Portal:Fashion

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The Fashion Portal

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Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging. As a multifaceted term, fashion describes an industry, designs, aesthetics, and trends.

The term fashion originates from the Latin word facere, which means "to make", and describes the manufacturing, mixing, and wearing of outfits adorned with specific cultural aesthetics, patterns, motifs, shapes, and cuts, allowing people to showcase their group belongings, values, meanings, beliefs, and ways of life. Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, reducing fashion's environmental impact and improving sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers.

The world's three top fashion capitals currently are acknowledged to be New York City (Manhattan), Paris, and Milan, which are all headquarters to the most significant fashion companies and are renowned for their major influence on global fashion. The annual Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is widely considered to be the world's apex display of fashion's power, wealth, and influence. In some fashion circles, Tokyo, London, and Los Angeles are additionally considered as second-tier fashion centers. Fashion weeks are held in these cities, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. A study demonstrated that general proximity to Manhattan's Garment District was important to participate in the American fashion ecosystem. However, fashion has also migrated online to a significant extent, such that the geographical iconization of cities as fashion capitals, while still centrally important, has become less so with the advent of artificial intelligence. Haute couture has now largely been spread alongside the sale of ready-to-wear collections and perfume using the same branding. (Full article...)

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Fashion is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language Female Empowerment drama film co-written and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film stars Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse in lead roles, with Arjan Bajwa, Samir Soni and Arbaaz Khan in supporting roles. Principal photography took place in Mumbai and Chandigarh. The film's soundtrack was composed by Salim–Sulaiman, with lyrics written by Irfan Siddiqui and Sandeep Nath.

The story revolves around Meghna Mathur, an aspiring fashion model; it follows her transformation from small-town girl to supermodel, the Indian fashion industry and the careers of several other models. Fashion also explores feminism and female power in Indian fashion. The cast also features several professional fashion models playing themselves. (Full article...)

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U.S. Navy sailors exercising in the presence of a fitness instructor. All of them are wearing sportswear appropriate for doing exercise.

Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons.

Typical sport-specific garments include tracksuits, shorts, football or basketball jerseys, t-shirts and polo shirts. Specialized garments include swimsuits (for swimming), wet suits (for diving or surfing), ski suits (for skiing) and leotards and tights (for gymnastics or aerobics). Sports footwear includes football boots (also referred to as cletes), trainers, riding boots, tennis shoes (or running shoes), or ice skates. Sportswear also includes sports bras for running, crop tops, or a bikini top. Sportswear is often worn as casual fashion clothing. (Full article...)

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Jacqueline Kennedy, throwing the bouquet of flowers after her wedding to then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953. The wedding, held in Newport, Rhode Island, had an attendance of approximately 700 and was followed by the wedding reception at Jacqueline's childhood home, known as Hammersmith Farm. Her wedding dress and the dresses of her attendants were created by designer Ann Lowe, and the former is now housed in the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier

... that Jacqueline Kennedy disliked her own wedding dress (pictured)?
... that "That Dress", worn by Elizabeth Hurley at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, has been voted the greatest red carpet dress of all time and is perhaps Gianni Versace's best-known creation?
... that Norman Hartnell designed both the wedding dress and the coronation gown of Elizabeth II?

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Sarah-Jane Duncanson "Trinny" Woodall (born 8 February 1964) is a British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, and the founder of cosmetics brand Trinny London.

