Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage however, "fashion" describes the popular clothing style. Many fashions are popular in many cultures at any given time. Important is the idea that the course of design and fashion will change more rapidly than the culture as a whole. Fashion designers create and produce clothing articles.

The terms "fashionable" and "unfashionable" were employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current or even not so current, popular mode of expression. However, more so in the modern era items termed 'not so current' may indeed fit into the term 'Retro.' Retro fashion allows rule shifts, such as 'old is suddenly new,' thus fashionable. The term "fashion" is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour, beauty and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and goodness. The term "fashion" is also sometimes used in a negative sense, as a synonym for fads and trends, and materialism.

There exist a number of cities recognized as global fashion centers or fashion capitals. Fashion Weeks are held in these cities where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. The main four cities are Paris, Milan, New York, and London - these four are renowned for their major influence on global fashion and are headquarters to the greatest fashion companies. Other cities, including Tokyo, Los Angeles, Berlin, Rome, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Hong Kong, Dubai, São Paulo, Sydney, Moscow, and Miami also hold fashion weeks and are better recognized every year.

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KOLKATA - The Kolkata . Fashion. Week-II, beginning Wednesday, received a jolt Tuesday with title sponsor Emami pulling out over contractual issues.

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Word is that Palm is getting all geared up to introduce Palm Pixie, the company's second WebOS phone. Also known as Palm Eos, the small, skinny and cheap mobile phone is expected to debut at this week's . Fashion. Week in New York. ...

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What is the best fashion and design school in London?
Q. I am looking at studying fashion design, but not sure which school I should go in London. I have heard of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and Istituto Marangoni. I just want to know which school will give me the best employment prospect, so I need the school that I go to, to not only give me a good education and training but also the good industry contacts and networking opportunity so that I have a better chance of getting a job at a big fashion house after I graduate. Thank you.
Asked by nguyenmanhtu07 - Fri Feb 27 22:07:44 2009 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments

A. St Martins without a doubt. Have a look at the many great people it has made. It has an excellent reputation and because of that the final year fashion shows are always popular viewing, there have also been cases of fashion designers copying ideas of the some of the students at St Martins so bear this in mind.
Answered by P M - Sat Feb 28 16:03:38 2009

What fashion design game is best for a young child on the Nintendo DS Lite?
Q. My daughter is five and her big brother has DS that she really loves. We are thinking about getting her one for Christmas. She wants a fashion design game and mentioned Imagine Fashion Designer. I want to know if that is appropriate and easy enough for her to do on her own. I would also like some other options for a fashion design game that would be good for her.
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A. My fashion studio is more simple and easy AND fun than imagine Fashion designer, it really was HARD and all these menus for nothing. It was a horrible game and "my fashion studio" really redeemed the company in question. So go with "my fashion studio" not imagine fashion designer!
Answered by nhemanda - Sat Oct 18 18:28:04 2008

What fashion show hair and makeup should I do?
Q. I am in a fashion show this Friday and we are doing our own make up. There are six different scenes with different themes. They are: 80's house party. High Fashion Business Race Car/Nascar Evening Wear Rock and Roll It's a fashion show so things can be big and outrageous too!
Asked by Cristina M - Tue Mar 3 02:07:21 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. well from your details I'm not completely sure if you're going to be in it as in walking as a model and rocking all these different looks, because if so then you won't have time for make up changes. anyway, HF- thick liquid eyeliner and smokey eye B- regular, natural looking makeup with heavy mascara and maybe they should wear some business-person like glasses? RC/N- white eyeshadow and accent the eyes EW-nothing special but natural looking makeup and maybe some heavy blush and brown eyeshadows R&R- go all out with different radical eyeshadows and make it heavy and apparent. use eyeshadow to cover the ENTIRE eye lid and thick liquid eyeliner on top lid and extend beyond the eye. try this:
Answered by Allison - Tue Mar 3 02:21:33 2009

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Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine, literature, art, architecture, and general comportment) that are popular in a culture at any given time. Such styles may change quickly, and "fashion" in the more colloquial sense refers to the latest version of these styles. Inherent in the term is the idea that the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole.

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  • Fashions Change, But Change Is Always The Fashion
    • Anonymous.
  • “Innovators are the cool ones who ‘pump’ new fashions into our world,” Dr Bentley said. “Most are ignored, but some get copied.”
    • Anonymous.
  • Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
  • A woman without a coat hanger is like a man without a sock: always looking for one.

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