TREND BOOK 2011 A/W womanswear
CONTENTS Tokyo Geisha.........................................06 The Queen ............................................14 Space Age...............................................22 Equestrianism Chic ...............................30 References..............................................38
Womanswear A/W
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The white skin, red lips and expressionless face are a beauty trademark. Geisha in Japan are almost a conscious anachronism nowadays. However, geisha still exist in modern Japan. The kind of music and dance they perform, the kimonos they wear, the hair and make-up that create their distinctive look: all hark back to 19thcentury popular culture and traditional Japanese ideals of feminine beauty and deportment. Back then, geisha were fashion leaders — all fashionable women used to whiten their skin. The kimono was the common style of dress, and adjusting the collar at the back of the nape was considered sexy, so the geisha pulled theirs back further than anyone. An obi, or sash, worn low on the hips, was considered chic, so, of course, the geisha’s were worn lowest. Not only did geisha accentuate everything that was feminine and erotic in popular culture, they started most of the trends in clothing, hair and make-up.
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Western fashion has taken considerable direction from geisha style over the years. On the spring/summer 2006 catwalk, Valentino had mask-like geisha visages, with pomegranate lips floating on porcelain faces, and Dries van Noten had geisha hair, sculpted into curvilinear rolls and adorned with oriental ornaments.
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The growing interest in geisha and their exotic appearance have spawned various popular culture phenomena both in Japan and in the west. Geisha always wear kimono. Apprentice geisha wear highly colourful kimono with extravagant obi.
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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, 2012 In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a Diamond Jubilee is held in the 60th year of a monarch’s reign. Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 60th year on the Throne in 2012- her Diamond Jubilee.
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On July 20, 1969, NASA astronauts landed on the moon. They set off a style revolution, one small step for man, one giant leap for fashionkind. Taking inspiration from space suits, the designers creating the most iconic Space Age looks.
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One small step for man, one giant leap for fashionkind
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Olympic Game London 2012
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Equestrian style, there’s something incredibly chic about such a pulled together look. Usually, it’s associated with something slightly pretentious but there’s definitely room to have fun with it. So saddle up and sport this.
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REFERENCES Tokyo Geisha 01. http://animeonly.org/Fantasy/Fantasy-art-series/Geisha-by-lostxero-85306p.html 02. http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/3fd6673dh6a6bb05cb4e5 03. http://lotushaus.typepad.com/lotushaus/kimono/ 04. http://slide.ent.sina.com.cn/slide_4_163_207.html 05. http://www.linguapax-asia.org/contents.files/proceedings2005web/website2005/coverphotos.htm 06. http://www.harbourcity.com.hk/brandstories.php?id=237 07. http://www.coutorture.com/Jean-Paul-Gaultier-Spring-2009-Haute-Couture-2746024?page=0,0,16 08. http://www.haibao.cn/blog/post/196115.htm 09. http://www.newsurl.net/the-biggest-challenge-in-the-history-of-project-runway/ 10. http://hope-julycarol.blogbus.com/tag/%E5%85%AB%E9%98%AA%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE/ 11. http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/3fd6673dh6a6bb05cb4e5 12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/17623868@N00/2504724 13. http://bcquilter.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/
The Queen 01. http://www.getaclueamerica.com/?p=8 02. http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/cdefg/post115930366/ 03. http://pw.wst.cn/read.php?action=printable&tid=1291106 04. http://firstsliveone.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/buckingham-palace/
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05. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2009/jul/24/the-queen-dresses-fashion-display?picture=350782977 06. http://desk.2u.com.cn/pic_408025.html#t 07. http://en.ce.cn/subject/cfw08/200711/05/t20071105_13481377_8.shtml 08. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/7-spring-summer-2009-chanel-collection-look-15,12#7-spring-summer/ 09. http://dallasvintageshop.com/?p=53 10. http://desk.2u.com.cn/pic_408036.html#t 11. http://fashionsmodelstyle.blogspot.com/2009_11_15_archive.html 12. http://littleplastichorses.blogspot.com/2009/03/snejana-onopka-is-fairytale-princess.html 13. http://www.etsy.com/listing/25848272/custom-couture-corsage-handmade-silk 14. http://shirley.en.alibaba.com/product/235216458-0/100_polyester_plain_dyed_fabric.html 15. http://discountdesignerfabricatschindlers.com/multipurposethumbs3.html
Space Age 01. http://www.alienresearchcorp.com/space/hd-wallpapers/amazing/ 02. http://daralang.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/transparency/ 03. http://64.34.171.171/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1774&start=90 04. http://www.springleap.com/posts/view/space-fashion 05. http://facesofdesign.com/design-competition/focused-december-09-competition 06. http://somelikeitfashion.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/london-fashion-week-print-trends-for-aw09/ 07. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=10hswaq&s=5 08. http://www.fotoglif.com/f/y87aa68e1167/g6f1dmzvvmih
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09. http://blog.forever21.com/blog/search.asp?cid=000&archive=200909&keyword=afternoon 10. http://www.global14.com/balenciaga%E2%80%99s-space-age-shoes-%E2%80%93-fall-2010/ 11. http://www.exposenewspaper.com/theeye.aspx?album=4 12. http://greenacresalpacastore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=52 13. http://picasaweb.google.com 14. http://penguinforum.miniclip.com
Equestrianism Chic 01. http://equestrianism.wordpress.com 02. http://www2.canada.com 03. http://rogersequestrian.org 04: http://medway.gov.uk 05: http://commons.wikimedia.org 06: http://poshglam.com 07: http://districtofchic.com 08: http://horseridingshop.ie 09: http://smbup.com 10: http://www.t100.cn 11: http://www.fotoglif.com/f/y87aa68e1167/g6f1dmzvvmih
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