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China’s Fashion Industry Has A Large Development Space

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China’s fashion industry is conceived and developed with the reform and opening up and economic growth. In the 1980s, China’s apparel processing industry gradually formed. In the early 1990s, Chinese industry has generated brand awareness, which can only be regarded as the gestation period of China’s fashion industry.

In the mid-1990s, Chinese people entered the stage of building a moderately prosperous society. People do not only want to dress warm, they also want to wear well and wear beautifully. China has developed into the world’s largest garment producer and exporter. The processing capacity and technical level of the Chinese clothing industry have been greatly improved.

The product quality and design level can also meet the demands of the domestic mass consumption. During this period, the Chinese clothing enterprises, whether started by processing the mass production of single product brand or producing high-end brands have started to realize the importance of brand building. They started to focus on product design and development and brand image promotion. In the late 1990s, China’s apparel industry can be said to start the season.

In the 21st century, the Chinese economy entered into the phase of rapid development. China’s apparel industry ushered in a wide range of major development. At the same time, China’s fashion market is also accelerating the process of globalization. The big international brands have entered China. They began to develop commercial activities in depth from Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities.

The Chinese apparel industry has experienced three decades of growth. But precisely, the Chinese fashion industry has only ten years of development history and is still in immature adolescence. The development process of China’s fashion industry is not like France, Italy and other developed countries. These countries take a top-down process of fashion democratization. China takes the bottom-up transformation and upgrading adjustment. China first had processing industry, and then the seeds of brand awareness and brand development and construction.

At this stage, the garment industry is the main force of China’s fashion industry. In the last two years, despite the global financial crisis, Chinese high-end clothing consumption remained a rapid growth. The sales of many men, women, children clothing brand this year have increased at a double-digit growth. The mass young fashion brands have been very active.

Looking ahead into the next five to ten years, China’s economy will continue to have a smooth development. China’s fashion industry in the domestic market will have more room for development. It will also cultivate high value-added brands to serve the international fashion market.

Applying for Fashion Design School Can Change Your Life

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At some point every little has dreamed of going to fashion school. Its a fast paced, artistic and highly profitable environment. Fashion design school isnt always easy though, it requires an intense application process and tough classes. Even though it isnt the same as say, Engineering, it still emphasizes on artistic skill, math for drawing, and promoting your ideas.

The application process is the same as joining any other college, but you will need a portfolio to show off your talent and skills. It may help to have solid copies of your designs on hand too. Fashion involves knowing how to sketch your ideas, math for measurements and drawings, as well as the ability to construct pieces from almost anything.

The challenges of fashion art school are considerable. You will be in an environment with many others that are fighting for the same attention. You will have to compete and outshine the rest in order to ensure that you stand out from the crowd which is the most important concept for fashion school.

In all honesty applying for fashion design school in fashionable cities is highly recommended. Going to school in New York City is the best option, and then various schools in California or Chicago. These big cities are the epicenters of fashion and will give you great experience and edge over other students. If you can afford it, fashion schools in countries like Italy and France are excellent opportunities to hone your skill at designing.

Classes you may take while attending fashion design school include: business classes, art, photography, mathematics and English, history of fashion, and even graphic design courses. It truly depends on what type of clothing you want to create and what your overall goals are for a career in this field. However, business is likely one of the most important courses you can take. Since being a designer is a business, you must know how to be an ethical owner of a company, and how to deal with customers. Business classes will also help you learn to communicate with clients and sell your product to them more effectively.

While it seems easy initially, its far from that. You will still have to take basic classes as well as intense art classes to ensure that you understand the fundamentals of fabrics, colors, and more. Fashion design isnt just about making pretty clothes all day. It takes a great deal of skill and work to achieve the results that you want and what is demanded by the client and the world around you. Also, this type of school can become pretty expensive. Luckily for most, scholarships, grants, and loans, are all a possibility. These monetary benefits can help you pay for your tuition so that you can stay in school while working towards an awesome career in the fashion field.

