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The fashion industry is often portrayed to be a world of extravagance,glitz and glamour,and endless excitement.Models and designers are often subject to long hours and high-stress in a demanding and deadline driven work setting.Additionally,the highly competitive and critical nature of the industry,pressure for certain appearances for models and heavy criticism for a designers work.A studyContinue reading “INFLUENCE OF FASHION IN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH”

The impact the fashion has on today’s culture and daily life is evident everywhere we turn. Whenever there is a modern development, fashion has always been a big part in it. “Love it or hate it fashion is here to stay” Every movie or television program has carefully chosen the look they want to portray.Continue reading “Fashion – “The tool of influence”-ll”

Use of makeup can be traced back to the ancient times. Unconventional ways have been followed to add color to the face. Khol was used for eye makeup while red clay was used to brighten up the color of the cheeks and lips. Before mascara became popular, boot polish was used to accentuate the eyes.Continue reading “Evolution of Make-up: Ch-2(final)”

In the early 60’s and 70’s make-up was done only by actors and people who put up shows in public…common people were not familiar with this and they didn’t know how to put make-up. Later in the 80’s everybody came to a realization that make-up is not meant only for popular people and artists….it canContinue reading “Evolution of Make-up: Ch-1”

There was a time when people went crazy over animal skin on coats and jackets. It made a statement in the world of fashion. It was so costly that only the higher class and elite people could afford it. Later on a question on animal cruelty came up.Killing animals just for the their skin toContinue reading “Prints…Not Skins”

“Our body is an instrument of communication”,it does not just mean that the mouth speaks, hands mold, feet moves.We communicate even further by a non-verbal way. It includes cloths, which expresses a person’s age, class, occupation and manner. We wear different sets of cloths in different surroundings as in parties,weddings and interviews. Makeup is alsoContinue reading “FASHION AS COMMUNICATION”

Fashion shows the ever-changing style of clothes worn by the people of different backgrounds.A fashion trend occurs when others mimic or follow this clothing style. Fashion trends vary greatly within a society over time, but also are affected by age, occupation, location and social class. Let’s take a look at some of the latest fashionContinue reading “TRENDSETTING FASHIONS OF 2K19”