Apparel Design

I love the artistry that can be involved in T-shirt graphics. You can practically walk around with a genuine piece of artwork on what you are wearing. Exclusive independent t-shirt designers are very unique and when you support them by buying one of their designs, you really have an original, something that you know rarely, if any one, will own the one you have got. Here are some current trend setting t-shirt graphic designs I found on wgsn-edu.com, these designs were showcased at a trade show in Las Vegas back in August of last year. The following designs were ones I found of specific interest and they were a preview for spring/summer 2007.

Here are some websites of the t-shirt graphic designers that showcased there, check them out: 10 Deep, beautiful decay, cerbae, chaos, Double Chevron USA, Exact Science, foreign family, House 33, Kultjah,jepney, methods, obey, poketo, rebel8, Schmack.

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One of my favorite fashion icons is at it again. This time the Material Girl is re-inventing herself yet again, but for clothing giant, H&M. The new M by Madonna line which many of you have probably already seen the generous spread in all of the popular fashion magazines, is set to launch March 22nd. The clothing line features a white trench coat, which can be seen on Madonna in the ads retailing for $99.90, several cute V-neck, dresses in Black and a gorgeous Missoni-esqe silk dress with Kimono sleeves. However, the line still offers a punch for those of you who don’t prefer dresses; she has included a black military looking tracksuit as well as a leather jacket for $198.00. Many of the items seem overpriced, but hey they are designed by the Material Girl herself. I like that this caters to the wide variety of her fans, the one that respects the dual personality of such the old Hollywood glam and the Punk Rock side. To see more of the M by Madonna collection for H&M visit, http://www.hm.com/us/

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I really like this springs new clothing trends. For starters, the sporty clothes are very fun and cute, designers dressed them up and made the sport clothes pretty. I understand that workout clothes arent really supposed to be cute because all you do is get nasty and sweaty in them. However, wearing cute sporty clothes is more fun and just might inspire people to workout more because they have something cute to wear. One thing that I really liked were the t-shirt dresses, I know that this really cant be worn while working out, but it would be good for running errands or for a beach cover up. Also it could be pulled off with little shorts underneath. Another look that I really enjoyed were the little shorts that were paired with all kinds of tops. They made me excited for summer time and were very beachy. It is an item that goes well with almost anything. A lot of the designers had them in their collection and I think that they will make a pretty good comeback for this summer. One thing that I was not a fan of were the floral dresses. I have never really been a fan of flowers in general and there were some dresses with actual flowers on them. I just thought that these dresses were too busy and not appealing or flattering at all. Overall I really liked this all the trends for this spring and summer, I think I like spring and summer lines better than fall and winter because summer is my favorite season and the I like summer clohtes better in general.

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Charlie Chaplin in “The Gold Rush” 1925

No one can deny the fabulous gowns donned on the runway every academy awards. And every year, after year I feel there is a growing importance on what and who stars are wearing blah blah blah, has every one forgot what the Oscars is? Awarding great films on their content, artistry and acting. I hate the trivialness of all the attention fashion gets when it’s the films and acting that are really supposed to be in the main spotlight. No one can tell me why a film was nominated but they sure can tell me what Gwyneth or Reese is wearing! I bet half of the stars who go to the Oscars never even saw any of the films, they have alternative motives, they aren’t there for the movies. I am currently taking a film history class and it is interesting when the first silent films came out, they didn’t have special effects that could be dropped in with a computer, that was when the real genius in choreographing a film and acting without sound but physically acting was evidently present. I have a new found appreciation for Charlie Chaplin, can anyone name him today? He is practically the greatest motion-picture artist who ever lived. No one cared what Charlie was wearing but what he was creating and producing, the celebration of fine acting and great cinematography is what the Oscars truly should high light. Let fashion shows be fashion, fashion, fashion. I understand this is how society is today, driven by materialism and blatant ignorance, society I believe, is loosing integrity everywhere I look. It’s a shame…

An excerpt from the Associated Press, 2005.
Where have all the movie stars gone?
A photo from the mid-1950s illustrates the kind of star power the awards attracted in those years. A quartet of participants sit chatting at an awards rehearsal: Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, David Niven.
It’s a different story in today’s movie world. Just ask Gil Cates, who’s producing Sunday’s show.
He cites the years when studios would call the academy and offer 10 major stars to appear on the show. “Now stars won’t go on unless it will do them some good, promote some project they have,” Cates comments. “It’s the Me-Me-Me Generation.”

What is your opinion? Feel free to comment.

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