Burberry

Burberry is one of the few designers in the industry who have a definite element in each of their incredible designs. If you’re familiar with the Burberry label, you’ll know the selling point of their pieces (in addition to the high quality and timeless style they offer) is the black, red, camel and white checkered print. This signature print is known as the Nova and was originally used as the lining of the trenchcoat in one of Burberry’s first designs.

The Nova print has contributed a significant amount of success to the label and is one of the reasons why the Burberry label is one of the top labels in the industry. The clothing collection consists of trenchcoats, blazers, blouses, skirts, pants capris and more.

Celebrity Sightings

Burberry designs are popular among millions of men and women all over the world but are especially popular among Hollywood celebrities. This high-end label delivers the entire package when it comes to a collection – high quality, sophisticated designs in a variety of shapes colors and sizes. Marcia Cross is a huge fan of the Burberry label, both on and off the set of “Desperate Housewives”. Supermodel Kate Moss also enjoys the ponchos offered in the collection.

Average Costs

 

The average cost of Burberry designs are quite high compared to some of the other labels on the market. Although their prices are slightly higher, the high quality and unique designs offered in each piece make Burberry designs worth every penny of the cost. Their dresses usually cost between $700 and $1000 or more depending on the style, while their jackets, pants, shirts and handbags are slightly less.

VICTORIA'S SECRET

Victoria’s Secret is known for their sexy, sultry lingerie designs and incredibly gorgeous models. This label is the #1 specialty retailer for women’s intimate apparel in the world. They currently operate over 900 design-specific stores in the United States. Originally, the label primarily offered women’s intimate apparel including bras, panties, lingerie, hosiery and more but they have recently expanded the label to include beauty products, clothing and shoes. Victoria’s Secret currently offers a wide variety of day and evening dresses, sportswear, jeans, dress pants, blazers and more. The company has evolved into one of the largest, most powerful fashion houses the industry has ever seen.

One of the most popular labels in the industry and by far one of the most recognizable names in fashion, Victoria’s Secret’s catalogues are viewed by more than 400 million individuals on an annual basis. Perhaps it’s due to their unbelievably breathtaking runway shows featuring super-hot models like Heidi Klum and Molly Sims.

Victoria’s Secret’s Signature Style

Victoria’s Secret’s collections consist of barely-there pieces that push up our assets and enhance our beauty. From lacy, racy little numbers that will have the men drooling to cute, feminine combinations that are comfortable and flirty, Victoria’s Secret has something for every type of person and personal preference. The Victoria’s Secret label encourages women to show off their bodies. They do this by designing amazing pieces that show off what we like about our bodies and hide what we don’t. What would we do without a label like this?

Possibly more popular than the lingerie itself is Victoria’s Secret’s incredible choice of models. Their extremely popular catalogues and sultry ad campaigns feature some of the hottest, sexiest women in the world. Top models like Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen, Tricia Helfer and Adriana Lima have helped the Victoria’s Secret label to encompass the two critical elements in every successful fashion label – hot clothes and hot models.

Victoria’s Secret Designer Clothing

Victoria’s Secret’s Signature Look

Victoria’s Secret has always been known for their incredibly sexy lingerie lines and barely-there intimates. The collection is a godsend to some women who need a little extra help boosting their assets and hiding their flaws. The racy little numbers found in their lingerie collection have been transformed into a ready-to-wear line for women of all shapes and sizes.

This latest collection consists of dress pants, sportswear, dresses, skirts, jackets, shorts and more. Victoria’s Secret incredible dress designs feature bra tops. You know what this means ladies? You can be pushed up and perky without an additional bra. Each piece in the collection is intricately designed to flatter women of all body types.

Average Costs

Victoria’s Secret designs are unique, stylish, perfect for all bodies and (perhaps most important of all) highly affordable. Their shirts are found for as low as $20 and as high as $50, while their incredible jeans are between $35 and $55. The amazing dress designs from the collection cost a mere $50 which is highly affordable for such high-end designs. If you’re looking for high quality designs at highly affordable prices, Victoria’s Secret will definitely satisfy your needs.

