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In this article, we’ll explain the multifaceted nature of fashion style, its origins, usage as a reflection of human creativity, and its role in cultural expression and personal identity. The guide incorporates scholarly insights, real-world examples, and visuals designed to offer a nuanced and comprehensive view of what fashion style truly represents. What is Fashion Style? A fashion style is a way of dressing with outfits depicting similar aesthetic roots – shapes, patterns, motifs, symbols, colors, and materials – adopted and reshaped by a subculture as its visual way of showcasing values, beliefs, group belonging, social status, and lifestyle. In simple terms, a fashion style is a specific way of dressing in outfits (clothes and accessories) of unique aesthetics, patterns, motifs, colors, shapes, and fabrics characteristic of a culture or social movement, adopted and shaped by another subculture over time. For an outfit to be cataloged as belonging to or representing a ...

What is a Fashion Designer? A Fashion designer is a highly creative individual specializing in sketching and drawing outfits and accessories that are pleasantly looking but also functional and comfortable. What Do Fashion Designers Do? Fashion designers sketch and draw designs for clothing, accessories, and footwear, select fabrics and patterns, and instruct clothing manufacturers on how to make products according to the sketches provided. How Much Do Fashion Designers Make? As of July 25, 2023, a fashion designer in the United States makes $105,528 per annum on average. What is the Work Environment of Fashion Designers? Most fashion designers work in-house for large fashion houses, clothing manufacturers, and wholesalers that sell apparel and accessories to offline and online fashion retailers. Independent (self-employed) fashion designers work for their clothing brands or outsource their expertise to fashion houses as high-fashion, one-of-a-kind designs, or mass-market appare...

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Fashion Week is an event comprised of multiple fashion shows where fashion designers send models on stage to showcase their upcoming season’s clothing and accessories to media, influencers, and customers. The world’s most influential Fashion Weeks are held bi-annually in New York City, Paris, Milan, and London, also known as the Big Four Fashion Week cities. What is the Origin of Fashion Week? Before Fashion Week, fashion designers showcased their creations at clients’ homes via small fashion parades (défilés de mode’ in French). Over time, these home-based fashion shows evolved into weekend-long social events that powerful and influential people attended. Home-based and Department Store Fashion Shows The concept of weekend-long fashion shows reached the United States, and in 1903, Ehrich Brothers, a Manhattan clothing shop, organized the country’s first fashion event dedicated to middle-class women. The shows were hugely popular, leading to the launch of the world’s fir...