Official Blog of the Fashion Merchandising and Design Society at Virginia Tech
Every fashion season brings new designs, ideas, and trends for us fashionistas to add to our own collection. Some fashions leave by the next season, some stick around for a couple of years, and some last forever. One fashion that will forever be in style is black. Christian Dior said it best, “You can wear [...]
PAQ Deemed the “Top Gear of Fashion”, @paq.official is an online T.V show focused all about fashion, art, and creativity. The U.K group is made up of Elias Riadi, Danny Lomas, Dexter “Dex” Black, and Shaquille “Shaq” Keith who all are passionate about broadening the fashion and design culture. With weekly episodes, the group have [...]
One of the most iconic movie advertisements in cinematic history was when Marty McFly slipped into the self-lacing Nike Air Mags in Back to the Future II. Back in 1989, when the blockbuster came out, it was just an interesting concept for what fashion could be like in the 2010’s. This prediction, whether intentionally thought [...]
Earlier this week, Gucci released its Spring 2019 campaign ad labeled “Gucci Showtime” which was directly inspired by the 1940’s and 50’s golden age of Hollywood musicals. Gucci’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, has a fondness for vintage fashion and his collections with Gucci have always been an influence since an earlier time. This collection embodies [...]
In 2016, Calvin Klein made one of its largest re-branding decisions in its history with the signing of Belgian designer, Raf Simons, as their new creative director. The new vision Simons brought to Calvin Klein, however, has come to a halt as the two both came to an agreement this week to end his contract [...]
Once again this year, more disturbing allegations in the fashion industry have emerged, with Gosha Rubchinskiy being the latest designer to fall into this pit. Earlier this week, a 16 year old Russian model released screenshots of a conversation he had with the famous Russian designer. The boy stated that Rubchinskiy direct messaged him first, [...]
With the end of the 2018 fashion weeks, styles and trends have been set forth for the upcoming seasons, and one of the top trends seen was color blocking. Color blocking pairs multiple solid colors that go against each other to create bold and bright outfits. Traditionally outfits would consist of a top of one [...]