Masaba Gupta

Masaba Gupta is a young fashion designer who graduated from SNDT Mumbai and has created a niche for herself with her quirky sensibilities that have wowed her critics. The meaning of ‘Masaba’ is ‘wild flower’ in African language and that is perhaps reflected in her work which is ‘wild and revolutionary in essence. At a young age, Masaba has achieved phenomenal success and has begun to rub shoulders with big names in the Indian fashion circuit.

Her label also by the same name – ‘Masaba’, which was launched in 2009- has created ripples in the Indian fashion scene as she showcased designed that would be apt for women ranging from 25-50 years of age. From eclectic dhotis and angrakhas, to silk sarees and jumpsuits- she provided fashion that was starkly different and fresh. Masaba consciously avoids bling and works on her pricing and accessibility to make her a brand that can reach out to potential customers. Her creations were a hit with the young girls as Masaba immediately struck a chord with them through her fresh designs, colors and textures.

Masaba, now 24, had debuted in 2010 at the Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer in the GenNext category with her first couture collection ‘Kattran’. She is perhaps the ‘new kid on the block’ when it comes to the Indian fashion industry which is filled with stalwarts, however, Masaba has definitely created her mark and has many avid Bollywood celebrities who swear by her creations. Neha Dhupia, Bipasha Basu and Sonam Kapoor are huge fans of Masaba creations, particularly her saris, that have created a frenzy with her enigmatic use of colors and prints.

Masaba’s garments are retailed in leading stores across India and are much in vogue as she has a bold and fierce style that is traditional, yet Bohemian and simplistic. She says that she is inspired by her African and Indian roots, and her mother’s distinctive style and colour choice is another trait that she has inherited .The latest feather to Masaba’s cap is that she has been made the Creative Head at the iconic Satya Paul creations.

Career Growth

Masaba Gupta has now found a place amongst the elite list of Indian fashion designers who have shown a lot of promise and innovation. She was a student of Fashion Designing and has tasted success within two years of her debut at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2010. Masaba made a huge impact with her quirky fashion sensibilities which were beautifully feminine and traditional too. Masaba’s signature style is basically a lot of colour, feminine drape and silhouettes sans bling. She prefers organic fabrics with bright colors and the classical Indian weaves.

After Masaba’s success at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2010 that got heads turning and her bagging the “Most Promising Designer” title, the young designer went on to open her flagship store in Mumbai. The following year at LFW 2011, she put up a collection that was based on her African roots (as she is partly African and part Indian) called “Straight from my soil” and was inspired by the Masai tribes of Tanzania.

Masaba’s creativity and her appeal have won her a massive fan following because of which she is India’s youngest Creative Director- which is her new role at Satya Paul. She is all geared up to take this popular brand to the youth with her creative inputs. Her design sensibilities will perhaps see Satya Paul bounce back with youthful prints and fearless colors- in order to appeal to the fashionable youth of today.

Masaba had recently debuted for Satya Paul at the LFW 2013, having worked on the new fashion line for the brand for one year. She made ‘lipstick’ the hero of her couture, as it took center stage. Apart from that she also had ‘ink stain’ and ‘phone booth’ patterns in the rest of the attire which were predominantly saris worn with Peter pan collar blouses. Masaba did add that particular ‘quirkiness’ with her lipstick print vanity kits which were a surprise element. The show kickstarted with Sonam Kapoor donning a Masaba lipstick printed sari and ended with Parineeti who walked the ramp in a bright pink dhoti with a long white Masaba jacket. The name of her collection was ‘Postcards from Benaras’.

