quiz fashion and interiors

What Influenced Fashion or the Way Clothing is Made?

folk costume and everyday dressing

civil war mass production made

standardization of garments

extreme work environment required

denim

marketing 1900’s

mail order merchandise

marketing magazines

harpers bazar and vogue

designers

Paul Poiret, Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Patou

post war fashion was

casual clothing and home focused

post war designers

Christian Dior, Christobal Balenciaga, Claire McCardell

fashion 1960s

heavy British influence, Mod, clean lines and bold patterns

1960s designers

Zandra Rhodes and Mary Quant

1970-1980 designs

folk, preppy, ethnic

global retailers

Miyake (Japan), Takada (Japan), Giorgio Armani (Italy)

1990s & 21 century designers

Ozwald Boateng, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger

ready to wear revolution

transition from custom tailored to mass produced

rise of department stores

macys and bloomingdales

catalog shopping

sears and Roebucks popularized mail order catalogs

Levi Strauss

denim jeans

brook brothers

mens suits and shirts

saks fifth avenue

symbol of luxury and sophistication

raulph lauren

heavily on classic american style

challenges USA

safety issues, labor cost, global competition

current USA fashion and textile

mass production to customization, ethical, transparency, and niche markets

south korea shift

decline of garments (cost), exporting, producing its own materials

south korea brands

parkland, samsung, kolon, shinwon

challenges south korea

increase cost, quotas, global competition

south korea currently

move away from mass production to smaller production. focus on high end fashion and technology innovation

china industry

mass production, state owned, textile production, low cost production

china brands

Shanghai tang, youngor, li-ning

china challenges

pollution, labor rights, quotas

china currently

high value production, technology integration, sustainable focus

bangledesh characteristics

labor intensive. basic apparel production, depended on imported fabrics

challenges bangledehs

safety concerns, global scrutiny, end of quotas

vietnam characteristics

emerging markets, competitive advantage, trade agreements

challenges Vietnam

need infrastructure development and depending on imports