Visual Arts | Contemporary Fashion Designer | Sang A Im-Propp

To this generation today, each different clothing lines are designed by different fashion designers.

Here is the last of 3 contemporary fashion designers that have huge clothing lines around the world.

Sang A Im-Propp.

Sang A Im-Propp has delivered “Independent, Rebellious-Luxury” since the successful debut of her eponymous accessories collection in 2006. A masterful use of exotic skins, fine leathers, and unconventional textiles has since established Sang A as one of the most innovative luxury accessories designers. Today, Sang A continues to radically explore textures and forms with the same Street-Ready approach that has become the hallmark of the SANG A Collection.

Im Sang Ah, born February 25, 1973, is a former Korean pop star turned designer of handbags, based in Soho in New York City. Sang Ah first launched her collection of skin and leather accessories in Spring 2006.

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Prior to the launch of SANG A in Spring 2006, Sang Ah spent two years researching, sourcing, and designing her collection. Her use of exotic skins, such as antiqued-finish alligator, hand-waxed rustic python, and silky lizard, are handpicked from the European tanneries. Her bags are praised as timeless and edgy. Celebrities carrying her handbags include Mischa Barton, Freida Pinto, and Jessica Simpson. They have been used in the television shows Gossip Girl and Lipstick Jungle.

Here is one of the many collections from her line :
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List of awards she have been rewarded in her career of Fashion Designer :

  • Samsung Fashion Design Fund Award in Seoul, South Korea. (November, 2007)
  • CFDA Fashion Awards (2011)

Visual Arts | Contemporary Fashion Designer | Roberto Cavalli

To this generation today, each different clothing lines are designed by different fashion designers.

Here is the 2nd of 3 contemporary fashion designers that have huge clothing lines around the world.

Roberto Cavalli.

Fashion Designer Roberto Cavalli is known for his designs of home collections, menswear, womenswear, kidswear, accessories, collaboration with celebrities, also fragrances and eye-wears.
With detailed, he is famous for creating interesting and intricate prints. Moreover, he is known for his sand-blasted jeans which have become a standardized style for several jean manufacturers.

Roberto Cavalli was born on November 15, 1940 in Florence, Italy.
Roberto belongs to an artistic family, Giuseppe Rossi, his grandfather was one of the members of Macchiaoli Movement and his work can be seen in theUffizi Gallery. Roberto’s mother was a seamstress.
While studying at the Academy of Art in Florence in 1957, Cavalli decided not to become an artist, instead experimenting by applying painterly techniques to textiles in ways that had not been practised before.

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In 1960 he hand-painted some sweaters for a friend that was launching a knitwear line; they were an immediate success. He worked for Mario Valentino, the Naples designer and in the early 1970s opened his own boutique in Saint–Tropez, on the French Riviera where he attained international notoriety for his innovative printed leathers. In 1972 he launched his first women’s collection in the Florence’s Pitti Palace.

He have designed the costumes for Spice Girls World Tour, taking place in December 2007 through February 2008.

Here is one of the many collections he have designed. 
Click here for the full collection :
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List of awards he have been rewarded in his career of Fashion Designer :

  • The 2010 World Music Awards (2010)
  • Miss Universe Pageant (2008)
  • Miss Universe Pageant (2003)
  • The Fashion Group Designer of the Year Award (2002)

Visual Arts | Contemporary Fashion Designers | Calvin Klein

To this generation today, each different clothing lines are designed by different fashion designers.

Here is the 1st of 3 contemporary fashion designers that have huge clothing lines around the world.

Calvin Klein.

Fashion designer Calvin Klein is known for his line of menswear and womenswear. He also designs home collections, fragrances and cosmetics.

Calvin Richard Klein, a fashion designer, was born on November 19, 1942, in Bronx, New York.
He studied fashion in New York City’s Fashion Institue of Technology and apprenticed for a suit manufacturer.
In 1968, he opened his own company. He was initially recognized for suits and coats, but his sportswear line became popular as well. He received three Coty Awards for womenswear.
His business now includes clothing, cosmetics, fragrances and home collections.

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As he is a contemporary fashion designer, of course, he have collections of modern fashion.

As such, here is one of many collections.
Maxi Dresses By Calvin Klein Spring 2013.
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List of awards he have been rewarded in his career of Fashion Designer :

  • Calvin has received a lot of acknowledgment for his input in the fashion fraternity.
  • He won the Coty awards for three consecutive years from 1972-74 making him the youngest designer to receive the award.
  • He was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for his ingenious designs in both women and menswear in 1982, 1983, and 1986 making history again as he became the first designer to receive both awards in the same year.
  • He also won the CDFA in 1993 for both women and menswear.
  • America’s Best Designer Award in 1993.

Visual Arts | Iconography, Miniature Portraits

ICONOGRAPHY

  • Iconography is art literally means “Image Writing”.
  • Identification, visualization, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in visual arts.

Here are examples of iconography in art including cultural arts:

  • A red poppy is an icon for remembering those killed in wars, especially in World War I. Poppies are worn as a way of sharing in the grief felt for those lost in war.
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MINIATURE PORTRAIT AND ITS RELATION TO ICONOGRAPHY

  • A phoenix is a mythological bird which never dies but, after 500 years, is consumed by fire and born again, making it a symbol of the Resurrection, endurance and eternal life. Only one phoenix lives at a time, so it was also used to symbolize Elizabeth’s uniqueness and longevity.
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Visual Arts | Formalistic Aspects

Formalistic Aspects of Art includes both Elements, and Principles of Art/Design.

Elements of Art includes :

  • Color – The reflection of light off of an object.
  • Form – A three-dimensional object.
  • Line – A dot that kept going — the most basic art form.
  • Shape – A two-dimensional object.
  • Space – The area in and around objects.
  • Texture – How an object feels.
  • Value – The lightness/darkness of an object.

While Principles of Art/Design includes :

  • Balance – Arrangement of elements in an artwork that give it harmony.
  • Contrast – Use of differing elements in an artwork.
  • Emphasis – Making one object or area more important than the rest of the composition.
  • Pattern – Repetition of elements in an artwork.
  • Rhythm – Use of elements in an artwork that suggest movement.
  • Unity – Using elements that make the artwork a whole.
  • Variety – Use of different elements to create interest.

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