Fashion Street

 

Fashion Street refers to a cluster of over 385 street side clothing shops on MG Road near Azad Maidan and is opposite to Bombay Gymkhana, in South Mumbai, India.
The market is located just opposite VSNL office building at Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road). It is a popular tourist destination, and is known for bargaining.
In January 2011, as a part of the green drive of BMC along with Fashion Street Shopowners' Association, the market at Fashion Street stopped the use plastic bags and switched to paper bags. Now they are again using plastic bags made by the training workshop of the National Association of the Blind.

An Overview of the Importance of the Fashion Industry in Today's World

 

Fashion has been an integral part of human culture and society for centuries. As the world evolves, so does the fashion industry. The importance of the fashion industry in today’s world cannot be overstated, as it plays such a crucial role in multiple aspects of our lives, from individual expression to global economic growth.
In this article, we will delve into the significance of the fashion industry and the reasons behind its prominent role in our contemporary society.
The fashion industry is an economic powerhouse, contributing significantly to the global economy. According to a 2022 report by Statista, the global fashion industry was valued at approximately $1.53 trillion. The industry provides employment opportunities to millions of people worldwide, from designers and artisans to retail workers and logistic experts.
Furthermore, the fashion industry has a strong influence on the global supply chain, as it relies heavily on international trade and the sourcing of raw materials.
Fashion has always been an essential medium for cultural expression and identity. It acts as a language that communicates the values, beliefs, and traditions of different societies. The fashion industry helps preserve and promote cultural heritage by incorporating traditional designs, techniques, and materials into modern clothing. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the fashion industry serves as a platform for cross-cultural exchange and understanding, fostering tolerance and appreciation for diversity.

Shoe

 

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. Though the human foot can adapt to varied terrains and climate conditions, it is vulnerable, and shoes provide protection. Form was originally tied to function, but over time, shoes also became fashion items. Some shoes are worn as safety equipment, such as steel-toe boots, which are required footwear at industrial worksites.
Additionally, shoes have often evolved into many different designs; high heels, for instance, are most commonly worn by women during fancy occasions. Contemporary footwear varies vastly in style, complexity and cost. Basic sandals may consist of only a thin sole and simple strap and be sold for a low cost. High fashion shoes made by famous designers may be made of expensive materials, use complex construction and sell for large sums of money. Some shoes are designed for specific purposes, such as boots designed specifically for mountaineering or skiing, while others have more generalized usage such as sneakers which have transformed from a special purpose sport shoe into a general use shoe.
Traditionally, shoes have been made from leather, wood or canvas, but are increasingly being made from rubber, plastics, and other petrochemical-derived materials.Globally, the shoe industry is a $200 billion a year industry.90% of shoes end up in landfills, because the materials are hard to separate, recycle or otherwise reuse.

1883 – Charles Frederick Worth, red silk satin and velvet dinner dress

 

This 1883 silk satin evening gown is a rich red color, featuring a deep square neckline that emphasizes the collarbone. It includes a standing collar that lies flat on the neck, edged with a tulle material that continues around the entirety of the neckline. In the center, an attached rose embellishment is highlighted. The three-quarter length sleeves are trimmed with the same tulle-material used on the neckline, as well as large, silk ribbons  The bodice is adorned with a row of buttons down the front with a deeply pointed basque waistline, and is decorated with a rose leaf motif consisting of velvet stripes.
The overskirt is draped in an apron style  and gathered at the back of the gown to create the bustle. The prominent bustle elongates into a train decorated with the same rose leaf motif seen on the bodice. The skirt of the gown is arranged in a straight silhouette featuring the rose leaf and velvet striped pattern in addition to knife pleating trimming the gown. The train of the dress is also edged with pleats.

Fashion Factory

 

Fashion Factory, formerly Brand Factory, is a chain of retail stores operated by Reliance Retail. It was formerly operated by Future Group. It offers a wide range of apparel brands in different categories for men, women, infants, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, sportswear, and luggage. Launched in September 2006 as Brand Factory, it had 100 stores across 50 cities in India in December 2018. It was India's largest discount retail chain at the time.The chain had planned to expand its number of outlets to 100 by 2018.In 2022, it was acquired by Reliance Industries and rebranded as Fashion Factory.

Fashion

 

Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging. As a multifaceted term, fashion describes an industry, designs, aesthetics, and trends.
Examples under fashion's umbrella: catwalks, mannequins, boutiques, models, and designers
The term 'fashion' originates from the Latin word 'Facere,' which means 'to make,' and describes the manufacturing, mixing, and wearing of outfits adorned with specific cultural aesthetics, patterns, motifs, shapes, and cuts, allowing people to showcase their group belongings, values, meanings, beliefs, and ways of life. Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, reducing fashion's environmental impact and improving sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers.

Fashion

Fashion is popular aesthetic expression at a certain time and in a certain context, especially in clothing, footwear , lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body proportions.Whereas a trend often connotes a very specific aesthetic expression, and often lasting shorter than a season, fashion is a distinctive and industry-supported expression traditionally tied to the fashion season and collections.Style is an expression that lasts over many seasons and is often connected to cultural movements and social markers, symbols, class and culture (ex. Baroque, Rococo, etc.). According to sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, fashion connotes "the latest fashion, the latest 

Even though they are often used together, the term fashion differs from clothes and costume, where the first describes the material and technical garment, whereas the second has been relegated to special senses like fancy-dress or masquerade wear. Fashion instead describes the social and temporal system that "activates" dress as a social signifier in a certain time and context. Philosopher Giorgio Agamben connects fashion to the current intensity of the qualitative moment, to the temporal aspect the Greek called kairos, whereas clothes belong to the quantitative, to what the Greek called chronos.

Exclusive brands aspire for the label haute couture, but the term is technically limited to members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris.

With increasing mass-production of consumer commodities at cheaper prices, and with global reach, sustainability has become an urgent issue amongst politicians, brands and consumers.