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Designers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Fashion Week FAQ 
 This February 2005 article answers questions about the biannual designer fashion shows. Topics discussed include the duration of fashion shows, how models learn to walk, what a fashion editor looks for at a show, the relative importance of the various fashion weeks (such as those in New York, Paris, and Milan), copyright issues, and more. Also includes a link to audio of the story. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2113109 Topics: Fashion, Industries Last updated Nov 6, 2005 Fashion Week in New York City
This September 2003 radio program series "follows a young designer as she prepares a show alongside the biggest names in the business, explores what goes into making great music for models to parade to, reveals the secrets behind fashion trends, looks at why designs aren't protected by copyright laws, and checks out what it really means to be well-heeled." Includes audio, images, and stories. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/sept/fashion/ Topics: Fashion, Industries Last updated Feb 14, 2005 Fashion-Era
Over one hundred "content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume, Clothing, Textiles and Social History." Searchable, and browsable by major category, such as body adornment, royal fashion, undergarments, Victorian fashion, image and wardrobe planning, fashion design tutorials and tips, and more. From a fashion and textiles instructor. http://www.fashion-era.com/ Topics: Fashion, History, Holidays & Observances Last updated Feb 5, 2004 The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957
Companion to a 2007-2008 exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1947 launch of Christian Dior's "New Look," which "marked the beginning of a momentous decade in fashion history, one that Dior himself called the 'golden age.'" Features overviews of exhibit topics (such as tailoring, and cocktail and early evening wear) and images of selected designs. Also includes a timeline of designers. From the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1486_couture/ Topics: Fashion Last updated Jan 17, 2008 Infomat: Fashion Industry Information Services: Who's Who
This site provides information about dozens of fashion designers. "Find biographies and profiles on designers and professionals in the apparel, textile and accessories industries. Trace the career paths of fashion industry legends, find out where they are now and current company contact information." Includes information about couture and other collections and runway shows. Browsable by name. http://www.infomat.com/whoswho/ Topics: Fashion, Industries Last updated Jan 24, 2005 Mama: MSLM Magazine
An introduction to this magazine about Muslim female fashion and about a related spring 2007 exhibition of fashion designs by young fashion-minded Muslim women who grew up in the Netherlands. Includes images from the exhibit, designer interviews, and links to designer websites. In English and Dutch. From Mama, a project of the Public Art Squad foundation that is a publicly funded visual arts and culture organization based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. http://www.showroommama.nl/texts/MSLMmagazine.cfm Topics: Fashion Last updated May 23, 2007 Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto: Japanese Fashion in the Twentieth Century
"Placing great emphasis on an admiration for traditional Japanese art as well as the forms and ideologies of modernism via channels of fiber technology, visual imagery, and three-dimensional sculpture, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto can be credited with the creation of the Japanese aesthetic in global fashion." Features an introduction to modern high-fashion Japanese design and images of garments by these fashion designers. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jafa/hd_jafa.htm Topics: Fashion Last updated Jul 11, 2005 Ossie Clark
This site is a companion to an exhibit about 1960s and 1970s British fashion designer Ossie Clark. The site features an overview of his career and images of selected designs. From the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1250_ossieclark/ Topics: Fashion Last updated Dec 2, 2004 Project Prom
Articles about this 2007 "contest that challenges four up-and-coming fashion designers to create custom prom dresses for four high schoolers. Each designer has [a] $500 [budget]." Features images of submitted and winning designs, details about the design process from the four winning designers, a slideshow about fabric shopping, and related material. From the website for The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/special_projects/2007/projectprom/ Topics: Fashion, K-12 Education Last updated Apr 16, 2007 Schiaparelli
Brief background about designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Includes images of her clothing designs inspired by Surrealist art and of perfume bottles. From a company that has licensed the Schiaparelli name and sells Schiaparelli products. http://www.schiaparelli.com/ Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 5, 2007 Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli
This "exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creativity of the Italian-born designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) who, together with Coco Chanel, dominated fashion between the two world wars." The site includes images of women's fashions by this surrealist-inspired designer, conservation information, Schiaparelli's "Twelve Commandments for Women," and activities for children. From the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.philamuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/schiaparelli/home.htm Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 29, 2007 Vivienne Westwood
This site is a companion to an exhibit about British punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. The site features an overview of her career (including her collaboration with Malcolm McLaren in the 1970s and 1980s), a virtual tour of the exhibit, images of selected designs, and a bibliography. From the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1231_vivienne_westwood/ Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Women Last updated Dec 2, 2004 Yves Saint Laurent
Companion to a 2008 retrospective exhibit "spanning the forty years of creation of the Maison de haute couture Yves Saint Laurent." The video section includes a biographical note about this French fashion designer, who "unveiled his first collection under the Yves Saint Laurent label" in 1962, and video clips showing some of his creations. In English and French. From the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.mbam.qc.ca/micro_sites/ysl/ Topics: Fashion Last updated Jun 4, 2008 Yves Saint Laurent
Companion to a 2005 exhibit about the haute couture designs of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. "The majority of the garments in this exhibition are gifts to the Kent State University Museum from three fashionable [American] women." Includes annotated images relating to the little black dress, on being a couturier, and suits. Includes detailed images of "the first dress Saint Laurent designed for Dior" in 1955. From the Kent State University Museum. http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/YSL/main.htm Topics: Fashion Last updated Jun 4, 2008 |
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