Fashion in Credo: General

Clothing is, and is more than, what we use to cover various parts of the body. It can be a means of exerting power, either over others or over oneself.

In 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion
When Elsa Schiaparelli presented her 1938 Circus collection she included jugglers, tightrope walkers and clowns. The models wore outlandish hats resembling ice-cream cones and carried handbags shaped like balloons.

In Fashion Design
The fashion year is a complex interlocking of seasons and retail demands with the trading cycles of the textile and fashion industries.

In World of Art: The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
The French word ‘couture’ means sewing or needlework. ‘Haute couture’ is high quality fashion design and construction.

In Fashion Design
A study of fashion history and of the costumes and customs of different countries reveals that all societies, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated, use clothing and adornments to communicate social and personal information.

In Fashion Design
Fashion is a specialized form of body adornment. Explorers and travelers were among the first to document and comment on the body adornment and dress styles that they encountered around the world.

In Occupational Outlook Handbook
Median Pay: In May 2016, the median annual wage for all workers was $37,040.

In Fashion Design
Every June an enormous number of fashion-degree graduates are available for work. The first few weeks after graduation can seem like a holiday and it is difficult to resist the temptation to relax.

The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment.

From The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality
The saying that “beauty is only skin deep” suggests that there is a certain triviality to physical attractiveness, and that appearance alone should not impact the way others view or treat people.

In The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality
Beauty pageants are a highly popular form of entertainment around the world, and the beauty queen embodies her community's standards of femininity and morality.

Form of entertainment that achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. About 1920 the term began to refer to the "strip-tease" show, which created its own stars, such as Gypsy Rose Lee; in c.1937 burlesque performances in New York City were banned. American stage burlesque (from 1865), often referred to as “burleycue” or “leg show,” began as a variety show, characterized by vulgar dialogue and broad comedy, and uninhibited behavior by performers and audience.

Type of modern art in which the idea or ideas that a work expresses are considered its essential point, with its visual appearance being of secondary (often negligible) importance.

Distinctive forms of clothing, including official or ceremonial attire such as ecclesiastical vestments, coronation robes, academic gowns, armor, and theatrical dress.

Drag, most simply defined, is the act of performing a gender identity other than one's own. At its core, doing drag involves the manipulation of bodies and identities through performance.

In The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
With origins in folklore, mythology, and shamanism, female impersonation was often associated with religious *ritual and carnival, and has been a significant feature of theatre, East and West. The boundaries of female impersonation have been further extended in recent times.

Type of modern art activity presented before a live audience, and combining elements of the visual arts and the theatrical arts, such as music, video, theatre, and poetry reading.

Process for reproducing permanent images on light-sensitive materials by various forms of radiant energy, including visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, X-rays, atomic radiations, and electron beams.

Theatre (from the Greek ‘seeing-place’) has extended from being a reference to the buildings or space within which drama can take place to encompass the range of phenomena which constitute the relationship between an audience and a performance.