This course for me is very fresh and helpful because during the period of my foundation course, although the teacher also talked about these but not so detailed and profound. From this module, I learned the how to  analysis the content and critical thinking . Especially critical thinking, this way of thinking is very important for my future design career. Fortunately in this class I learned how to use this very well.

Task1 and 2 let me learned how to better use of Internet resources and how to distinguish the useful resources. This is because I used to use the cyber source did not carefully check the source and not view the authenticity of task through the study I know how to use the Internet daily research school library resources for me not only save time but also help me

Task 3 and 4 of this course are very important for us,  especially in our subject (Fashion design) we need to be more vigilant this lesson .And then  I understand Plagiarism and Academic integrity and the difference of the severity of plagiarism because it is not only their own moral corruption ,but it is violated the original author’s rights and interests but also to remind us to protect their own interests to prevent plagiarism

Task 5 and 6 is I understand how the necessity of artist reference has been written in the correct format of reference

Task 7 and 8 for me  is a very difficult task because of the need to read the article .I am not good at reading books and English content analysis .but I have to say that the reading process and then summarize lead me improve the analysis ability .But how to define the article , I still need time to improve

From Task 9 and 10 ,we learned in our ethical advertising. This task  for this course is very necessary because this not only reminds us of the moral bottom line of human nature and let us have a more profound ponder. I chose Duncan Quinn ‘s advertising as the theme of this task. this task made me think a lot about the topic of interest with the human problems and issues of gender equality in

the impact of my understanding of human nature and thinking of the moral bottom line of this is a challenge for me

The summary of this reflection gives me a new review of the content of my period of study.

This introspection process also made me have a new thinking about what I wrote before. This experience is very interesting and useful for me. It’s a fresh experience for me . And this is a very important experience for me. It is taught me a lot of knowledge and the way of thinking method I’ve lacked before. This class is very useful to me. Especially the process of teaching in class, I feel every class is high quality and the class made me feel the power of learning . I have to say I looking forward to every class.

Duncan Quinn in 2003 created a fashion brand to make their gentlemen service style of the suit .His website described himself: “although Duncan from London, his view of the world is seriously affected by years of learning about food, in the description of southern France wine and life” he put himself into a sincere, has the tutelage, understand the delight of life, He describe a person who has a quality of life style of a perfect gentleman. However, after seeing this picture will find

Duncan Quinn behavior and his own brand positioning and opposite

This picture is Duncan Quinn’s first advertisement. This photo is reflected not only the question of moral bottom line, but also a series of social moral problems, such as the smell of violence, and so on.

Firstly, this picture of male models in neat suit and leather shoes without wrinkles .  On the contray, the female model has messy hair and the neck is also tied like an animal by the male model . It is not difficult to see the men’s messy collar . and this tie is took down by men model .He use his own tie to bond this women . Artist Aida Emelyanova said:”women not just a piece of meat ” but this advertisement is  materialized in female .All the details described that Women are not only objects but also men’s appendages, and they are declaring that men have an absolute dominance in the world.Then, in today’s twenty-first Century,  we have always held an attitude of opposition and condemnation on gender inequality . What puzzles me is why this advertisement is contrary to the mainstream view of society. Is it really something that the gentleman brand does? Because the so-called

freedom can constantly refresh the bottom line of people’s morality? I don’t see any respect for women from this picture only Duncan Quinn studios have a stereotype for women

Secondly, from this picture, I felt a violent atmosphere, revealing women exposed to violence against women in the car tend to cover the details, and the form of advertising’s greed picture not only on women even the children are an insult to mental injury

Thirdly，I think this picture is not to depict vivid images of women .And to a certain extent, damaging the image of men .Because this picture demonstrates the contents and their brand positioning completely draw further apart . This photo not reveals the gentleman’s image but a image of hypocrite .So, this can not help but make people doubt whether their hearts like a neat and elegant appearance they like or like the male image presented in this picture as the surface clean and inward is filthy on these “gentlemen”s real inner world

Overall, This blatant sexism and the indulgence of violence makes me think people need to rethink where the bottom line of people’s morality is.

Bibliogrophy:

Aida Emelyanova  Availible from: http://aida emelyanova.com [Accessed 29 November 2017]

Duncan Quinn (2014)  Shop. Availible from: http://duncanquinn.com [Accessed 29 November 2017]

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Issey Miyake is an artist that I admire and respect, and he is also a fashion designer. He is good at combining lines with fashion and designing very famous Lssey Miyake lines.

