Fashion history is crucial to learn about if you plan on studying for a career in the fashion industry. It is important to know about what came before you, not only to know it's there but also to gain inspiration and learn from mistakes or achievements others have made. Designers learn and innovate from past designers and create excellence in their products because they have learned about their history, if there was no fashion history, the fashion world would not exist. Its crucial in the fashion world to know about it. If, for example, the government did not know about government history it would not be able to function properly maybe making the same mistakes from the past or staying in the same places it had already been, and that's much like fashion history, we don't want to be stuck in one place, lacking innovations and many different creative ideas. We have to look back to past designers and create inspirations or decide to "never go there" for your creativeness.
Knowing about the history of fashion and fashion designers very well relates to my future career in fashion, as a product developer i would have to look back at past creations and innovate, research what might of have gone wrong and forecast to what might work in the future. Knowing about past designs and designers will help in creating innovations and forecasting by looking into what has worked before and will work in the future. As a product developer there is many different job opportunities from trend research to fabric development and even forecasting. Learning about what has worked for designers will inspire, and impact my creativity and help me do the right choices to keep on the right track in the job. Also, knowing about fashion history can help me learn about possible "innovations" that may not be new ones and help recreate them so they are current and still have the influence from the past.
Personally, i consider fashion fundamental, And without it's history there is nothing left in the fashion world. it might not be part of my personal past, but it is and will be part of my history in the future. Designer's lives and history of couture will always be there for me to look back at whenever i need to. They have created this world for us, and new icons will grow thanks to them and their experiences. All designers had or have something new to offer and its up to us to help get those names out there and make them become a part of history, so that later in life we can reflect on that and learn from what has been done.
Fashion history inspires me the way it has inspired many, designers give people the vibe and desire to enter this world. Most people in a point in their life where they have thought about or wanted to be in that environment, the one of the designer, and it feels so unreachable that people start to give up. But after learning about the lives of most designers and how they got to where they are now, it seems more of a realistic goal and not just an unreachable dream. Not anyone can do it, but if you have the talent and the desire to do it, the goals you set will become reality.
The designers that have inspired me the most, from the 1940's all the way to the 20th century are Pierre Balmain, Roberto Capucci, Paco Rabanne, and Kenzo. They are, to me the most inspiring figures of fashion because they have all made an impact in the fashion world, from the designer who claims creating the "new look" to a designer who works with metals and recyclables, one that mixes diverse cultures into one and even one that makes garments for art, and not wearable. They are all very different but have one thing in common, they have made an impact in fashion society and have created, with the help of many others, this wonderful world and its history.
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