Sidi Cycling Shoes – How Did My Sidi Road Cycling Shoes Stand Up To 10 Years Use

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Sidi is one of the top road cycling shoe brands. Sidi shoes have been worn to victory by most of the top pro racing cyclists over the last 40 years, including three-time winner of the Tour de France, the stylish Spanish rider Alberto Contador. Yes, many of those pro riders were sponsored to wear the shoes, but no amount of money would persuade a professional to wear uncomfortable shoes, and they do like to look good!

The shoes are designed and hand-crafted in Italy. Taste is a personal opinion of course, but to my taste, they are very classy cycling shoes. I also know from personal experience that Sidi shoes are very comfortable, even on long rides on hot days. If you have ever suffered from foot problems cycling when still 40 miles from home or your car, then you know how important that is. I once had to ride 5 miles home one-legged because my left foot had cramped up really badly due to wearing uncomfortable bike shoes!

Many moons ago I had a pair of Sidi cycling shoes which served me well for a number of years, but they were quite old-fashioned looking. They were an all-black design. I much preferred my second pair which I bought in 1999 – Sidi Shadows. That more modern and colorful design came on the market in 1997, but I was lucky enough to find a pair my size gathering dust on a shelf of a small bike shop near my home and got them at a good price.

I’ve worn my shoes for 10 years of summer cycling on my best bike. They don’t see much rain because I ride a cheaper bike and cheaper shoes in bad conditions. I’d say that I have ridden 20,000 ‘sunny’ miles in them, or 32,000 kms if you prefer metric units. They have worn remarkably well. The buckles and straps are still functioning as well as the day I bought the shoes. The soles are scuffed of course, and the heel pads are worn, but the uppers are in good condition though the colours have faded slightly. The only obvious wear is on the top of the right shoe, at the back, on the left side of the shoe. I tend to ride ‘heels-in’ and sometimes my right shoe catches on the bicycle chain. I don’t think that I can blame the shoe for that!

In summary – my Sidi road shoes stood up well to moderately heavy use over a decade of cycling. If you’d like to see what they look like now, there is a short review video on my website…

Denim Jeans, Their Progress Through Fashion; Still Making History

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Denim jeans and attire have been associated with heavy industry to high fashion and become one of the most versatile and enduring clothing styles in fashion history. Hollywood stars like Katherine Hepburn aided denim’s progress through fashion in the 70’s. And now Savile Row tailors champion its continuing success, as they cut denim suits for some of the most famous names in the world. But what of its origins, Denim and Jeans have traveled the world.

Captured in denim the Americans invented, commercialized, stylized, or popularised, in a word, Levis, American Wild West culture. But the fabric was adopted from another continent by early Americans who created functional hard wearing work gear. At the same time they introduced a style without the aid of catwalks and drop dead handsome models.

Mr. Jacob Davis a tailor from Reno Nevada decided to put copper rivets on the corners of his denim trouser pockets to prevent them from ripping. Unable to cover the cost of patenting the idea he sought help from prosperous clothing distributor Mr. Levi Strauss. Mr. Strauss added his own style by putting the garment label on the outside rather than on the inside. Thus a new style was born.

Denim (derived from De-Nimes in France) had already been styled into bell bottom trousers and worn by Italian sailors from Genoa and given the name Geans (Jeans). These trousers had very practical applications. If a sailor went overboard he could easily slip off his trousers without his feet getting caught and thus stand a better chance of staying afloat.

The style has gone from De-Nimes, to Denim, from Genoa to Jeans, from France to America and traveled the world. Style knows no cultural or geographic boundaries. Experience the history.