Issey Miyake said I first began working “When in Japan, I had to confront the Japanese people’s excessive worship for foreign goods and the fixed idea of what clothes ought to be. I wanted to change the rigid formula of clothing that the Japanese followed”

Through my research, I found that  Issey Miyake’ s design is not only for his Japanese thinking and some other aspects. we can see that he inspired by  madeleine Vionnet in his works, for example:

handkerchief dress,cowl neck and halter top.Also,the second important part is  Kyoto kimono. We can clearly see from the Issey Miyake in the shadow of the product. He is also spreading the pioneer of East Asian culture. Besides the traditional Japanese costume drama also has deep influence on him.

Through my investigation I found that “Brazilian designer Francisco” s experimental use of geometric Costa manipulations of fabric took Miyake s relationship with the body “and garments to counteract and define the figure underneath the clothes (Palomo-Lovinski)” these things,also inspire miyake a lot.

Through the continuous study of geometric fabrics, he has a deeper understanding and understanding of the geometric lines. And applied to his clothes. This makes me feel very admirable

I think there are many aspects that affect the design of Issey Miyake, but more is about himself.He has profound understanding of the geometric pattern and the high creativity.

overall,I have to pointed out that in his work .the another shinny pot is that he use the High tech fabric .

Reference:

A-POC Inside. Perf. Issey Miyake. 2011. YouTube. Web. 9 Sept. 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOozioA_h8s>.

Mariano Fortuny

[https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-23-1185-1188-view-epure-profile-mariano-fortuny.html]

Benaïm, Laurence. Issey Miyake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Print.

Fortuny & Madeleine vioneet  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Fortuny+%26+Madeleine+Vionnet&client=safari&rls=en&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm_Pug7vfXAhUCEVAKHf6fCKEQsAQIJg&biw=1280&bih=628#imgrc=ijIaX2JbrCtfHM:

“Issey Miyake.” Voguepedia.<http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Issey_Miyake>.

“DESIGNER PROFILE: TIRAVAN.” Wolf & Badger. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2014.

“Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.” Issey Miyake: “Seashell” or “Shell-knit” Coat (2003.79.16)

Miyake, Issey, and Kazuko Koike. Issey Miyake: East Meets West. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1978. Print.

Miyake, Issey, Dai Fujiwara, and Mateo Kries. A-Poc Making:. Weil: Vitra Design Museum, 2001. Print.

“Wired 12.04: Seamless.” Wired Archives. Wired, n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2014.

The article that i read is ” Fashion as communication, Barnard. M.”

This article describes the resolution of the class if it is based on people’s clothes. Although there existed class differences in twenty-first Century, everyone’s equality is a fact that we can’t deny and ignore. In the article, fashion is dominated by people of high class and judged by social status.

In this article, he mentioned “Everyday we make decisions about the social status and role of role”, “the right and wrong”, “I don’t think this is applicable to today’s society, and it’s a very superficial way. Because everyone has his own attitude towards fashion and different aesthetic standards. Therefore, it is unreasonable to differentiate the class according to the dress. Because some of the rich and cultural people pursue simple life now. They will not pay much attention to fashion.

This paper discusses the different fashion for different attitude, because different people decided to fashion is not a single, perhaps It could cause high class can lead the trend, but they can not define fashion . I found an article to support my point of view, It comes from “Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: Fashion, Status and, Taste at the Court of Mahaut, C. 1307 – 1310 ” From this article,the author  consider that the  fashion is an attitude rather than the pursuit of luxury .Also, fashion cannot be defined, because the aesthetic and different way of life. Everyone can have their own fashion.

All these two articles have a common point of view is how to define fashion? It’s very one-sided when I just communicate through one time. During other person’s clothes to define the fashion is very one-sided. In my view,I consider that the fashion can not be define.This is because 他、he way to show fashion is not only through clothing ， but also your attitude, your attitude towards life.

Through this article I see different people have different thinking for fashion. I agree with others view : through the dress to determine social class is the objective existence .However, in today’s society, using this method to determine the folly of this is like to pricing this is. I need to emphasize that the fashion is not just clothing economy, is also a kind of attitude. But this kind of attitude is what some people are missing. We don’t use old ideas to define fashion. Because the real fashion is an attitude. And attitude can never be defined.

