“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening - Coco Chanel”

Fashion Design: Introduction What is fashion? What does it take to be a fashion designer? Coco Chanel Conclusion

Every girl in the world always dreamed Introduction Every girl in the world always dreamed of being fashion designer since she was a child, as they grow up some of them change their minds and others don’t, but the fact is no matter what a girl choose when she grow up fashion will always be part of her.

What is fashion? It is hard for us to really define fashion, because some of us think of it as an art others think of it as a job, lifestyle and peek into a personality. Fashion is a way of expressing yourself and showing the world your personality and behavior, everything you wear sends a message.

What does it take to be a fashion designer? Designing begins with the designer vision that turns into paper and hand sketching. You don’t have to be an artist to become a designer, but you must have the skills of designing like combining colors, drawing, sketching and have a creative personality. Fashion is divided into two basic elements: haute couture and ready-to-wear.

Haute Couture is directed to certain people custom sized to fit these people exactly it's more like classy and elegant in addition, designer have to show new collection twice a year 35 different outfits for each time.

Ready to Wear it's almost the opposite of haute couture it's not for certain people also it's not custom made it can be directed to larger sized, so in this case it is more suitable to the others, also is divided into two elements: designer and confection collections the deference between them is designer collections have more higher quality yet they both represent a statement rather than for sale.

Coco Chanel

Conclusion At the end, fashion I part of our lives something represent the women, personality and idea and also being outstanding for ourselves. Even if you say you don't care about fashion and don't dress to make a statement, you are making a statement by don’t caring about what you wear.

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