Christian Dior, Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2007. Inspiration from traditional Asian costumes.
The fashion history lesson: Dior 60 Years Retrospective
Why should a fashion designer care about history in general and more specifically, about the history of fashion? A simple explanation is that it helps one gain an essential understanding of the connection between clothing and the environment it is worn in, and try to predict how fashion will evolve in the future within its temporal context. Clothing expresses basic human feelings and conceptions about the world, just like any other form of art does. And such indicators change over time. Look, for example, at the way World Wars I and II altered dramatically the way women dress up today.
Along with the possibility of predicting or creating trends which the history of fashion gives a designer, it is an unquestionable source of inspiration. While this kind of inspiration is clearly generated by the beauty and complexity of the historic garments, it also triggers a certain human emotion - that of nostalgia. It is a feeling of appreciation for the past or something related to the past, often in an idealized form, which refers to recalling the “good old days”. Nostalgia is an emotion valued by people, an emotion that they want to keep as it gives them the possibility to enjoy good memories and bring them into the present in a beautiful way.
Good nostalgia gives us satisfaction and makes us happy. So, creating fashion inspired by history can make people that wear it, happy.
This being said, enjoy a retrospective of 60 years of Dior creation. Get inspired!
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Posted April 29, 2010 at 4:59am in Fashion design Clothing Arts Christian Dior Fashion history Inspiration
How to Design the Prototype for a Dress
I found this video very inspiring. You’ll see how from a simple idea sketched on paper you start to build the prototype of the dress.
The prototype technique is to define the types and volumes of the garment by casting a neutral cotton directly on the mannequin dressmaker with pins.
The prototype allows the designer to make a first impression of the final appearance of his creation and it is essential to carry out the boss of the model.
Christian Dior 1939 - Haute Couture Robert Piguet
“Moulage” movie made by Grand Marquis for the expo ” Prototype” of the Swiss Mode Museum http://www.museemode.ch/expositions.html
