Essays about: "haute couture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words haute couture.

1. 1. Wild Things: A Collection of Handwoven Couture

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Steneby - Institutionen för Konsthantverk och Design

   Author : Luisa Recker; [2021-08-24]
   Keywords : Composite Garment Weaving; Weaving; Pattern Making; Tapestry; Making; Clothes; Fashion; Haute Couture; Design; Loom; Textile; Craft; Block Pattern; Geometry; Fully Fashioned; Zero Waste; Slow Fashion; Sustainability; Sensuality;

   Abstract : In this work, a hand-woven fashion collection is designed. The aim is to create clothes that connect us with life and nature and make us feel that we are part of a vibrant surrounding. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact Of High Fashion PR In The Creation Of A Fashion Editorial Image

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskap

   Author : Isabelle Pandeya; [2019]
   Keywords : public relations; luxury; gatekeepers; fashion magazines; PR policies; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Brand owners protect their brands by setting policies through their public relations departments. The PR policies control how magazines communicate their brands to the public. This study examines the aesthetical values and impact of a brand owner’s public relations policies on fashion editorial images. READ MORE

4. 3. Shiny Things : Decoration as tool and function whilst revaluating notions of good and bad taste

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Tove Berner Wik; [2019]
   Keywords : Fashion; Design; Decoration; Details; Sportswear; Craft; Construction; Haute couture techniques; Good and bad taste;

   Abstract : This work is an investigation of how to redefine the perception of decoration. Decorative elements are reinvented as fundamental tools for creating garments and form in a collection of nine outfits. To show the width of what embellishment is able to create, the decorative techniques of all garments are different. READ MORE

5. 4. Fashioning the political statement : A qualitative study into the duality of postfashion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskap

   Author : Sara Milosavljevic; [2017]
   Keywords : cultural capital; haute couture; luxury; postfashion; commodification; political struggles; inconspicuous consumption; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship between contemporary French luxury fashion and political struggles by examining the garments with explicit political statements from the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2015 Chanel runway, the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017 Dior runway and the menswear fall/winter 2017 Balenciaga runway analysis as to discern the possible reasons and effects of the making of these statements. The focus of this thesis is to examine the way political struggles, as immaterial social relationships, can be commodified into garments, as according to the Marxist situationist theories of Guy Debord, and how the commodification in question by haute couture houses, rich with the sociological notion of cultural capital as described by Pierre Bourdieu, can have a potential effect on the formation of both fashion discourses and political discourses by using Foucauldian discourse analysis. READ MORE

6. 5. Wall-Couture

   University essay from Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Amanda Nordblad; [2015]
   Keywords : Wallpaper; Surface Design; Textile Design; Patterns; Decoration; Texture; Surface; Foil; Flock; Digital Print;

   Abstract : Wall-Couture is a project within the textile design field, which aims to explore methods for surface design in digitally printed wallpaper. Through a practice based working method, textile after-treatment techniques have been used to manipulate digitally printed wallpaper with hand-painted motives. READ MORE