Fashion is in everywhere today, and it always changes. Fashion is not merely created in western inlfuence. In fact, the non-western influences are also relevant in today's fashion. Moreover, in my point of view, Japan culture really brings a strong impact to fashion. