what I have learned about sewing, both by machine and by hand

The things I have learned about sewing so far in my fashion design class is that it is way harder then I thought it would be. There is a lot of re doing  the things you just did if it is not good enough, or if it is really bad you will have to start over. You must be paying a lot of attention because if not, the stitching will not come out the right way or you can sow your finger if not focused and paying attention to every thing.
After spending a few week learning how to sow by hand and by machine I can really see how much time it takes to make a garment, it makes me respect people in the fashion industry more because it shows me that they spend so much time on a single item and to get it 100% right with not a single mistake, that really tells me how fashion is an art. 

Vlone in Italy

A$AP Bari recently took his VLONE label to Italy’s city of Milan to hold a pop-up event at the popular streetwear shop, Slam Jam. This is the 3rd pop-up event with his label, with the 2nd being the VLONE X Off-White, in France where Bari, Ian Connor & theophilus london all broke the internet, and the 1st being in Los Angeles, CA.
This time looks a bit like the first pop up event, with all the art on the walls but with a little darker prospective. News paper covering the walls, with pictures of crosses & Christ painted in black on the walls with, a lot of graffiti in, Italian which translate to “live alone, die alone,” .
The Madonna statues, meanwhile, were created by artist Andrea “FACE” Facelli.
As for the products, a lot of the pieces from the brand’s Los Angeles, skater pop up shop were available, with the same screen prints, on different color & sleeved shirts.

The event will run from Tuesday, September 20 to Sunday, September 25 at:

SlamJam

Address: Via Pasquale Paoli, 3, 20143 Milano, Italy

Phone: +39 0532 251211 

The Fashion in Harry Potter

The 7 part film 'Harry Potter' may have a lot do with fashion then you ever thought of. In the film the characters have very detailed clothing, with some of the clothing being all by hand. In one of the scenes of the film, were when Hermione, takes a, Pink, Yule Ball dress designed by Jany Temime, making, Ron jealous.

Another moment that showed the film had many beautiful designs, was when Luna Lovegood wore her spangled dress, looking like a sprinkling Christmas tree, with sparkling star earrings, looking like she could have just walked off a haute couture runway, in Paris.

Some how the design team even did a great job with the detail of the designs on the robes and uniforms.

Red Carpet

On the night of TV’s biggest awards, the men had it easy since they only wore tuxes  in black, white (and, occasionally, navy) tuxes hauled out for an evening. The women on the other hand, dressing up a lot more. We seen a lot of women wearing the same colors like, Red, Green, Yellow, Black, and Dark Blue.

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Kristen Bell, a presenter for the evening, not following any trends and taking a floral, crystal-embroidered gown by the Lebanese couturier Zuhair Murad. Everyone was dressed up and looked good, but only few people did it so well, just to name a few, Kerry Washington looking while pregnant,  Laverne Cox wearing Naeem Khan, and Yara Shahidi.

Whats been happening the last few days with street wear & fashion

Starting off NYFW F/W, Kanye West showed off his new Yeezy Season 4 line. This year being more exclusive to Tidal & to have been there you had to get an invite, those that got invited met up, and had to take a bus to a 'private' location. Later it was shown that the show was  at Roosevelt Island, New York, Wednesday, Sept 7, 2016.
All the models dressed in (all dressed in nude-colored undergarments) all the the undergarments looked the same as the past seasons, just in different tones and colors, though there were many nice jackets and pieces in this season, also showing off some new yeezys, never seen before. Though the weather was not in Kanye's favor, because  it was 90°s weather and the models were hot from standing in the sun for so long, with bad pay.
On the topic of Kanye West, the Yeezy Boost 350 V2's are set to release on September 24, 2017
Adidas Originals confirming that here: https://twitter.com/adidasoriginals.

Alexander Wang debuts partnership with Adidas Originals. Wang is the latest addition to adidas‘s growinghype of designer collaborators, which includes Stella McCartney, Raf Simons, Rick Owens, Yohji Yamamoto and Kanye West. This line sold on September, 11, 2016. Iteams were sold for prices ranging from  $80 USD to $200 USD for tees and hoodies, a lot of them looking like regular Adidas clothing, with there logo flipped upside down, and a all black sweater that Supreme has already done before, but the branding turned upside down, and the shoes just looked like some Pumas.

Sneakerness paris 2016
Here are some pics of Sneakerness Paris 2016.
 if you missed out, fear not: Sneakerness is headed to Warsaw on September 24.
Les Docks – Cité de la Mode et du Design
34 Quai d’Austerlitz
75013 Paris
France

Will there be more diversity on the runway ?

We our seeing more and more diversity on the run ways with models & fashion industry to prove that, watch this video of a, 19 year old acid attack survivor, Reshma Quereshi who is now on the run ways of  a show in New York Fashion week (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-new-york-acidsurvivor-idUSKCN11E2SQ)

http://www.reuters.com/

This is a very sad story how a 19 year old girl got attacked, but it's more inspiring. Reshma Quereshi has came along way, from here country across the world to New York fashion week, this story really shows how much the fashion industry is really oping up more and more just in recent years we seen more black models, and really more diversity in the fashion industry.

http://www.highsnobiety.com/

Just a few years ago almost all models were European and even before that they almost all had blond hair, with blue eye's. Yes there has been improvement, but there is still a lot of room for more. I think the runway at NYFW is a good place to bring awareness to global problems because New York is one of the more diverse cites in the world, that way more people can see whats going on to different kinds of people from different parts of the world 

What is a fashion classic?

A classic is a style that stays in fashion for a long time. For example a simple pullover sweater and tailored shirt are classics. Some other items that are classics are, blue jeans, polo shirts and  business suits.

colors and fabrics also become classics. Linen, crepe, velvet, seersucker, suede, and corduroy  rarely go out of fashion. Plaids, dots, stripes, and checks, are classic design patterns. All of these designs might go away for a while but never for too long because these designs are timeless and almost always look great. An example of one of these trends are overalls  

What "Needs" do you think Haute Couture satisfies?

The "need" Haute Couture satisfies, is the need to spend 1,000's of dollars on a clothing item for the same thing a plain old Gildan shirt will do for you.

Some of these needs are, Self-Actualization ,Esteem, Love and Acceptance, Safety and Security, Physical Needs.

Haute couture meets the need of those wealthy and demanding something unique and different from the average Joe, but all of these needs are satisfied by wearing any clothes so there really is no "need" for Haute Couture, if you're rich or poor, it's more of a hobby then a need.

Is true Haute Couture a dying art?

Many people use the word haute couture wrong or advertise there clothing wrong saying it is a couture piece, but for this to be true it needs to be done 100 percent by hand and some other requirements
the fashion houses must meet to have the title, you can check out my post listing out those requirments and more about haute couture here http://zaygoodie.blogspot.com/2016/08/haute-couture.html .
Is this the death of haute couture coming ? Haute couture is a very talented technique, that requires a lot of time and skill, since every detail is all by hand and not by a machine , but it seems that every other year we lose another fashion haute couture house. Just a few years a ago we had a lot of couture houses and it seems most of the fashion houses doing it went away. But there are still big names that still do this, just to name a few big fashion houses like Christian Dior, Chanel, and Valentino.
 Haute couture is still alive and kicking. Every year there are Haute couture shows, in Paris and it brings the biggest crowds and the biggest pockets! 
Why Haute couture wont die. One of a kindBrings in huge revenue Tradition Long Live HAUTE COUTURE. Haute couture isn't dying out anytime soon, especially when we have so many young designers racing for top Couturier. We've seen huge improvements in the couture world and it's not stopping.