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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, styles, 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 belonging, 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. (Full article...)

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Valentino S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and part of the Valentino Fashion Group. Since October 2008, the creative director is Pierpaolo Piccioli, jointly with Maria Grazia Chiuri from 2008 to 2016. The company is headquartered in Milan, while the creative direction is in Rome. The Valentino Beauty license is held by L'Oreal. (Full article...)

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The 2010s were defined by hipster fashion, athleisure, a revival of austerity-era period pieces and alternative fashions, swag-inspired outfits, 1980s-style neon streetwear, and unisex 1990s-style elements influenced by grunge and skater fashions. The later years of the decade witnessed the growing importance in the western world of social media influencers paid to promote fast fashion brands on Pinterest and Instagram.

Popular global fashion brands of the decade included Abercrombie and Fitch, Adidas, Balenciaga, Ben Sherman, Burberry, Christian Dior, Coach, DSquared2, Dorothy Perkins, Fashion Nova, Forever 21, Gucci, H&M, Hollister, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Marks and Spencer, Michael Kors, Monsoon Accessorize, Nike, Nine West, Off-White, River Island, Supreme, Topman, Topshop, Uniqlo, Under Armour, and Vans. (Full article...)

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Credit: Photo courtesy of: Michele Merkin

A glamour shot showing Michele Merkin, an American model and television host. Merkin has appeared in such magazines as ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She has hosted The Next Best Thing, E! News Daily, NBC's For Love or Money and VH1's Red Eye.

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... that a poll published in The Daily Telegraph voted Björk's swan dress (pictured) the ninth most iconic red-carpet dress of all time?
... that the American Express Gold card dress worn at the 67th Academy Awards by costume designer Lizzy Gardiner was made from 254 expired American Express cards?
...that Malian fashion designer Chris Seydou pioneered the use of bògòlanfini, a traditional Bamana mudcloth, in international fashion?

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Ariel Meredith (born July 11, 1986) is an American model who appeared in the 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, she did some part-time modeling starting in 1998 until she finished her schooling. (Full article...)

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Image 1Moslema in style fashion show at PWTC. (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 3Moslema in style fashion show in Kuala Lumpur (from Islamic fashion)
Image 4Fashionable Hollywood actress Louise Brooks (from History of fashion design)
Image 5Paris fashion and runway at the turn of the century (from Fashion show)
Image 6Swimwear presented during a final walk through at Miami Fashion Week (from Women's beachwear fashion)
Image 7Dress attributed to Charles Frederick Worth for Elisabeth of Austria painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (from History of fashion design)
Image 8The Brazilian model Lais Ribeiro at New York Fashion Week, 2013 (from Women's beachwear fashion)
Image 9Woman showcasing microskirt at a fashion show, Alaska, USA, 2010 (from Women's beachwear fashion)
Image 10Fashion sketching before live runway presentation (from Fashion show)
Image 11Liu Wen, supermodel, walks the runway modeling fashions by designer Diane von Fürstenberg at New York Fashion Week 2013. (from Fashion show)
Image 12Clothing factory in Montreal, Quebec, in 1941. (from Clothing industry)
Image 13Example of an elaborate stage set used for the Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2011 show (from Fashion show)
Image 14Young generation - main target of Islamic Fashion market. (from Islamic fashion)
Image 15Bikini fashion show at World Bodypainting Festival 2014 in Austria (from Women's beachwear fashion)
Image 16Garment factory workers in Bangladesh, in 2013. (from Clothing industry)
Image 17Models on the runway at São Paulo Fashion Week, 2017 (from Fashion show)
Image 18Nylon stocking inspection in Malmö, Sweden, in 1954. (from Clothing industry)
Image 19Fashionable lady of the era: portrait by Giovanni Boldini (1845–1931) showing Elizabeth Wharton Drexel in 1905. (from History of fashion design)
Image 20Haute couture fashion models walk the catwalk at the Carolina Herrera show during New York Fashion Week in 2014. (from Fashion show)
Image 21Clothing factory in Buryatia, Russia (from Clothing industry)

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... that Malika Louback believes her three engineering degrees make her a better fashion model?
... that tools for sewing and skin preparation found at archaeological sites indicate that the history of Inuit clothing in the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland extends back as early as 2500 BCE?
... that fashion psychology is an interdisciplinary field that studies the interaction between human behavior, psychology, and fashion?
... that the clothing tags for Alexander McQueen's first collection, Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims, had McQueen's own hair encased inside?
... that the aesthetic expression of clothing might entail emotions like "excitement, calmness, strength, and delicacy"?
... that Inuk designer Victoria Kakuktinniq incorporates design elements from the traditional amauti parka into contemporary Inuit clothing?

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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

— Plato

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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 • 1930-1945 • 1945-1956 • 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 • 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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