About Fashion Accessories

About Fashion Accessories

Fashion accessories such as handbags, shoes, sun glasses, watches, suits, perfumes, jewelry, apparel, swimwear and so on, used by you, make an important fashion statement. They help you define your image and personal fashion style.

Handbags - Fashion Accessory

Handbags are a very important fashion accessory for women of all ages. They also carry a status symbol. "Louis Vuitton Handbags" is one of the oldest and most popular designer for purses and ladies handbags.There are many other popular brands like Gucci, Prada and Chanel. Handbags come in different colors and styles. There are casual handbags, novelty handbags, romantic handbags, fabric handbags and traditional handbags.

Reading glasses, Sun Glasses & Contact Lenses - Fashion Accessory

Many people worry about wearing reading glasses. They feel that glasses will make them look older and not project an appropriate image. But you need not worry anymore. There are many reading glasses in the market that actually help improve your image. These glasses come in all styles and colors. In fact these glasses become a part of your fashion accessories. You can find a huge selection of glasses for all occassions. Wearing the right kind of reading glasses can enhance your image.

Contact Lens as an alternative to reading glasses

If you choose not to wear glasses even though you have poor eye sight, then you can wear contact lens. Colored Contact lenses are one of the hottest trends in cosmetics today. Contact lenses are becoming popular because they are now easily available at much lower prices. One of the reasons for the popularity of contact lenses with fashion conscious people, is that contact lens allow the wearer to change her/his eye color vey easily to suit the occasion by wearing a different colored contact lens.

Sun glasses - Fashion Accessory

Sun glasses make you look hipper and trendy! It is important to pick the right shade for your sun glasses. The frame of you glasses should match your facial profile (especially the shape of your face and nose). Pick a frame for your sun glasses based on whether you have a round face, square face, oval face or oblong face.

Watches - Fashion Accessory

Watches are also an important fashion accessory. You can find the right watch that fits your budget and style without too much difficulty. At the higher end are luxury and designer watches such as those from Rolex. For lower budgets there are a variety of swiss quartz watches (and other popular stylish yet lower budget watches from companies like Citizen, Swatch, Seiko, etc...).

Watches make a strong fashion statement and carry a status symbol in many societies across the world. Choose a watch to complement your style and the occasion. You can find stylish watches having leather or metallic bands. Some are water resistant and sturdy, good to use for sports. You can also choose between digital display or analoy display watches.

Dress Shoes - Fashion Accessory

Shoes are an important fashion accessory especially for men. It is important to invest in a good pair of shoes. First of all, shoes should be comfortable and strong. Men's shoes are usually made of leather. Leather comes in different grades of quality. A good leather shoe should look rich and feel fine and supple. The leather should not have any scars or blemishes. Calf skin leather is the best. Good shoes have insoles made from leather instead of cardboard. The shoe lining should should also be made from leather. The soles and heels are subject to wear and tear and therefore should be strong and sturdy. It is the soles and heels are also made from leather. Finally the stitching of the shoes should be of high quality and display a good finish.

Women's shoes also come in a great variety. A wide range of designer shoes, high heel shoes, sandals, boots and so on, are available. The correct choice of shoes is also important for women. For example, cowboy boots can make a woman look sexy. High heel shoes make a woman look taller and create the appearance of slimmer legs.

About Menswear - Designer suits, Dress shirts, Blazers

Businessmen can spend thousands of dollars on designer suits such as those from Armani because it affects their business image. Popular colors for men's suits are black, charcoal grey and navy. Some men prefer double breasted suits. Two or three button jackets help give a classic look. Well tailored and comfortable pants are important. A popular fabric for men's suits is wool. Wool comes in different grades and designer suits use higher quality wool.

Dress shirts are available in many styles, colors and fabrics. Cotton dress shorts are usually most preferable. Shirts may have different styles of collars such as straight collars, spread collars or button down collars. A good choice of neckties, cuffs and accompanying cuff links can help your dress stand out even more. Note that the color of your belt should match the color of your shoes.

A blazer is also an important part of a man's wardrobe. The blazer is multipurpose and so should be very comfortable. Tweed is a good option for a blazer. Black, brown and navy blue blazersa are popular. Match your blazer with your trouser. You can try a denim blazer along with a woven shirt and knitted sweater as evening wear.

Swimwear and Beach Wardrobe

Swimwear is an important segment of the fashion industry. There is a huge market for designer swimwear and Bikinis. You can buy thermal swimwear, water sports swimwear, maternity swimwear and so on. When you select your swimwear, or bikini prefer solid colors to printed patterns. Pick basic colors instead of funky colors. Funky colors and prints go out of style very fast.

A good beach wardrobe includes towels, sunglasses and hat besides the swimsuit. Apply sun screen lotion extensively all over your body. Use waterproof makeup. Choose clothes that are comfortable and easy to put on and take off. Carry a stock of snacks and liquids because swimming on the beach can dehydrate you quickly. Lastly, choose a beach bag that is large in size

What is Fashion Designing?

Fashion is an important part of modern living. Lovers of fashionable styles should know that their fashion world is created by fashion designers. What then is "Fashion designing"? First of all fashion designing applies to clothing and other lifestyle or fashion accessories. Fashion design also relates to the fashion practices present during a time period for a culture and society. Fashion designing is an art applied to creating new types of clothing and other fashion accessories.

Categories in Fashion Designing

Fashion designing originated in Paris (France) but has now spread all over the world. Fashion designing can be divide into three main parts:

• Made to measure garments:
  This category of fashion designing usually concentrates on creating garments of high quality and made of expensive fabric. The garment is tailor made for an individual customer giving great attention to minute details applicable to the individual customer's needs. The french called such designing "haute couture".
• Ready to wear garments:
  Clothes in this category are not made for an individual customer but still a lot of attention is paid to the design and fabric of the garment. Such garments are expensive and usually seasonal to allow them to be exclusive even though they are bulk produced.
• Mass market garments:
  Here clothes are produced in large quantities to meet the needs of a large range of customers wanting ready to wear, cheap yet fashionable clothing. Such garments rely more on machine production and often use cheaper fabrics.

Popular segments covered by Fashion Designing

Fashion designing mainly concentrates on Day wear and evening wear for women and men, women's lingerie, teenage clothing, sports wear, outer wear, bridal wear and accessories.

Note that the choice of proportion, color and texture of garments and accessories are most important in fashion designing.

Life cycle of Fashion Designing

A fashion designer conceives the design of a garment. A pattern maker will draft the shapes and sizes of the various garment pieces. A tailor will make the garment. A textile designer helps to design the prints and weaves for the garments. A stylist will assist in mixing and matching clothes, jewelry and accessories in an appropriate way to meet the fashion requirements of the customer. A model wears and displays clothes and accessories at fashion shows and poses for photographs to be published in magazines to promote a designer's products.