Sunday, September 28, 2008

Ethnic Influences in Apparel Designs


Every designer, every design itself, and every image has to come from an idea or influence of some sort. Some influences might be music, nature, or food, and then you have influences which derive from different ethnic backgrounds.


Asia is a continent in which the influences have been very apparent in fashion over the past few years. The long kimono style coats, dresses, skirts, and wraps are very much influcnes but the Asian culture. Not to mention the colors and patterns that enrich the material even more to bring out the Japanese/chinese style.

At New York and Company, a well known fashion retailer her in America, they have launched a new lined entitlted "NY&Co Collection". These pieces are made with better material and priced a little higher than the New York &Co standard line. The pieces in this collection or "red label" are very much influenenced by the Asian culture. Here is just one of the kimono style coats being sold at Ny&Co...


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