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UNDERSTANDING FASHION - I Fashion   is a popular style or practice, especially in   clothing ,   footwear ,   accessories ,   makeup ,   body , or furniture. Fashion is a distinctive and often constant trend in the style in which a person dresses. It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers.   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   or   masquerade   wear, while "fashion" generally means clothing, including the study of it. Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or masculine, some trends are androgynous Clothing Fashion Early Western travelers, traveling whether to   Persia ,   Turkey ,   India , or   China , would frequently remark on the absence of change in fashion in the respective places. The Japanese   Shogun '...
Madonna accidentally flashes photographers at Fashion Week Madonna suffered an  epic fashion fail  at a top runway show yesterday when she accidentally flashed a nipple in a see-through top. The veteran pop star attended New York Fashion week with her daughter Lourdes, but the singer’s saucy outfit left her a little over-exposed. Madonna headed to the Big Apple’s premiere style gathering wearing a sexy black outfit featuring sheer fabric over a black bra top. She teamed the semi-see-through top with a black Adidas tracksuit, and sat on the front row for the Alexander Wang show with her daughter Lourdes. However, Madonna appeared to make a boob of herself when she leaned forward to rest her head on the teenager’s shoulder. Her sheer top shifted, and left a nipple on display for the world to see. The singer did not appear to notice the wardrobe malfunction, and kept a big smile on her face as she posed for pictures with Lourdes. The teen looked less than impre...
The 4 Big Problems With "Ramadan" Fashion Collections PHOTO: COURTESY OF MANGO. Mango  just released its second Ramadan collection, one week before the Muslim holy month. It's hardly the first: In 2014,  DKNY  pioneered the “Ramadan” collection targeting Muslim women in the Middle East. In the two years that followed,  Tommy Hilfiger, Zara, Oscar de la Renta, and Monique Lhuillier  have also put out collections. But despite acclaim from Western and Asian news outlets (including  this site ), many Muslim women have expressed that these collections have  missed   the mark . In fact, I believe Mango’s current Ramadan collection is disappointing for reasons that most observant Muslim women can point out: They’re inappropriate for the occasion, improper for the religion, hyper-focused on a small segment of the Muslim population, and inconvenient for most Muslim women to actually buy. The number one reason these collections f...
CAN NIGERIA STILL COMPETE AS AFRICA’s 3rd LARGEST TEXTILE INDUSTRY? The global manufacturing map is changing fast, raising questions about the future of the Nigerian textile industry. On one hand, the country’s manufacturing sector faces higher costs at home, cheaper competition abroad and a global economic slowdown, compelling some textile firms to outsource and offshore lower skilled production to cheaper labor markets in Africa. On the other hand, more and more Private and Government firms are investing in technological innovation, oil, specialization and quality upgrades, contributing to the development of the country’s advanced manufacturing sector. But as some garment and textile industry producers move up the value chain, others are struggling with issues like long-term sustainability and worker welfare. Can Nigeria still compete as Africa’s fashion factory? It has been reviewed that the textile industry was one of the booming sub-sectors of the economy in the post...
Think Like A Man, Dress Like One: The Boyfriend Shoes A woman’s desire to think like a man can be addictive, it has caused her to love things naturally worn my men. The boyfriend shoes makes her edgy, adding a tone of sophistication to her feminine silhouette. The boyfriend shoe is characterized by a low to almost non-existent heel, round toes and stiff detailing. These shoes can range from ankle boots and combat boots, to tods-look-alikes and oxford style shoes. The boyfriend shoe goes smoothly with the boyfriend jeans producing a very cool and stylish look. So, how to wear boyfriend shoes? The simple answer is anything. Mixing them with a dress blurs the lines between gender roles . Wearing them with skinny cut-offs has been sported on Taylor Swift and Miranda Kerr. When and where you can wear boyfriend shoes all depends on the fabric and color. You’re probably not going to wear gold sequined oxfords in a professional setting, and you are probably not going to wear wh...
Kanye West gives crowd the middle finger while performing at Harper's Bazaar Icons Ball following fashion show fail Kanye West doesn't “runaway” from his critics. The notoriously outspoken rapper gave the crowd the middle finger Friday night while performing at at the Plaza Hotel during Harper's Bazaar Icons Ball days after fashion media heavyweights dubbed his "Yeezy Season 4" show a complete abomination. "You can't be scared to fail," he said sternly beneath smoky, dim lights, before dropping the mic and waltzing off stage at the end of his performance. West, who covers the September issue of the magazine with wife Kim Kardashian, took the small stage at the Fashion Week event at around 11 p.m., but it appeared to be nothing short of a shot at redemption. This seems to be directed at us," one insider mumbled as West recited the expletive-laden lyrics. His latest "Yeezy Season 4" fashion show turned out to be utt...