Now here are a couple of style tips. With this in mind you could chose a denim shirt by King Gee (Australia), floral designer silk tie by Timothy Everest (Savile Row London), a pair of grey flannel trousers by Jaeger (England), for the feet, a pair of blue and white Converse All Stars (America), dark lightweight Harris Tweed jacket (England) and a leather belt by RM Williams (Australia) this is the gear you need for working at the coalface, functionality rules the way. It’s referred to as the lean-clean style, it’s casual by framework, loose and comfortable, but formalised enough with the introduction of neckwear. So you can get into action, throw off the jacket, roll the sleeves up, loosen the tie and get it done.

Once last thing, why not try a pair of Swarovski Crystal silver designer cufflinks, just to reflect your mood and to complement your tie.

Did you know? Robert Redford stars in the definitive film of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald was a dedicated customer of Jermyn Street bespoke shirt maker Turnbull & Asser. The shirts that reduce The Great Gatsby’s socialite heroine Daisy (Mia Farrow) to tears with their beauty in the film all bear the Turnbull & Asser bespoke label.

1969 Nutters of Savile Row opens on Valentine’s Day and unleashes the Tommy Nutter/Edward Sexton style on swinging London. Backed by Cilla Black and The Beatles’ record company Apple’s executive Peter Brown, Nutters of Savile Row dresses the entire social spectrum from the Duke of Bedford and Lord Montagu to Mick and Bianca Jagger and The Beatles. Nutters is the first shop on Savile Row to pioneer ‘open windows’ and wild displays executed by Simon Doonan.

Maverick screen actress Katherine Hepburn, whose long-term lover Spencer Tracey was a customer of Huntsman, takes the extraordinary step of ordering bespoke denim jeans from her late lover’s Savile Row tailor. Hepburn’s commission foreshadows bespoke denim collections launched in 2006 by Timothy Everest and Evisu.

It’s all about style, just ask Vivienne Westwood

Fashion handbags

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Fashion handbags

Speaking of fashion handbags, France, Hermes of the Birkin and Kelly handbags always jumped into my mind. Hermes, as France’s oldest, finest quality horses with the brand, but now its famous handbags purses and scarves product resounding fashion, have to thank the many coincidences and opportunity. Kelly Bags Hermes prototype is present for the noble horse riding at the time a large leather bag designed for placing the harness, and of Princess Kelly made both practical and aesthetic needs of a handbag and transformation of this leather bag Kelly became the now famous handbags. Today many well-known evening handbags, evening bags and other well-known leather brands, they all have interesting back stories of some of the history of casual coincidence, some filled with the spirit of adventure to explore the avant-garde, while others witness and herald of the people In society, women, cultural attitudes change.

Italian fashion brand Prada heavyweight in 1985 started a black nylon bag product really is a product of exploration and adventure. This is not Jingui nylon material, and Prada, Miuccia Prada, founder of the function through the design of practical, easy to match the color and style, without too much maintenance and care, so that the black nylon bag into a landmark fashion handbag. Of course, after the hand by Prada nylon handbag also has the luxury of worth, not in the ranks of cheap handbags.
Here we talk about is the classic handbag with a single product and: 1. Envelope package with an envelope package, in particular to note is that the envelope or small package, whether with a shoulder strap, be sure to use hand manner; and more mini-packet as an envelope, it must focus on the hands of jewelry, from this to highlight the small size of the envelope package, and leather gloves, exaggerated bracelets can help to maximize the display of the hands of the envelope package. 2. Grasping package or dinner generally present a significant occasion, grasping package is the best choice, but if the daily lives also grasping bag with the words, do not over-dressed. If it is daytime, you can wear with jeans or casual pants to grasping package, and must wear the shoes to ensure there is no flash chip, shoes leather material as far as possible, simple fabric or suede; If it is night, then, grasping package with a dark jacket with, such as all black or all navy blue.
3. Motorcycle bag Balenciaga City series locomotives introduced widely sought after in recent years, discount handbags, but this color has even prepared citybag use of the best out of the elements of color. Although the locomotive package expensive, but because of its unique shape, in fact more suitable for T-shirt, jeans, Harley hat this handsome neutral dress.

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