Dolce and Gabbana 2010

Dolce Gabbana - 2009/2010 New Fashion Trends Collections for Mens

Dolce Gabbana: Fashion Designer

These images in 2009/2010 New Fashion Collections Trends for Mens of Dolce Gabbana

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Costume Plates and Fashion Plates

Differences Between Costume Plates and Fashion Plates

Many people do not realise that there is a difference between a costume plate and a fashion plate. Fashion plates promote and publicize possible future fashions. Fashion plates are always intended as an idea of a how a new possible fashion might be worn. Some of the suggested fashions may never in reality ever be worn. They are a drawing of a designer's idea and often deliberately provocative. So fashion plates can and do often show an air of fantasy. You can read more about fashion plate history in my special new section soon where you will see images and read about names of typical fashion periodicals that carried fashion plates.

Costume plates are different in that they technically show costume as it was worn in the past especially everyday past fashions as an historical costume record. Such records of costume almost always include national or theatrical dress. Costume plates are about the fashions of the past and fashion plates are about fashion ideas in the here and now or the future.

If you want to collect fashion or costume plates some knowledge of the names of the original sources is useful and you will soon be able to read more about the first costume plates.

Fashion and Costume Print Prices

The late James Laver, fashion historian also noted that fashion plates were already becoming scarcer by the 1940s. Once moving film and movies arrived Hollywood and other film company costume departments began to snap up fashion and costume plates to enable them to reproduce costumes more accurately.

Today, it is still possible to find good fashion plates in antique shops, but more and more of us are buying our plates from internet shops such as those found at eBay which is an incredible resource for this format. It still amazes me how many have survived and the internet has opened up this easy to collect treasure for enthusiasts. In the main I feel sales of fashion plates are one of the things eBay does well with treasures to be found worldwide. It should be noted that fashion plates are different from trade plates, which were just advertisements which gave ideas on how to make up the fabric products sold by a manufacturer.

Hand Coloured Engraving from 1831 La Belle Assemblée

Prices vary and are dependant on the quality and rare value of the print. Here above and below I show two examples of fashion plate engravings bought from eBay in March 2005, through a respected UK seller known as Cabrio4. They cost me £15 for the two. Of course if many others had been bidding that day, my purchase may have cost me much much more or I may have abandoned buying the prints altogether. However these were both a very fine purchase and are in a timeframe worth collecting. The detail is exquisite. On other occasions I've paid much less or much more for a print.

One word of warning with bidding for these at eBay - don't get too carried away until you know what you are bidding on. Fashion plates can be like buses. You don't see many for a week or two and then just like buses dozens appear. My advice is that to begin collecting you just watch eBay sales of these for a few weeks if you are interested in starting a collection. Then use your knowledge to gauge the going rate noting the differences between types of plate and the variety available.

This pursuit can be an interesting and related alternative to collecting vintage clothing. It may be used as well, to enhance a clothing collection by helping you become more knowledgeable about style differences in fashionable dress.

I will be adding some more of Cabrio4's plates to the site in due course. If you want to learn more about fashion and costume plates please visit my new section on this topic in due course where more historical periodical naming information can be dealt with more fully.

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

fashion in dress, the prevailing mode affecting modifications in costume. Styles in Asia have been characterized by freedom from change, and ancient Greek and Roman dress preserved the same flowing lines for centuries. Fashion in dress and interior decoration may be said to have originated in Europe about the 14th cent. New styles were set by monarchs and prominent personages and were spread by travelers, by descriptions in letters, and, in costume , by the exchange of the fashion doll . The first fashion magazine is thought to have originated c.1586 in Frankfurt, Germany; it was widely imitated, gradually superseding fashion dolls. Godey's Lady's Book, established in the United States in 1830, remained popular for decades. In interior decoration the influence of designers, such as Chippendale, Sheraton, and Robert and James Adam, was apparent in the 18th cent., but in costume the

...shion in dress, the prevailing mode affecting modifications in costume. Styles in Asia have been characterized by freedom from change, and ancient Greek and Roman dress preserved the same flowing lines for centuries. Fashion in dress and interior decoration may be said to have originated in Europe about the 14th cent. New styles were set by monarchs and prominent personages and were spread by travelers, by descriptions in letters, and, in costume , by the exchange of the fashion doll . The first fashion magazine is thought to have originated c.1586 in Frankfurt, Germany; it was widely imitated, gradually superseding fashion dolls. Godey's Lady's Book, established in the United States in 1830, remained popular for decades. In interior decoration the influence of designers, such as Chippendale, Sheraton, and Robert and James Adam, was apparent in the 18th cent., but in costume the only influential designer at that period was Rose Bertin, milliner and dressmaker to Marie Antoinette.

