Fashion Houses

Initially we began by researching 8 main categories of fashion houses presented to us, these categories were Colours used, Fabrication, Detailing, Styling, Make up, Concepts, Promotional themes and Music.

The fashion houses: 

Meadham Kirchhoff, Edward Meadham & Benjamin Kirchhoff:

Colours: bold print, golden lame, pastel pink

Fabrication: Appliqué 

Detailing: Beading, crystal embroideries

Styling: flared heel multicoloured metallic boots

Make-up: day glow make-up

Concepts: Romanticism,  

Promotional themes: Topshop collection

Music:

Comme Des Garçon:

Colours: Black, maroon, Greys & navy

Fabrication:

Detailing: Inverted seams, chunky knitt, unfinished hems

Styling: Skinny jeans, met by rebellion in the form of messed up barrister wigs

Make-up:

Concepts: Big, Bold, looped, structural - naturally 

Promotional themes:

Music:

Exhibition pieces, manipulation of the human form.

Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci:

Colours: Mint, black, multicoloured palette, 

Fabrication: surface printing, embroidery

Detailing: prints - butterfly and moth wings imagery

Styling:

Make-up:

Concepts: Grown-up take on female sexuality
'He said he’d found his way into it by looking at the work of the Italian furniture designer and architect Carlo Mollino, a man with an interest in insects and taking pictures of naked and scantily clad women (it’s amazing what we find out about obscure practitioners of the arts through fashion these days, isn’t it?).'

Promotional themes:

Music:

Miuccia Prada:

Colours:

Fabrication:

Detailing:Narrow piped edgings,

Styling:Narrow silk scarves, wedge heeled boots & strappy sandals 

Make-up:

Concepts:

Promotional themes:
Music: Kurt Weill, Barbara Sukowa

Iris Van Herpen:

Colours:

Fabrication:

Detailing:

Styling:

Make-up:

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Music:

Jil Sanders:

Colours: Greys, neons, metallic/ iridescent, pastel blues & pinks, mustard yellow/ yellow orchid

Fabrication: Knitwear

Detailing:

Styling: Bright neon platform brogues, 

Make-up: Natural make up (nudes), washed hair un processed, naturally dried  

Concepts:

Promotional themes:

Music:

Burberry Prorsum:

Colours:

Fabrication:

Detailing:  

Styling: 

Make-up:

Concepts:

Promotional themes:

Music: