EMBELLISHMENT.

Embellished clothes are very popular, they are not worn as everyday attire but are seen more as special occasion wear.  You can have heavy embellished items or very lightly embellished designs. The more embellishment the more expensive the item is. Any item of clothing can now be embellished, here are some images of high end embellished garments. 

BACKLESS DRESSES- BODY CONSCIOUS

The desired backless dress has adapted into many styles and colours and textures. Its worn for special occasions and many celebrities have promoted this style of dress.  Here are some images of adaptations to modern day high street fashion. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJ0dvqaKB8 - Backless dresses on the red carpet.

Also brands like American Apparel is one known for its body conscious attire. The brand promotes showing skin through its campaigns.

BRUCE OLDFIELD

Bruce Oldfield that designed the Evening gown we were comparing to the Club item, designed dresses for Princess Diana. Because she was an icon the style flourished and became even more popular. I Believe this is why its still alive today.

BODY CONSCIOUS.

We chose to focus on this body conscious item from the club aspect , and this evening wear that closely represented the catwalk version of the club style.

BODY CONSCIOUS

The body conscious phase from the club was driven by advances In textile technology, being able to weave stretchable fibres into any material meant that you could create items that clung to every lump and bump.

This is the description from the exhibition.

Pictures and Info about the Exhibition.

Our task was to chose a style from the club element of the exhibition and then find its relative from teh catwalk aspect. The exhibition itself was great very well laid out and very clear, it created a great atmosphere. The outfits were amazing, some were relative to todays fashion some were just wild and wacky. 

After seeing all areas of the exhibition I settled on choosing the Body Conscious element. It intrigued me because its something thats so popular today and I wanted to see how it all started.

Here is some information about the exhibition and some photos. 

Club to Catwalk Assignment Brief.

Club to Catwalk

The From Club to Catwalk exhibition features styles from the 80s as they originated in the fashionable clubs of the era, and as they were eventually used by fashion designers in their subsequent 80s collections.

Your task is twofold:

Firstly, you must select either one style or one garment featured in the Club section of the exhibition and write 500 words on it per pair (or 250 words if you are writing on your own). You must perform semiotic analysis on the style or garment, and explore the messages that it communicated on the club floor. In other words, what did it mean to wear this style or garment on a night out in a particular club scene? How did the style develop and how did that message evolve? What were the influences/elements of that style?

Secondly, you must write another 500 words (or 250 if you are writing alone) on how your selected style or garment was adopted by a fashion designer and adapted for the catwalk and according to the label’s or the designer’s personal style. How was the style or garment altered, if at all? How did its meaning change, if it did? Was it used in its original form, altered beyond recognition, mixed with other items or styles, or watered down to become popular with the masses? What do you think it meant to wear this style or garment now? The same as to wear the original from the club, or is it now a significantly different story? In this section, you can refer to one or more designers.