Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Tokyo to London 3: 1980s Olympics fashion
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Well known Japanese designers: part2
-After he finished a digree in law, started fashion digree again in 1969.
-1981, Debut in Paris.
-He makes flagship stores in New York, Paris and Antwarp through 80s to 90s.
-He collaborates with many way.
e.g.) Adidas, Hermes, Mandarina Duck and Takeshi Kitano
-The founder of Comme des Garçons
-1973, she establiched her company.
-1982, opens her boutique in Paris.
-Her designs have inspired many other late designers.
e.g.) Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester and Helmut Lang.
-1984, he starts internship at Comme des Garçons as a pattern maker.
-1987, He promotes as a chief designer of Tricot knitwear line.
-1992, He starts his own line under the Comme Des Garçons name.
-1993, He begins showing in Paris.
-2007, He iss licenced by Converse to design a series of All-Star shoes
-He is a DJ and the creator of A Bathing Ape, known as Bape
-1993, His first store opens at Harajuku, Tokyo.
-2005, He launches the first store in New York.
-He collaborates with many other brand characters like SpongeBob Squarepants, Nintendo and Hello Kitty.
Monday, 28 March 2011
Well known Japanese designers: part1
-The only Japanese woman to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and New York
-The first Asian woman as an official haute couture design house by the fédération française de la couturein France
-Opened in Japan in 1951, grew to become a $500 million international business by the 1990s
-Settled in Paris in 1964
-His collection was presented in New York and Tokyo in 1971 and became success.
-Since 1993 the brand Kenzo is owned by LVMH.
-Aannounce his retirement in 1999
-In 2005, he reappeared as a decoration designer.
Issey Miyake (born Apr 22, 1938)-Born in Hiroshima and witnessed and survived the nuclear bomb.
-1970, He founded the Miyake design studio.
-Late 80s, he started experimenting about pleating.
-1993, Pleats Please
-1999, he turned over to Naoki Takizawa to consentrate on researching
-1978, She moved to London and opened up her first store in Covent Garden
-Her designs were worn by the Spice Girls, Placebo, and Natalie Imbruglia
-She became success in many way and created her big unbrella from fibre to lighter companies.
Sunday, 27 March 2011
80s to 90s, Japanese designers' challenges.
How many faces do you recognize?
They are famous Japanese designers who work internationally.
The answer will be in next post.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Post-punk to Alternative rock
From mid 80's, punk rock is getting closer and unite with many other genres of music such as grunge, Britpop and indie rock. It introduced an easy punk style which is more acceptable for many people. While developing emerge musicians such as Rolling Stones, John Peel and Richard Skinner, their fashion also became popular. It is seemed that fashion trend are getting influenced musicians more and more.
Alternative rock cannot specify one particular style any more. Fashion trends are subdivided in small pieces and people became more individual. This circumstance continues to 1990's and so on. For instance, one side, pure punk style has still remain with coloured Mohican's and Dr. Martin, the other side, many other branches are still existing as a part of dance music and Britpop.
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Haute Goth
Goth has influenced fashion world very much. Many famous fashion designers have designed Goth or Goth-chic style at least once. Especially, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano often showed the dark taste.
It is seemed to be easy to combine Goth style into the high end luxury style as an acceptable young culture. For this strategy, many designer houses could expand their market segmentation to a new young customers. Like Vivienne Westwood got success in 70's as a symbolic designer of punk, emerge designers are still interested in goth culture as an important key.
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Goth culture
Goth remained as one of the fashion styles in rock scene and spread out all over the world. The theme had gradually changed to more Victorian or Elizabethan styles and aggressive punk tastes faded and became much less. The culture also began influenced their life style. Enthusiastic goth people started getting married in Goth style which is bloody wedding dress or black dress and sleeping in a coffin. It is of course no harm for the other people but these facts made some stereotype like depressed, suicidal, involved in illegal drugs, believing vampires and satanists. However, as the followers, the style is just doing what they love and thinking dark beauty which includes longing of past centuries.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Goth, the beggining -Siouxsie Sioux-.
Siouxsie and the Banshees is one of the best known rock bands in the UK. It was formed in 1977. She influenced most post rock bands like The Cure, Gossip, PJ Harvey and Scissor Sisters. Her remarkable make up and fashion was recognized as punk rock genre first, but it changed gradually to a new subdivided genre, Goth. In the early days of goth, it is more new romanticism side, means like 'show costume' like Japanese Kabuki style or black and metal leotard suits with big hair. It apparently shows 1980's trends which flourished Lycra garments and shoulder pads.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
1980's, subdivided punk rock style.
In this genre, there were born two new main streams.
One is New Romantic and the other is Goth.
Goth is slightly later than new romanticism and it is obviously influenced by them. They are basically in black Victorian style dress and pale skin. The music scene is originally punk rock but it became wider from classical music to death rock.
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