In Paris—the leading arbiter of fashion since the Renaissance—the fading influence of celebrities was coincident with the rise of designer-dressmakers in the mid-19th cent. Paris haute couture has remained preeminent in setting fashions for women's dress. Designers such as Charles Frederick Worth, Coco Chanel, Lucien Lelong, Elsa Schiaparelli, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent have had fashion houses in Paris. In the latter part of the 20th cent. such American designers as Norman Norell, Mainbocher, James Galanos, Bill Blass, and Pauline Trigère competed successfully with Parisian designers. London, in the early 19th cent., became the center for men's fashions under the leadership of Regency dandies such as Beau Brummell . In the mid-1960s, London was again for a time the center of fashion influence.

The 1970s and 80s saw the beginning of more divergent trends in fashion. This was the result of the increasing popularity of ready-to-wear collections by major designers, which made fashionable label-conscious dressing possible for the middle class. Ethnic-inspired looks and the punk style enjoyed a period of popularity. Successful clothing designers such as Ralph Lauren, Georgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo, and Geoffrey Beene widened their design horizons, licensed their names, and put their distinctive marks on objects ranging from furniture to cars, fabric, and perfumes. The look of luxuriance that emerged in the 1980s was countered in the 1990s with the production of classic understated clothes. Fashions are adapted for mass production by the garment industries of New York, Los Angeles, and other cities.

Bibliography: See F. C. C. Boucher, 20,000 Years of Fashion (tr. 1967); R. Lynam, An Illustrated History of the Great Paris Designers and Their Creations (1972); J. A. Black and M. Garland, A History of Fashion (1980); M. and A. Batterberry, Fashion: The Mirror of History, (1982); J. Laver, Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (1982); M. Tranquillo, Styles of Fashion (1984); A. Hollander, Sex and Suits (1994); Editors of Phaidon Press, The Fashion Book (1998); T. Agins, The End of Fashion: The Mass Marketing of the Clothing Business (1999); B. Cosgrave, ed., Sample: Cuttings from Contemporary Fashion (2005); V. Steele, ed., Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (2005); C. Wilcox, ed., The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-57 (2007).

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Lindsay Lohan makes her design debut at Paris Fashion Week

Lindsay Lohan makes her design debut at Paris Fashion Week

ONE-time Disney ‘tween come bisexual Hollywood bad girl Lindsay Lohan can now list fashion adviser on her resume after stepping out for the Emanuel Ungaro label at Paris Fashion Week.

Introduced as artistic director, Lohan strolled down the aisle with Spanish designer Estrella Archs during Ungaro’s show.

However, despite the assurances of Ungaro CEO Mounir Moufarrige that the Lohan-Archs partnership would be “an explosive combination”, several reviews of the Mean Girls star-influenced collection have been particularly negative.

Writing in The Independent, Susannah Frankel called the designs “a celebrity-led aesthetic that was obvious to the point of banality.”

Frankel said that the collection, which featured ultra-short dresses, loud colours, and sequins, was clearly aimed at a younger demographic.

“It was entertaining, certainly, but quite what any of it had to do with a name that once stood proudly for bourgeois elegance and, even more so, Parisian sophistication is less clear.”

The New York Times’ Suzy Menkes wrote that while there were some positives in Lohan’s couture debut, there was a certain ubiquity to the designs.

“Will this collection of hearts but with no soul be enough to entice young women who could probably find these looks anywhere?”

Despite the less than glowing reception, Lohan stood by her first foray into fashion.

She called the show “the hardest thing I've ever done”.

In an earlier interview with the UK’s Daily Mail, Lohan said: “This is the real me. Working with Estrella and the team at Ungaro is a dream come true.”

“Fashion is one of my favourite things in the world and this is the best week of my life.”

However, whether Lohan will have a lasting career in fashion is unknown, with many regarding the tabloid-regular’s position at Ungaro as little more than a publicity stunt.

