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                             fthere are some people - fashion experts, for instance - who actually enjoy thinking about fall and the things they (or we) can buy to stay in style for the new season. I know it won't ease the pain of the end of vacation, packing up the flip-flops or going back to school or the office, but at least distract yourself by fantasizing over additions to your closet.

                              fIf your fashion curiosity runs deeper than a desire to revisit the skeletons in Carrie's closet in the new "Sex and the City" movie, kick off your heels in a lawn chair and wrap your hands around three new fashion advice books. Packed with solutions for everyone from new graduates to the newly pregnant to the newly retired, these volumes just might put new polish on an entire population of women. Back boobs, be gone Back boobs, melon calves, kissing thighs, menopots .

                 f you think fashion is basically over?" asked the humorist and expert Cynthia Heimel, back in 2004. Well, fashion happens to be the biggest item in what we laughingly call "the civilized world" right now and it is the second-biggest business in New York City -- bigger than philanthropy, theater, culture, skyscrapers -- everything. Fashion was happening last week at the New York Design Center where everybody went to see Gloria Vanderbilt's beautiful art works.

                   f designers are laying eyes on their creations - literally. From the evil eye to the third eye, the human eye is a prominent motif cross-culturally, and it's popping up in fall collections by designers like Jeremy Scott, Libertine and Phillip Lim, along with shoe brands like Del Toro and Chiara Ferragni. Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon incorporated the eye as a staple print in this season's collection .

        fFashion contradictions are palpable every September and October, when 80-degree days collide with 50-degree fronts and sandals bump boots on the morning commute. But irony hangs even heavier in the air this year, with the approach of a second round of what started as a double dare between Kenosha native Heidi Hackemer, who works in advertising in New York, and colleague Tamsin Davies.

                            fI guess that it is so unusual to see women wearing comfortable shoes that it made the front page of the Tribune. Of course only women seem to be under the constant view of the fashionistas. In fact, I've noticed lately that it is both men and women wearing flip-flops everywhere. What I find curious is that there was no commentary on the latest trend in men's fashion--baggy, wrinkled clothes; messed up hair; and unshaven. Pretty much an "I don't give a damn about you.

                            f what she did to fill the time during her three-year exodus from the music biz. According to excerpts on eurweb.com, Hill (right) said she avoided watching TV and listening to music altogether, instead focusing on writing screenplays and developing a fashion line. So when can we wear the Lauryn label? Never, according to eur web.com, which quotes Hill as saying that she refused to see her designs "exploited, appropriated, copied and reproduced.

        f dozen models will take part in a charity fashion show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London Thursday to promote self-esteem for women who have undergone breast surgery. The models, all of whom have had mastectomies, want to show that surgery is not an obstacle to looking good in off-the-rack clothing, including sportswear, lingerie, swimsuits and low-cut evening gowns. "What we want to convey is that women who`ve had breast surgery can look glamorous.

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By Brenda Forrestor, 24 | April 26, 2004

I read your article about fashion and I was just curious--how old are you? Eighty? I think you should try to live a little. I am imagining that you dress like an old lady--boring! Age is just a number, not a state of mind. I am only 24, but I totally applaud women who are gutsy enough to show it off if they've got it at any age. I just think that older women should feel confident enough to dress a little sexy. I agree, seeing a large woman or man in little shorts and a tank top is not really a pretty sight, but I think, hey, if that makes them feel better, more power to them!

                 fDana Kessler Weiss is a self-described "recovering possessionista." The avid shopper and stay-at-home mom lovingly pores over celeb photos online, craving the hottest fashions worn by the likes of Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie, Lauren Conrad and the current "Bachelorette" Jillian Harris. But discipline requires that Kessler Weiss abstain from high-priced purchases, at least for now, she said: "With this economy, it just doesn't make sense." She's not alone. Apparel shopping -- or purchases of items from swimwear to jeans -- is down by approximately 7 percent this year over the same time period in 2008, according to recent statistics from consumer research firm The NPD Group.

                 f Each year brings a flurry of fashion volumes, some of them art for the coffeetable, some a reference book for devotees, some an occupation for the idle hands of winter. Here are a few fit for admirers and insiders alike. " Yves Saint Laurent" (Abrams, $55): A companion to the retrospective of the designer's work at the Petit Palais in Paris earlier this year, this volume captivates with its photography (of Saint Laurent as well as his designs).

                            f Paul Ryan is preparing for the biggest speech of his career on Wednesday, when he will accept the Republican vice presidential nomination in front of a television audience of tens of millions of voters. Style experts hope he'll find some time to do some clothes shopping as well. Ryan's budget-cutting plan has made him one of the most polarizing figures in U.S. politics, but many of those who know fashion agree on one thing: The man needs serious help with his wardrobe.

                            f is a popular style or practice, especially inclothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion is a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses. It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers.^[1] Because the more technical term costume is regularly linked to the term "fashion", the use of the former has been relegated to special senses like fancy dress ormasquerade wear, while "fashion" generally means clothing, including the study of it.

                  f Persia, Turkey, India, China, would frequently remark on the absence of change in fashion there. The Japanese Shogun's secretary bragged (not completely accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed in over a thousand years. However, there is considerable evidence in Ming China of rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing. Changes in costume often took place at times of economic or social change, as occurred in ancient Rome and the medieval Caliphate, followed by a long period without major changes.

                       f women and men's fashion, especially in the dressing and adorning of the hair, became equally complex. Art historians are therefore able to use fashion with confidence and precision to date images, often to within five years, particularly in the case of images from the 15th century. Initially, changes in fashion led to a fragmentation across the upper classes of Europe of what had previously been a very similar style of dressing and the subsequent development of distinctive national styles. These national styles remained very different until a counter-movement in the 17th to 18th centuries imposed similar styles once again, mostly originating from Ancien Régime France.

                     f fashion industry is a product of the modern age.^[23] Prior to the mid-19th century, most clothing was custom-made. It was handmade for individuals, either as home production or on order from dressmakers and tailors. By the beginning of the 20th century—with the rise of new technologies such as the sewing machine, the rise of global capitalism and the development of the factory system of production, and the proliferation of retail outlets such as department stores—clothing had increasingly come to be mass-produced in standard sizes and sold at fixed prices.

     f fashion industry developed first in Europe and America, as of 2015 it is an international and highly globalized industry, with clothing often designed in one country, manufactured in another, and sold world-wide. For example, an American fashion company might source fabric in China and have the clothes manufactured inVietnam, finished in Italy, and shipped to a warehouse in the United States for distribution to retail outlets internationally. The fashion industry has long been one of the largest employers in the United States,

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 fashion industry consists of four levels:

1. the production of raw materials, principally fibers and textiles but also leather and fur.
2. the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors, and others.
3. retail sales
4. various forms of advertising and promotion

These levels consist of many separate but interdependent sectors. These sectors are Textile Design and Production, Fashion Design and Manufacturing, Fashion Retailing, Marketing and Merchandising, Fashion Shows, and Media and Marketing. Each sector is devoted to the goal of satisfying consumer demand for apparel under conditions that enable participants in the industry to operate at a profit.

       f media plays a significant role when it comes to fashion. For instance, an important part of fashion is fashion journalism. Editorial critique, guidelines, and commentary can be found on television and in magazines, newspapers, fashion websites,^[27] Social network, andfashion blogs. In recent years, fashion blogging and YouTube videos have become a major outlet for spreading trends and fashion tips, creating an online culture of sharing one's style on a website.

             f                 beginning of the 20th century, fashion magazines began to include photographs of various fashion designs and became even more influential than in the past. In cities throughout the world these magazines were greatly sought after and had a profound effect on public taste in clothing. Talented illustrators drew exquisite fashion plates for the publications which covered the most recent developments in fashion and beauty. Perhaps the most famous of these magazines was La Gazette du Bon Ton, which was founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel and regularly published until 1925.

                         fstudy of culture and human societies, studies fashion by asking why certain styles are deemed socially appropriate and others are not. A certain way is chosen and that becomes the fashion as defined by a certain people as a whole, so if a particular style has a meaning in an already occurring set of beliefs that style will become fashion.^[37]According to Ted Polhemus and Lynn Procter, fashion can be described as adornment, of which there are two types: fashion and anti-fashion. Through the capitalization and commoditisation of clothing, accessories, and shoes, etc., what once constituted anti-fashion becomes part of fashion as the lines between fashion and anti-fashion are blurred.

                                    fost obvious function of clothing is to improve the comfort of the wearer, by protecting the wearer from the elements. In hot climates, clothing provides protection from sunburn or wind damage, while in cold climates its thermal insulation properties are generally more important. Shelter usually reduces the functional need for clothing

            fWestern societies, skirts, dressesand high-heeled shoes are usually seen as women's clothing, whileneckties are usually seen as men's clothing. Trousers were once seen as exclusively male clothing, but are nowadays worn by both genders. Male clothes are often more practical (that is, they can function well under a wide variety of situations), but a wider range of clothing styles are available for females. Males are typically allowed to bare their chests in a greater variety of public places. It is generally acceptable for a woman to wear traditionally male clothing, while the converse is unusual.

            In Western culture, dresses are more often worn by women and girls. The hemlines ofdresses vary depending on the whims of fashion and the modesty or personal.In fashion, a sheath dress is a type of dress designed to fit close to the body, relatively unadorned. Unlike many cocktail dresses and the longer ballroom.dress is a woman's dress that closely resembles an underslip or petticoat. It is traditionally cut on the bias, with spaghetti straps. Slip dresses first.distinctly different cuts and fashions. The apron dress may be viewed as a special case of the jumper. If the design of the dress is directly inspired you.

   Fashion designers work in different ways. Some sketch their ideas on paper, while others drape fabric on a dress form.