To sum up, After reading these articles, I felt that my thoughts became clearer and I reached my own conclusion. I know more deeply about the meaning of fashion to us.

Reference:

Barnard, Malcolm (2002) Fashion as Communication, London: Routledge

Bartlett, Cole & Rocamora (ed.) (2013) Fashion Media: Past and Present, London: Bloomsbury

Wilson, Elizabeth (2003) Adorned in Dreams, London: I B Tauris

Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: Fashion, Status and, Taste at the Court of Mahaut, C. 1307 – 1310

Dedicated Followers of Fashion?  Socio-Economic Status, Inequality, from the Industrial Revolution (18th-19th C), England.

In twenty-first Century, fast fashion was used to describe the clothing project, which was based on the most popular fashion trends in spring or autumn fashion week.

I choose these three reference because according the first reference, It is clear to understand the definition of fast fashion. Also, we can see the trend of the development of fast fashion. Also It describe a fast rising trend .And Compare with traditional clothing retailers ,we can see clearly that the advantages of fast fashion . And how fast fashion makes use of its own advantages to attract customers.

Through the second reference, I learned that what people are most concerned about in shopping .That is the price and seasonal trend of shopping, respectively. The most important thing is to produce similar styles in a large amount  in the shortest time.

The third reference, the reason  I choose it is because we know that despite the  fast fashion demonstrate a sharply upward trend ,However, it brings serious consequences, such as copying other artists’ works, sweatshops and environmental pollution.

In the end, the reference told me the two sides of fast fashion with strict words and I felt very helpful to me. After making use of these reference, I feel that my article is more rigorous and convincing. And by studying the content of reference, I learned something I didn’t know before.

Reference：

ŸJoung, 2014. Fast fashion: response to changes in the fashion industry, The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 20, 165-173.

ŸJoy,A., Sherry, J.F., Venkatesh, A., Wang, J., & Chan, R. (2012)]. [Fast Fashion, Sustainability, and the Ethical Appeal of Luxury Brands, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 16 (3), 273-296

ŸGoldsmith, R.E., & Flynn, L.R. (1992). Identifying innovators in consumer product markets. European  Journal of Marketing, 26 (12), 42-55

This photography comes from <<Horst P Horst>>.The Author is Horst P Horst.

Firstly, Horst P Horst is one of my admired photography master. Also his works full of classical culture, especially Greek architectural aesthetics. he focus on hands, a feet , the back of a human body . He used classical techniques to restore the beauty of human body structure. Secondly, the designer of this garment is Main Bocher  who is a famous fashion designer .He designed this garment in 1930s for his own brand. Moreover, Main Bocher stressed that the curves of the female body. He is good at through the design to tighten the waist line to highlight women’s elegant and soft He’s design than Christian Dior ‘s” New Look ” early several decades . It can be see clearly that he is a very forward-looking artist and create a lots of perfect fusion of people and clothes the works of art. Then, I consider about the reason why this photograph at a premium .This is because of these two artists are good at using classical techniques to demonstrate women’s gentle . So, It had this “Main Bocher corset ” s birth.

What ‘s more ,This dress is a very famous work in the history of fashion. In addition, This photo was introduced to Madonna’s song MV scene in 1990, is VOGUE, there is a rap song, which mention the 16 golden age of Hollywood movie star, at the end of the period of MV inside, they use the idea of this famous work. And, the garment styling inspiration can represented the retro styled .

According to my investigation,in fact, in World War II, some American designers has been with the new shape features, but the first to lead the entire trend is mainly from the people of Paris, For example, In the beginning Mainbocher is not famous in America But after Mainbocher opened his first fashion shop in Pairs . He became famous step by step and back to the United States,.The Paris as the main fashion vane. this has not changed until after the Second World War in a period of time. But now I gradually developed a curiosity and doubt, I would like to leave a opening question :Whether the popular direction in 30s, (a large number of post-war revival in the retro style costume) concerned about the United States and not affected by the war, and in economy and all aspects in turn affect from Europe? I mean whether the trend of fashion from Europe is actually due to the influence of American culture, because the United States was not affected by the war at that time

Reference:

1: Horst:Photographs,1931-1986

2:http://glamourdaze.com/world-war-two-fashion/post-wwii-influence-in-the-1930s

3: The Impact of War on 1940’s Fashion in the USA.