DE LA BELLE ÉPOQUE AU PRET-Á-PORTER

Is an intersting exhibition, that I saw today at La Grande Bibliothéque in Montreal. 

As the title is indicating it´s about the evolution in fashion from individual made clothes to the beginning of production of clothes from around 1871-1940.

To illustrated the different Epoches, they made all the displayed models up in paper. Unfortunately all the explanations were in french. Luckily I already knew about this period in fashion history.

FASHION ADVERTISING

Just a follow up on my recent posts. I am always amazed to see how many adds fashion magazines like American Vogue manage to put into their magazine.

Though it´s not always obvious, because some of the adds blend in and look fashionable, they are also in a way showing what is going on in fashion, Vogue has some nice fashion-editorials about trends and news, features, interviews, designer-portraits in between.

Even if the Adds dominate and keeps the Magazine running, the Celebrity and Sociality stuff is also taking a lot of room. I don´t mind that. 

But, it could be quite nice with more content, like background stories on the Fashion Industry, designers past and present to put some perspective on fashion ? Maybe, it´s just because I am a professional that I miss that.
Do you like adds or do you sometimes have enough ?

CHRISTMAS FASHION DISPLAYES

Just wanted to share some fabulous window displays from some of San Francisco Department-stores, just for inspiration. Enjoy!

 

All photos by John Frantsen

FASHION ACESSORIES ADDS

Accessories adds, was another thing I noticed in Elle.

Adds are all over in Fashion Magazines these days. Bag adds, cosmetic-, perfume- and jewellery adds, sometimes with a model in a suiting outfit or just to give a certain appealing feeling, to tempt you. Because these things are affordable for most people. -The Companies know exactly how it works.

Nowadays every known artist or celebrity like Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aquilera, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears and the Beckhams have their own perfume.

Because, that is where the money is. It is also the main reason why all the big designer brands and fashion-houses like Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent still survives today.

TREND - TEXTURES & COLOURS

When you travel, you always get new impulses and inspiration. . .

Like magazines you usually don´t buy. 

I found this fashion-editorial, that I came across in the December issue of Elle quite inspiring and wanted to share it.