Fashioning Fashion

Happening now and I urge everyone to go and visit Lacma...

Lacma has began to show case the amazing creations in detail from 1700-1915. Highlights include an eighteenth-century man's vest intricately embroidered with powerful symbolic messages relevant to the French Revolution; an evening mantle with silk embroidery, glass beads, and ostrich feathers designed by French couturier Émile Pingat and spectacular three-piece suits and gowns worn at the royal courts of Europe.

Not only will you see women and men's wear there is also children's wear which is also very significant. This is a huge opportunity to take advantage of specially for us fashion students that know very little about old sewing techniques or textiles that were only available in that time period... this does not only benefit fashion students do not get me wrong everyone should go and visit this awesome Exhibition, and to learn one or two things about the history of costumes and where all the new fashion is coming from.

Also while you are there take advantage and purchase the catalog which takes the best of the best of the exhibit:Luxurious textiles, exacting tailoring, and lush trimmings abound in this volume that celebrates the exhibition at LACMA.


And its onlyt $55.00!!

LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Open Mon-Tue,Thu,Sat-Sun 12pm-8pm; Fri 12pm-9pm




GO ASAP!! [=

Melrose Avenue shopping area losing its cachet

This saturdays Los Angeles Times Business section front page talks about the good old very known Melrose strip. It is sad to read how this area once so popular is loosing money. If you go and walk its streets, you are able to see how every other store has closed down, or is being leased out due to the recession. People are not spending money they way they were. The article talks about how most stores have began bringing in wholesale clothing which gives more variety and also keeping the price points lower, however customers knowing that rather will go to downtown and places like santee and get these items at a much lower price.

It is very sad to see also some of the stores that actually have closed some like aardvarks which even though you are being vintage clothing stil kept their prices very in comparison to the over priced botiques there. The only bright side to this story is that now the square foot for leasing is $2-3 per sq foot. It makes it a little intimidating for some of us designers that even when you think you can just go out there and start making money right away there are these stores that have been doing it for years and there is no money to make out there ... for now.


*Image Credits: Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times*
*Original Article:By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times *

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