Dolce & Gabbana

 

Dolce & Gabbana is a luxury Italian fashion house formed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in 1982. It became one of Italy's most successful ready-to-wear companies. If you watch this 22 minute long video, you will see the garments, and get a feel of how a catwalk should be, in my opinion i love the look that Dolce & Gabbana are going for.  They have a theme that i love for the fall winter fashion week, its just amazing. the structure of the garments are just awesome, they have a royal theme going on and i just love it.

Techniques and Struggles during my garment ensemble

Garments Merchandising

Since i have been in this class (Fashion design), i have learned new techniques and now that we are in our 2nd semester of this class we have been given a new challenge. We were to be asked to buy a pattern, fabric, and zippers or buttons for our next project, we were to make our own garment and doing so would be harder for us because we are basically on our own. This challenge was a good thing for all of us at the same time, we were able to ask our peers for help which saved us from making a mistake, but sometimes we did and that's ok because we learned from it. the struggles i came across with my garment were mostly from the thread bunching up or the straps to my garment not cooperating with me, but it was frustrating and usually when i feel myself getting flustered i would take a minute and breathe. I feel like ever since i've been in this class i have more respect for designers.

"women's wear daily"- New York Fashion Week Fall 2017 Trend: Velvet's Touch

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"Designers got the memo that velvet is the new fabric of our lives." Well i would say velvet made an impact on many girls closets because its a very popular fabric in clothing but i wouldn't say its a fabric of our lives. My opinion on velvet, its very cute and stylish but i wouldn't wear it on a daily basis in my opinion because i feel like it sticks to your body and gets ruined easily. 

Do You Worry Colleges or Employers Might Read Your Social Media Posts Someday?

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I honestly don't have anything to worry about colleges or employers looking at my social media if they ended up doing just that. The things i post are just about family selfies and the band i love, so there isn't really any worry. Let's say for example if i were somebody else who doesn't care and posted what i want like contraband, bikini selfies, ect., it would make colleges and employers think that i'm an alcoholic and druggie who over sexualizes everything, so they wouldn't hire me or accept me. Since i don't do anything like that on social media then i am okay. 

Grammy Fashion 2017

  

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 What surprised me on the red carpet at the Grammy's was Joy Villa's "Make America great again" dress. I honestly think joy as a celebrity, she shouldn't have worn that dress because she is a role model in so many people's eyes and now she wore that dress, she looks like she is all for trump and i really think she should have made a dress change before she walked out of her house.but enough of the "make america great again" part, the dress itself is nicely fitted but the halter top isn't flattering and the mermaid poof isn't nice either but it does have great volume and structure in that specific part.

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 Camila Cabello wore my favorite dress because its princess like, flowy, it has structure and a little bit of texture, even the drop waist is flattering. The color is great on her, the bodice is great to i love it, the dress fits well and looks great  on her.

 I think the worst dressed was girl crush, the pink bandeau is cute but the skirt of gumballs or balloons is not cute or flattering to the figure. It does have structure, but to much volume and it has an umpire waistline which cuts off the figure. I feel like the oscars fashion is more fancy and formal than anything and the grammys is just fancy and fun. so i think celebrities are willing to take a risk because they want to show that you can be you and dont care about others thoughts.

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Raf simons

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Raf Simons used his creativity to an advantage when it came to Donald trump when he was elected as president, he said if you have a voice you should use it, so that is what he did with his fashion line. His style is very strange and unique but i don't like it very much. He used to work for this very famous fashion house before working for Calvin Klein but i don't know the name of it.

McCalls pattern company

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 The McCall's pattern company was founded in 1863,it looked like a business that time forgot but it finds itself newly fashionable. The company tries to keep the patterns fresh. The patterns created at the McCall's company are blueprints, they are essential for the do-it-yourself men and women who want to be seen as fashionable, but don't want to go to the most expensive name brand shops. The process of picking a McCall's pattern has not changed since the 1980's.