Trendsetter and Innovations

The USP of brand Masaba is its fiercely bold quality along with traditional roots that contain a beautiful mix of patterns, prints and colors. Her forte is usually in the saris which are very functional and ‘fuss free’. Masaba has always been enigmatic and at the tender age of 19, this Afro-Indian designer launched her own fashion line which met with resounding success owing to her quirky yet fun elements that she fused in traditional garments

Masaba creations are very simple, deep-rooted and still eye-catching with the colour combinations that seem to pop out. She has become a hot favorite for various Bollywood divas who proudly possess her cow and camera printed saris/garments and flaunt it with élan. She hopes to add her quirky sense of fashion to reposition brand Satya Paul in a way that makes it more youthful and targets the female population below 30 years. Masaba showcased her latest collection for Satya Paul with lipstick prints, ink blot and telephone booth prints as well as abstract designs. She mixed in a varied palette of colors, particularly neon hues.

MANISH MALHOTRA

Renowned as the Fashion Guru, Manish Malhotra is one of the most successful names in the world of Indian Fashion. A person who does not need any introduction, this Punjabi Munda holds the credit for making a designer revolution in Bollywood's fashion Scenario with his uniqueness and inimitable style in designing which can approach the entire look of the character. 

At the age of 25, he ventured into Bollywood by designing Juhi Chawla's costumes for the movie Swarg. But the outfits he had designed for Urmila Matondkar in the film Rangeela, made Manish an inevitable part of the industry. These costumes metamorphed Urmila as a hot sex symbol of that time. It was a grand entry for Manish into Bollywood making him one of the sought after designers in India.

During his tenure as a costume designer, he had been associated with several block buster films and had designed outfits for most of the leading actress like Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar, Karishma Kapoor, Kajol, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Twinkle Khanna, Shilpa Shetty, Kareena Kapoor, to Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Even though he does not design regularly for male actors, he has garbed Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan on several occasions.

His hard work and creativity has paved his way wide spread recognition as well as several awards. He was awarded by the first and only Filmfare Award for Costume Design for Urmila Matondkar's look in Rangeela, the Showtime Opinion Poll Award for Raja Hindustani, the Siemen's Viewer's Choice Award for Dil To Pagal Hai, the Lux-Zee Cine Award and the Bollywood Award in New York for his work in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. 

He has also adorned with Indira Priyadarshini Memorial Award for his contribution to the fashion industry, felicitated by National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi and the Indo American Society for his contribution to fashion designing, and was also named the most Stylish Designer Of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in 1999. He also won the Zee Cine Award and IIFA Award for the year 2000 for the film Mohabbatein.

After attaining the peak of his success, Manish Malhotra decided to concentrate more on designing and started his hi-profile store Reverie - Manish Malhotra in 1998. The store received a tremendous response and he also has designed the wedding attire for some of the most beautiful and high profile people in and across the country. 

In 1991, this talented designer presented his much awaited first fashion show. It was really a great delighted show and 70% of the clothes were sold out within 3 weeks. The high point of his collection was the embroidered denim wear that became a range of the city. In 2004 he has launched, India's first dedicated diffusion label " Manish Malhotra". Presently retailing at various parts of India and Across, the label stands for its uniqueness and mesmerizing style that blends with rich , lush colours detailed with textures in each and every piece.

In 2005, he started a talk show named ' The Manish Malhotra Show' on Zoom which features the fashion tips as well as Manish's chatting up with celebrity fashion victims. He also showcased his new collection in April 2006 at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.
This gifted designer became much-admired internationally when he was asked to design the clothes for Michael Jackson for his appearance during the Bollywood Awards held in New York. The outfit became hit and he was asked once again by Jackson to design outfits for his show in Munich and also for a couple of outfits for his children. 

Today being one of the pioneers in Fashion Designing, Manish is trying to manage both films and designing in association with Sheetal Design Studio (SDS), a designer label helmed him and Hemant Trivedi, another fashion designer.  .

HIPPIE SUBCULTURE

 What is a hippie?

