Fashion & Style: 2012

Thursday 6 September 2012

Western Fashion Style

Fashion is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, or furniture. "Fashion" refers to a distinctive; however, often-habitual trend in a look and dress up of a person, as well as to prevailing styles in behavior. "Fashion" usually is the newest creations made by designers and are bought by only a few number of people; however, often those "fashions" are translated into more established trends.The more technical term, "costume," has become so linked in the public eye with the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear, while the term "fashion" means clothing generally, and the study of it. For a broad look at clothing and its place in society, refer to the entries.The remainder of this article deals with clothing fashions in the The fashion industry is a product of

Western Fashion Style

New York Fashion Style

.Fashion designer. Born Betsey Johnson on August 10, 1942, in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Johnson grew up in the nearby town of Terryville as a child, where she indulged in her two greatest loves: drawing and dance. She had a precocious talent for art, and throughout her youth, she trained in various styles of dance. In fact, it was a combination of these two interests that eventually led Johnson to fashion designing. She loved the elaborate costumes she wore for her dance recitals and spent many long afternoons sketching costume ideas. "What I tried to do was a combination of dance and art," she recalls. Johnson says that she settled on fashion designing when "I realized that making clothes is completing what a drawing can't be—going from two dimensional to reality."

New York Fashion Style

Monday 3 September 2012

New York Fashion Styles

New York Fashion Style

Fashion designer. Born Betsey Johnson on August 10, 1942, in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Johnson grew up in the nearby town of Terryville as a child, where she indulged in her two greatest loves: drawing and dance. She had a precocious talent for art, and throughout her youth, she trained in various styles of dance. In fact, it was a combination of these two interests that eventually led Johnson to fashion designing. She loved the elaborate costumes she wore for her dance recitals and spent many long afternoons sketching costume ideas. "What I tried to do was a combination of dance and art," she recalls. Johnson says that she settled on fashion designing when "I realized that making clothes is completing what a drawing can't be—going from two dimensional to reality."Johnson was a cheerleader in high school, and upon graduating in 1960 she decided to pursue her interests in art and design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. But after one year at Pratt, she transferred to Syracuse University, where she proved a stellar student, graduating magna cum laude as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society in 1964.

New York Fashion Style

Lauren Conrad Fashion Style

Conrad is the oldest child of architect Jim and Kathy's three children. The family lives in prominent Laguna Beach, Calif. In the sixth grade, Conrad realizes that she wants to work in fashion. "I think that I get bored easily with things," Conrad tells USA Today in 2006, "and I love that it's always changing."After a semester studying fashion at San Francisco's Academy of Art University, Conrad returns for another season.She transfers to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in L.A. With Conrad getting less screen time, Cavallari becomes the show's center and the second season averages 3.2 million viewers. For the third season, a whole new cast comes on board, including Conrad's younger sister Breanna.Conrad makes Laguna Beach Jason Wahler, her main squeeze. "All of my boyfriends are trouble," she tells PEOPLE. In August 2006, the pair. "Breaking up with Jason was the hardest thing I've ever

Lauren Conrad Fashion Style

Friday 31 August 2012

Fashion Styling Games

Welcome to the fashion and style section. Here you will not find tips on the latest fashions but worksheets to discuss fashion and style with your ESL students. There are 26 worksheets in this category and they cover a range of related topics. For some fun practice of clothes related vocabulary, give your pre-intermediate learners It is a crossword puzzle about articles of clothing and would serve as a good practice or review activity. There are also worksheets with word searches, clothes related idioms, and even which analyzes each student’s style. The last one was designed primarily with girls in mind but from the comments it seems like even the boys were willing to participate. Look at all the worksheets to find one ideal for your class.

Depending on the age and interests of your students, you can include fashion as a topic in your course but it is not appropriate for all groups since some students may find this rather boring. You will have to introduce

Fashion Styling Games