Acknowledging Lohan’s reputation as a wild-child, Moufarrige admitted that bringing the scandal-magnet on board was “risky business”.

Adding that “it’s the clothes that talk”, Moufarrige also hinted that hiring Lohan was a calculated publicity grab.

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Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

Fashion Designers Stylish Wallpapers

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Dior Latest Fashion Photos

The ad campaign will focus on the French market. The new perfume is doing very well thanks to heavy advertising fronted by actress Eva Green and it has lately been announced that Midnight Poison has reached 6th position in that market.

Dior wishes to offer the image of an innovative brand that is able to meet the demands of the so-called "early adopters".

Lemonnier says that,

"Le comportement des prospects et des clients évolue, nous devons aller à leur rencontre sur les médias qu'ils privilégient. Nous ne pouvons plus construire nos plans de communication sans prendre en considération la mobilité des individus. Nous souhaitons les accompagner."

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

Dior Latest Fashion Photos

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FTV HD on DISH NETWORK Launch Party

The Sunset Lounge at the Mondrian Hotel in Miami Beach was a great atmosphere for the FTV HD on DISH NETWORK Launch Party

Twelve years after first launching its global TV channel, Fashion TV has now launched a new channel in HD on the Dish Network. To commemorate this special occasion, Fashion TV celebrated last Friday at the Sunset Lounge at the Mondrian Hotel with the most glamorous party in town. The VIP area was full of models and fashionistas and has never looked so glamorous! Four TV screens showed the new Fashion TV HD channel and guests were spoilt with gifts of FTV jewelry to take as a memento of an amazing evening. Promoters said that the Sunset Lounge was at full capacity and that the party was such a huge success that they will be joining Fashion TV again in October to organize another great party …. Everyone is looking forward to the next event and cannot wait to see what Fashion TV will do to impress the crowds next time! Fashion TV in high definition is now available all over the USA only on Dish Network – channel 374. Fashion TV is broadcast in 193 countries to 350 million households across the 5 continents. It is the leading 24 hour fashion, beauty and style television station worldwide based in Paris, France since 1997. In the USA, Fashion TV is broadcast in Miami Beach via Atlantic broadband Cables and FTV HD is also available all over the USA in English in the Platinum HD package on DISH Network (Channel number 374) and in Spanish via the Dish LATINO Ultimate Pack (Channel number 5304).

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Exclusive and LIVE only on Fashiontv

Exclusive and LIVE only on Fashiontv: Dolce & Gabbana catwalk show LIVE from Milan fashion week. Sunday, September 27th. Be there!

Dolce & Gabbana catwalk show LIVE straight from Milan fashion week The Spring / Summer 2010 D&G catwalk show Sunday, September 27th at 12:30 (GMT+1 Milan time) Dolce & Gabbana Domenico Dolce was born on September 13, 1958 and grew up in a small Sicilian village, studied fashion design and worked for his family's small clothing factory. Stefano Gabbana was born on November 14, 1962 in Venice, Italy, grew up in Milan and studied graphic design. The legendary duo of Dolce & Gabbana first met in 1980 while working as assistants in an atelier in Milan. The two went into business together two years later and continued to do free-lance Dolce & Gabbana designing for others. They held their first solo women’s wear fashion show in 1986, but it was not until the goddess herself Madonna wore one of their shirts in her movie "Truth or dare: In bed with Madonna" that they become known worldwide. Madonna loves the duo so much that in 1993 she had them exclusively design 1500 costumes for her "Girlie show" world tour. Dolce & Gabbana designs draw inspiration from Mediterranean colors, culture and classic southern Italian cinema of the 40's & 50's, their inspirational figures include Italian beauties Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani; all illustrates how their collections are always romantic, voluptuous and sensual. Later on their signature pieces were the sexy corset dresses, gangster pinstripe suits, sexy black suits, empire line jackets and floral embroidered coats continuing to flatter the female body in a glamorous modern feel. Dolce & Gabbana Loved by fashion magazines and the number one choice of Hollywood stars & music artists such as Monica Bellucci, Isabella Rossellini, Kylie Minogue, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Angelina Jolie and Madonna. Overseeing a true fashion empire, Dolce & Gabbana became one of Italy's most important and successful ready-to-wear fashion houses.

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