Election Day Fashion

Today is Election Day in NYC as well as various other states. Lets talk Election Day Fashion!!!! Red, White, Blue and occasionally Green are colors that are very popular during election time. What do these color represent in regards to politics? What are the silhouettes, styles, and general types of clothing worn by political figures? Do you think they are fashionable? If so, why? If not, what would you do to spice it up?

BTW don't forget to VOTE!!!!

Travel Apparel

The holiday seasons is upon us and people will be traveling nationally and internationally to visit family and friends. Although people will use different methods of traveling each will require clothing that will be comfortable, flexible, and stylish. Fashion Designers what do you recommend? Discuss the possible trip destinations and the type of clothing consumers will need to, during, and from their destination.

Chelsea Art Museum

http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org/

What an experience!!!!!

Today we had the honor of going on a field trip to the Chelsea Art Museum Home of the Miotte Foundation. We viewed Marlene Tseng Yu’s Forces of Nature exhibition and Carlo Zanni’s Flying False Colors exhibition presented The Project Room for New Media at Cam, a technology inspired art medium. There was additional featured attraction all of which were equally interesting and insightful.

We would like to thank Ms. Carolin Wagner who toured our class through the museum and provided us with countless information about each artist and more.

Ms. Nieto, Ms. Boulamaali, Ms. Serrano, and Ms. Lasky you have done it again. Provided us with another valuable learning experience!!!!!! Many Thanks

Students please share your experience with the “What I Learned For Sure” community.

Music and Fashion

Music and Music Artists have always influenced fashion. Kanye West, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga are mainstream music artists who have currently made their mark in the fashion world with unique, retro, and eccentric styles.

Can you think of a music artist who started a trend that inspired fashion? If so, name the artist and explain the concept behind the style.

Gothic Fashion

Halloween is upon us this month and I am reminded of Gothic or what some may call Punk Rock fashion.

How would you define this design category and what is your opinion about this type of fashion? Use internet research to answer this question and site your sources.

Religion and Fashion

Religion has influenced fashion in many ways. from Indian head turbans to a fashion company called True Religion!!



What are the ways that you have seen fashion being influenced by different religious groups and beliefs?

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Technology and Fashion

There are technological software and hardware devices used by designers in the fashion industry. Technolgy is used to create or promote seasonal design collections.

How has fashion been influenced by technology?

NYC SPRING 2010 FASHION WEEK

Welcome back students!!!!

The Spring Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park is here and over 60
Designers will showcase their 2010 Spring Collections from September 10-17, 2009.

If you had the opportunity to go to a fashion show who’s show would you like to see and why?

Career Day

This past week Fashion High had a magnificent Career Day turnout. Companies such as Tracy Reese, Lucky Magazine, and Versace USA Inc. to name a few were present at our school. They shared their professional expertise, advice, and knowledge about their career choices.

Who did you visit during Career Day and what did you learn from the presentation?



Share your thoughts and opinions!!!!!

"The Fabric of Our Lives"

In Patternmaking and Sewing Techniques we have shopped and selected woven fabrics for our skirts.

In Draping we used a woven stretch fabric to drape the Basic Cowl Bodice.

Conduct an internet research on fabric studies. Choose two fabrics of your choice and for each fabric post the fabric name, definition, and the end uses for the fabric. Include the website url where you found your information.

Denim

jean: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Fibre: Cotton Weave: Twill - right hand - may be L2/1 or L3/1. Characteristics: Name derived from French "serge de Nimes". Originally had dark blue, brown or dark grey warp with a white or gray filling giving a mottled look and used mostly for work clothes. ...http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=7&oi=define&ei=GJXKSY_aGIbjnQe1mdyMAw&sig2=

FASHION AT FASHION

The students at Fashion High come from all over the NY tri state area and with them they bring a wide variety of styles.

Some of the styles include: Urban Glamour

Punk Fashion

Anime Fashion

Share with the What I learned for sure community the type of Fashion Style and Trends that best describes you.

Fashion History

1950's



The 1950's, 60's, 70's, and 80's are each fashion decades that stand out on their own. Conduct an internet research and list the fashion trends and fashion designers that were popular during those times.

Click on the following link to view fashion history videos

http://vidcat.com/blog/

Flounce, Ruffle, & More Flounce

Flounce: A flounce is a wide ruffle

Definition retrieved from www.overstock.com/womens-clothing-glossary.html

Ruffle - Strip of cloth, lace or ribbon at the edge of a garment that creates a rippled effect.

Definition retrieved from http://www.mollybloom.com/style-glossary/

This weeks topic is Flounce and Ruffles. In Pattern making we converted a straight skirt into a straight skirt with a flounce. In Draping we added a Flounce at the hem of our Shift Dress. And in Sewing Techniques we constructed an In Seam Ruffle sample.

Shortly we will be designing and constructing garments in class. List 4 to 6 ways that you can incorporate a flounce or a ruffle onto your original design ideas.

Fall Ready-to-Wear 2009

Some student's and I attended the Anna Sui's Fall 2009 Collection on Wed. February 18
Click the video below and share our experience

Fall Ready-to-Wear 2009 Fashion Week is on as we speak and so far designers such as Marc Jacobs, Tracy Reese, Carolina Herrera, and Lacoste to name a few have debuted their collections.

http://www.mbfashionweek.com/newyork/

Click on the following links to learn more about FASHION WEEKS LATEST, and share your thoughts.

http://www.wwd.com/fashion-week/fall-ready-to-wear-2009?src=gokw/fashion_week/Barbie/barbie_fashion_week


HOW HAS THE RECESSION AFFECTED THIS SEASONS FASHION WEEK?

Fashion at the 2009 Grammys

HIT:-)

MISS:-(

The music was hot but the clothing was even HOTTER!!!!!

Although I thought that Jennifer Hudson's white, gray, and black cocktail dress was too distracting, the black sequence gown she wore during her performance was very classy and sophisticated.

Congratulations on your Grammy Award Miss Hudson!!!!!

Students share your thoughts on the GrammyS Fashionista's that made your hit or miss list.

Sharing Knowledge is Caring

As I was walking around the computer classroom some weeks ago, I noticed that students were visiting websites that are very resourceful to us all as Fashion Designers. One student logged into http://www.fashionclub.com/index.shtml?html, while another student visited http://www.mypracticalskills.com/. After visiting these sites, I was so impressed by the library of information that they offered regarding fashion.

The purpose of this blog is for you to share with the What I Learned For Sure Community websites that you know may be resourceful to the study of fashion design.

If you click on the resource link on Ms. David's website you will find additional useful websites.
http://www.msdavidsonlineclassroom.org/Resources.htm

Let's build each other up by sharing our knowledge.