Woodall initially rose to fame as a fashion and makeover expert, television presenter and author. With Susannah Constantine, she formed half of the duo Trinny and Susannah; together they wrote a weekly fashion column for The Daily Telegraph before being commissioned by the BBC to host What Not to Wear in 2001. This was followed by several other television projects, books and clothing ranges. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various fashion-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Moslema in style fashion show in Kuala Lumpur (from Islamic fashion)
Image 2Finnish actress Elina Salo presenting clothes designed by Vuokko Nurmesniemi at a fashion show in the Helsinki Botanical Garden in 1958 (from Fashion show)
Image 3Garment factory workers in Bangladesh, in 2013. (from Clothing industry)
Image 4Moslema in style fashion show at PWTC. (from Islamic fashion)
Image 5Example of an elaborate stage set used for the Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2011 show (from Fashion show)
Image 6Example image of a poodle skirt. (from History of fashion design)
Image 7Models on the runway at São Paulo Fashion Week, 2017 (from Fashion show)
Image 8Clothing factory in Montreal, Quebec, 1941 (from Clothing industry)
Image 9Haute couture fashion models walking the catwalk at the Carolina Herrera show during New York Fashion Week in 2014 (from Fashion show)
Image 10Liu Wen, a supermodel, walking the catwalk as she models fashions by designer Diane von Fürstenberg at New York Fashion Week in 2013 (from Fashion show)
Image 11Fashion sketching before live runway presentation (from Fashion show)
Image 12Fashionable Hollywood actress Louise Brooks (from History of fashion design)
Image 13Donovan Walking the runway for the closing of the launch of Cali Fashion Week in Colombia (from Fashion show)
Image 14Dress attributed to Charles Frederick Worth for Elisabeth of Austria painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (from History of fashion design)
Image 15Fashionable lady of the era: portrait by Giovanni Boldini (1845–1931) showing Elizabeth Wharton Drexel in 1905. (from History of fashion design)
Image 16Young generation - main target of Islamic Fashion market. (from Islamic fashion)
Image 17Paris fashion and runway at the turn of the century (from Fashion show)
Image 18Nylon stocking inspection in Malmö, Sweden, in 1954. (from Clothing industry)
Image 19Clothing factory in Buryatia, Russia (from Clothing industry)

More Did you know (auto generated)

... that Niu Yu, who lost her right leg after surviving an earthquake, walked the runway at a fashion show with a prosthetic leg?
... that after the original Stonewall Inn closed in 1969, its space was used by a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, and a clothing store?
... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
... that the creator of Punks Triangle came up with the story's concept because she thought men wearing punk fashion were "cute"?
... that fashion designer Chet Lo's spiky knitwear is inspired by the durian?
... that a rookie WNBA player crafted a leg sleeve to avoid discomfort and did not expect it to become a fashion trend?

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Fashion design • History • Haute couture • Ready-to-wear • Costume design • Jewelry design • German • French • Italian • South American • Pattern • Tailor • Textile • Stylist • Buyer • Dressmaker • Illustration • Forecasting • Model • Fitting model • Journalism

History of Western fashion • Ancient world • Egyptian • Biblical • Greek • Roman • Byzantine • Early Medieval • Anglo-Saxon • 12th century • 13th century • 14th century • 15th century • 1500–1550 • 1550–1600 • 1600–1650 • 1650–1700 • 1700–1750 • 1750–1775 • 1775–1795 • 1795–1820 • 1820s • Victorian • 1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

Materials • Cotton • Fur • Leather • Linen • Nylon • Polyester • Rayon • Silk • Spandex • Wool

Dresses • Ball gown • Cocktail dress • Débutante dress • Evening gown • Gown • Jumper dress • Little black dress • Opera gloves • Petticoat • Sari • Shirtdress • Sundress • Tea gown • Wedding dress • Wrap dress

Footwear • Athletic shoe • Boot • Court shoe • Dress shoe • Flip-flops • Sandal • Shoe • Slipper

Hosiery • Bodystocking • Fully fashioned stockings • Hold-ups • Leg warmer • Leggings • Pantyhose • RHT stockings • Sock • Stocking • Tights • Toe Sock • Toe tights

Tops • Blouse • Crop top • Dress shirt • Halterneck • Henley shirt • Hoodie • Jersey • Guernsey • Poet shirt • Polo shirt • Shirt • Sleeveless shirt • Sweater • Sweater vest • T-shirt • Tube top • Turtleneck • Twinset

Trousers or pants • Bell-bottoms • Bermuda shorts • Bondage pants • Capri pants • Cargo pants • Culottes • Cycling shorts • Dress pants • Jeans • Jodhpurs • Overall • Parachute pants • Phat pants • Shorts • Sweatpants • Windpants • Yoga pants

Skirts • A-line skirt • Denim skirt • Leather skirt • Men's skirts • Microskirt • Miniskirt • Pencil skirt • Prairie skirt • Rah-rah skirt • Skort • Wrap

Suits and uniforms • Academic dress • Black tie • Cleanroom suit • Clerical clothing • Court dress • Gymslip • Jumpsuit • Kasaya • Lab coat • Morning dress • Pantsuit • Red Sea rig • Romper suit • Scrubs • Stroller • Tuxedo • White tie

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