Fashion Information

Beyonce may be all things trendy and normally looks absolutely gorgeous, however has she made a big mistake wearing a dress which makes accentuates her hips and bottom quite so much?

One of the latest fashions trends may be have hip and butt pads but surely the whole point to make them larger so that you can really swing when you walk not appear as if something nasty is going on under your dress!

What is also strange is that TV fashion gurus are advising women to buy underwear which has been designed to pull tummies in, smooth thighs and lift bottoms! A real contradiction in styles!

Fashion trends are often bizarre at the best of times and while most women with large hips do everything they possibly can to hide and disguise them, they will be pleased, one assumes, that slimmer women are trying to copy the sassy walk large hipped women achieve so very naturally!

Fashion history has over the years seen some strange happenings under ladies clothes, dating right back to when no women of substance would ever dream of wearing a dress or skirt without a large hoop inside to make them appear very slim waisted.

The bustle was another style trend which in some ways you could say the latest butt pads are trying to emulate. Rather then having pads on their backside to make them appear neater and yet more emphasised the bustles were adorned with large bows and ribbons while the rest of the dress was figure hugging tight, with waists lines being pulled in with whale bone corsets.

Throughout history fashion trends have tried to push and pull women’s figure into what were and continue to be, the ideal body shapes. From 18 inch waists in the 50’s, the bustier which push bosoms up so high they look as if they will spill over the top as in some cases actually do-intentionally or not -as in Nell Gwen’s era and wide shoulder pads seen in the 70’s!

Women, no matter what shape or size, have throughout history tried to show off their smaller assets by making them, for the most part larger!

And yet it is only relatively recently that fashion designers are creating designs specifically for the plus size fashion market. This in itself is rather bizarre, but a welcome relief for plus size women. High street stores are gradually realising that large women also want to be trendy and chic without paying an fortune for their clothes and the plus size rails are gradually being displayed in more prominent parts of the store at long last!

The tradition of a society and the country is mainly reflected by the dressing sense of its citizens. Each country has different attire that its people carry. Clothes define the overall personality of the person, his thinking and his behavior. In fact each variety of clothe is an expression used for denoting various believes and customs on a particular occasion. Also, these days people are very finicky about the way they look, the clothes they wear, in short, the whole lifestyle has changed a lot and apparels and clothes play an important role for framing their image in the society.

The demand and the need for different clothes, bags, shoes, accessories and their design have lead to the invention of a career called fashion designing. Fashion designing is a very innovative and creative career; it not only allows the person to think freely but also gives him an opportunity to present his imagination in front of the whole world. Delhi and Mumbai, being the fashion hubs of the country, has the majority of designers situated. The work of these designers can be mostly seen in the film and television industry, which after coming once on the big screen becomes the demand of every youngster.

Many students find this field more rewarding and glamorous along with it being a pool of creativity and space for expression. Students pursue their graduation degree in designing to give the very start towards their dream career, which is followed by post graduation or internships in various designing houses and then most of the students get themselves associated with the famous designing houses, or some of them open their own boutiques, and designs the world.

Fashion designing is not only limited to clothe designing, several other spheres where one can explore his creativity are shoe designing, accessories, Jewelry, apparels, etc. The various qualities a student must possess and learn while studying designing are:

oCreativity oKnowledge about color combinations oLatest styles oInterpersonal skills oOriginality oProblem solving skills oCrisis management oKeeping an eye on the industrial developments oTeam work oBusiness management

The various institutes or colleges providing Fashion Designing courses in Delhi and Mumbai are:

Integrated Management College School of Design, New Delhi

Aditya Institute Of Technology, New Delhi

Apeejay Institute Of Design, New Delhi

IEC School Of Art & Fashion, New Delhi

Indian Institute Of Design, New Delhi

International Institute Of Fashion Technology, New Delhi

JD Institute Of Fashion Technology, New Delhi

National Academy Of Fashion Technology, New Delhi

Pearl Academy Of Fashion, New Delhi

National Institute Fashion Technology, New Delhi

Gemmological Institute of India, Mumbai

International Diamond Laboratories, Mumbai