The End of Fashion

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The time when fashion was defined by French designers whose clothes could be afforded only by elite has ended Now designers take their cues from mainstream consumers and creativity is channeled into mass marketing clothes than into designing them Indeed, one need look no further than the Gap to see proof of this In The End of Fashion, Wall Street Journal, reporter Teri Agins astutely explores this seminal change, laying bare all aspects of the fashion industry from manufacturing, retailing, anmd licensing to image making and financing Here as well are fascinating insider vignettes that show Donna Karan fighting with financiers,the rivalry between Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, and the commitment to haute conture that sent Isaac Mizrahi s business spiraling. Best Read [ The End of Fashion ] author [ Teri Agins ] – kino-fada.fr I m pretty sure I am the only person who would moderately enjoy The End of Fashion at this point, so if you have it on your to read you should probably take it off Writing in 1998 or so the book was published in 1999 , Agins argues that fashion is dead Forever.When you read the book you remember why this would be easy to believe this was the height of Tommy Hilfiger Hegemony, as covered in a chapter of the book Those ugly ass oversized color blocked sweatshirts were all over the damn plac I m pretty sure I am the only person who would moderately enjoy The End of Fashion at t...I had to read this book for a project and I found it really interesting, despite the fact that I m not really into high fashion.As some say, the title may lead to wrong expectations, the book is not about the end of fashion but about the end of high fashion as known at its beginning.The book has 7 chapters and each of them is about a different brand and really detailed It gives insights on events and relates them with the hi...This book didn t live up to my expectations.First of all it is really hard to follow The author jumps in time and space Usually starts a story in the middle, than goes back in time, then fast forward to the cotemporary time by contemporary I mean the end of 90 s.Very confusing Another problem with the book, is that it was published 2000, and since then a lot has happened The stories are interesting but the situation she depicts is not relevant any .I was looking for a book that explai This book didn t live up to my expectations.First of all it is really hard to follow The author jumps in time and space Usually starts a story in the middle, than goes back in time, then fast forward to the cotemporary time by contemporary I mean the end of 90 s.Very confusing Another problem with the bo...The title is wrong for this book, but the writing is great and Teri Agins offers a great analysis and interesting review of the relationship between commercialism, industry and fashion with a capital F.What suffers in this book is that it is dated only because it s assumption that the impact of the 80 s and 90 s were resolute in fashion and industry forever The book is 12 years old and so much has changed to bring fashion at a different place due to a new focus on consumers instead of exclusi The title is wrong for this book, but the writing is great and Teri Agins offers a great analysis and interesting review of the relationship between commercialism, industry and fashion with a capital F.What suffers in this book is that it is dated only because it s assumption that the impact of the 80 s and 90 s were resolute in fashion and industry forever The book is 12 years old and so muc...The fashion industry has changed so quickly and dramatically in the past few years that many of the ideas in this book published in 1999 are already out of date Reading about how Ralph Lauren and Armani began their empires and how they manage to keep them was intriguing, but I wasn t entirely sure of Ms Agin s thesis mostly because she never gave us her definition of the word concept fashion this sounds ridiculous, but such an ephemeral concept like fashion, which means diffe...This turned out to be a longer anddifficult read than I expected but I m glad I stuck with it and took my time Wading through all the names and details occasionally got tedious but given that I ve mostly ignored retail fashion, I learned a lot.original blogpost here I write book reviews every month on the blog A few days ago I decided the theme for the next chunk of books I plan on reading is fashion, so I dutifully googled good fashion books and this was one on the top of a list, so I started with this one I think this book ended up being a good place to start, and would be an interesting read for a range of people from fashion industry newbies like me toserious fashion fans and aficionados The book, written by a fa original blogpost here I write book reviews every month on the blog A few days ago I decided the theme for the next chunk of books I plan on reading is fashion, so I dutifully googled good fashion books and this was one on the top of a list, so I started with this one I think this book ended up being a good place to start, and would be an interesting read for a range of people from fashion industry newbies like me toserious fashion fans and aficionados The book, written by a fashion journalist Teri Agins, looks at fashion in the last couple of decades, and how mass marketing and changing consumer trends have changed the fashion industry It is a really interesting story starting from the haute couture a term I didn t know until I read the book French fashion houses, and along the way examining Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren Tommy Hilfiger, Armani, department stores, DKNY, and Zoran I only knew about half the names on this ...I find the business of fashion quite interesting, even though I m not particularly interesting in fashion per se But I hadn t realized quite how old this book, so it was an odd read.Excellent overview on the developments in the fashion industry until the end of the 90s I hope there will be an update to this masterpiece soonThe book is composed by seven completely disconnected chapters Reading other reviews, I gathered that it is actually a collection ofexpandedarticles, published together under the incorrect title The end of fashion The content of books actually suggests thathigh coutureis finished, rather than fashionHigh couturemeans creation of exclusive, custom fitted clothing Until the 70s, it was common for rich women to get customized clothes, produced by famous dressmaker Nowadays there The book is composed by seven completely disconnected chapters Reading other reviews, I gathered that it is actually a collection ofexpandedarticles, published together under the incorrect title The end of fashion The content of books actually suggests thathigh coutureis finished, rather t...

The End of Fashion
  • 08 November 2017
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0060958200
  • Teri Agins
  • The End of Fashion