and today, most songs portray men as dominant, bold, reckless