Beginning to understand fashion in 5 minutes, with Anna Wintour
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How to learn to understand fashion
Why is Haute Couture so cheap?
Working from a 2D flat 1939 Christian Dior Design, a skilfull dressmaker, Domenique Erb, takes proportions, measurements, then drapes, pins and sews muslin on a dressmaker's bodyform dummy to bring it to 3D life as a template for an evening gown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGULpcJKbmc Why do Couture garments cost so much? Well, once you've viewed this video, …
How to wear your ponchini
Woollen delight, colours and texture as designer Steven Be shows the many ways to wear his ponchini
Fashion future – Alexa Chung
How to become a clothing designer
Film Review: “The Gospel according to Andre”
Andre Leon Talley is a 20th century fashion icon: former creative director at Vogue, friend of many designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Diane Fustenberg and fashion editors Anna Wintour and Diana Vreeland..... I'm just back from viewing the documentary on him at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZkVGCY5rY This is an inspiring …
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What fashion is for… Pierpaolo Piccioli
Fashion is to give us dreams and feelings - it is passing, but beauty is eternal
Fashion, Art, dance, music
Here at ,& we are all about the arts mixed, and the arts mixed with life - hence our tagline ",& the continuing conversation between life and Art". So we love this. https://vimeo.com/197262880 Tracie Cheng's drawings on flowing fabrics, dance across a field in fashion by Arret Studio, Shanghai. Video by Derryck Menere. Subtle, beautiful, …
Good music lasts…. fashion not so much
The Four Tops and "Reach Out" is a classic song. But those big jackets and too short trousers? To 21st century eyes, slightly odd and hilarious, although obviously sharp styling at the time, 50 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56Sj7kMbLk
Upcycling clothes scraps to Fashion
Zero Waste Daniel is a brand who take the material scraps thrown away by clothes manufacturers - and stitches them together into new garments, for sale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qqiKNzwHMg Yes - I know - it's called patchwork. It's been done by cost conscious mums down the centuries trying to eke out the life of a garment with …
Fashion as culture
Here's a hashtag you might want to look out for, if textiles and fashion are your thing: #WeWearCulture - it's being used by Google Arts & Culture to flag up new short videos on world fashion history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U3yESDITwM Having seen this introductory video, I was excited to see what the videos looked like - …
