Fashion

She turns the clothes upside down; she cuts the stitches and creates the models that could be hardly called «something like a jacket» or «kind of skirt» or «sort of cardigan». She is old and main rioter in the world of fashion. She turned the fashion from upside down, then put it back to upright position and left as it is, shaky and confused. Vivien Westwood is the Queen of punk and the Goddess of provocative actions.

Blazer is the item of the wardrobe of any woman that can make her ensemble ideal. Blazer is one of the stylish items of wear for women, from business ladies to stewardesses. The significant feature of the blazer is that every woman can find the model and size fitting only her.

A cardigan is a sweater with the front tied, buttoned or zipped. This item of women wear is often knitted as a single piece in a simple back-and-forth manner. It is the woven sweater with deep V-shaped cut without the collar, with low-placed buttons and large patch pockets. This women wear item was named after the General James Cardigan who cared of comfort and warmth for his soldiers, providing knitted sweaters from rough wool.

Handbags, totes, purses, coffrets, and other bags we wear all the time in hands. A modern woman cannot be thought without any kind of bag. We are so accustomed to wearing bags that we cannot even imagine how we managed without them in the previous times.  And our grandmother really did without them. As a separate accessory, a bag appeared some time back, in XIX century. Prior to this period, women had to use secret pockets and leather bags attached to the waist to keep necessary things on them.

Shoes boots is something between the shoes and boots. This is the ideal kind of shoes for early autumn. They are usually very feminine, they tightly fit the ankles but they do not cover the calves, and actually they come in various styles, from the simplest and most practical things to the ones decorated with zippers, clasps, lacing and even bows.

Hugo Boss Company was initiated in 1923 as the Company to tailor men's suits. The business was started by Hugo Boss, the founder of the Company and the brand. Throughout the years of activity the Company expanded the range of its products and what we have now is the wide line of products from clothes and accessories to it to perfume for men and women. Hugo Boss is the middle-class product. This includes goods for both confident and perspective men and women.

When we say «shawl», we imagine a cold frosty winter, evenings by the fireplace in the cozy countryside house and a beautiful woman with a warm shawl on her head. But then summer comes, and she drops it on her shoulders, and the shawl, now long-fringed and decorated with big bright flowers, attracts numerous admirers. It seems that the shawl is a traditional Russian accessory, since to survive the inclement snowy Russian winter one has to be ingenious in protecting oneself from the hard frost. Actually, shawl is not Russian at all. They originated in the East, and the world joined in the admiration for this light and warm wrap.

When in the late 60-s Ralph Lauren, then a sales assistant at Brooks Brothers, was tired of selling other people's brands and wanted to create his own, he decided to start with a tie. «I had no idea how to design ties. I didn't know a thing about the fabrics and patterns, but I knew how to sell, and I knew that quality is above all».

It appeared that Victoria's Secret Brand so adored and fascinated by millions of ladies all over the world, was created by a man. Some time back one Mr. Raymond conceived the idea to make his wife happy presenting the luxurious lingerie. When he came up to the women's wear store, he got upset, lost and escaped from there. Though, some time later he thought on really elegant clothes and in 1977 he opened his own store of lingerie.

The time when we distinguished the clothes for prêt-a-porte and haute couture outdated, yet we need to tell about the most perspective and demanded segment, the fast fashion. Fast fashion refers to collection of clothes that appear in turn at the windows shops of Zara and H&M, Bershka and Mexx, Mango, Monsoon and other stores. And yet, some of the above brands prefer fast fashion wear launching the clothes for one season only that is unique and eye-catching. Some of them try to keep conservative traditional views and stay classic as the real «fashion».

The competition so popular among the reputed designers is not only the common thing in the fashion world. Yet, it is encouraged since everyone is aware that when couturiers compete to outdo others, their attempts come to us in the most amazing collections. Though, the intention to go better than others is tricky. It is known that Coco Channel never missed to annoy her opponent Elsa Schiaparelli and once Coco set fire to her dress. The current fashionists prefer settling their disputes at the court like Giorgio Armani and D&G. It is not rare when they come to trivial blows.

There is a place in the world when valiant men wear national skirts - kilts. Sometimes the word «kilt» is difficult to remember and it is then called a Scottish skirt. The kilts differ from the other kinds of skirts in the cutting and color. The classic kilt is done from the fabric of large checks on the red or blue background.