·          The youth subculture of hippies was established in the 1960s.• Appearance: Long hair, wearing beads, baggy and colourful clothes• They favour universal love and peace• They are associated with taking soft and hallucinogenic drugs.

Values -

·          They are known for rejecting conventional values of society.•

·         They’re values are based around peace, love and respect for the environment

·          Their values have influenced film, literature, music and the arts

·         They dressed in a way to express rebellion and commonly accepted notions and social norms. Music..

·         Hippies are interested in ‘Rock n Roll’/ ‘classic rock’ music

·          Famous artists are: The Who, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and The Stones

·          Hippies used to access their music mainly by attending music festivals, however now it is easy to buy most genres of music online. Interests..

·          Hippies were interested in peace and love around the world and caring for the environment

·          They were interested in taking soft, hallucinogenic drugs such as ‘magic mushrooms’, cannabis and LSD

 Fashion/Appearance –

·          Flowers in their hair

·          Tattoos/body art

·         Body piercings

·         They support the ‘free look’ which focused on not what others thought of their self-expression through their clothes, but believing in equality for all and protesting against social evils.

·          The Hippie fashion statement in the 1960s was more of a rage with the youth Influences..

·          Hippies have influenced the art of the world

·          They have influenced freedom and self-expression

·         To an extent they have influenced taking drugs

·          The Hippie movement was influenced by postmodernism and the end of the war, supporting non-violence

Music -

Hippie music Hippies are very music orientated. The most famous groups that stereotypically are aimed at this subculture were ‘The Beatles’ ‘The Sex Pistols’ ‘The Rolling Stones’ and also the very famous singer ‘Bob Dylan.’ They all have a similar style of ‘chill’ which was very popular with the hippies. They typically listen to psychedelic music, which then progressed in the 1970’s to punk rock and roll.

GOTH SUBCULTURE

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the Post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from the 19th century Gothic literature along with horror films and to a lesser extent the BDSM culture.

By the late 1970s, there were a few post-punk bands in the United Kingdom labeled "gothic." However, it was not until the early 1980s that gothic rock became its own subgenre withinpost-punk, and that followers of these bands started to come together as a distinctly recognizable movement. The scene appears to have taken its name from an article published in UK rock weekly Sounds: ‘The face of Punk Gothique’, written by Steve Keaton and published on February 21 1981. The opening of the Batcave in London's Soho in July 1982 provided a prominent meeting point for the emerging scene, which had briefly been labeled positive punk by the New Musical Express. The term "Batcaver" was later used to describe old-school Goths.

Independent of the British scene, the late 1970s and early 1980s saw death rock branch off from American punk. In 1980s and early 1990s, members of an emerging subculture inGermany were called Grufti[e]s (English "vault creatures" or "tomb creatures"); they generally followed a fusion of the gothic and new wave with an influence of new romantic, and formed the early stages of the "dark culture" (formerly called "dark wave culture").

The goth subculture has associated tastes in music, aesthetics, and fashion. Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles including Gothic rock, Darkwave, Deathrock, Ethereal, Neo-Medieval and Neoclassical. Styles of dress within the subculture range from deathrock, punk and Victorian style attire, or combinations of the above, most often with dark attire, makeup and hair.

Gothic fashion is stereotyped as conspicuously dark, eerie, mysterious, complex, and very exotic. Typical Gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, black period-styled clothing; Goths may or may not have piercings. Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethan, Victorian or medieval period and often express pagan, occult or other religious imagery. Gothic fashion may also have silver jewelry.

New York Times noted: "The costumes and ornaments are a glamorous cover for the genre's somber themes. In the world of Goth, nature itself lurks as a malign protagonist, causing flesh to rot, rivers to flood, monuments to crumble and women to turn into slatterns, their hair streaming and lipstick askew".

Present-day fashion designers, such as John Paul Gaultier. Alexander McQueen, and John Galliano, have also been described as practising "Haute Goth".

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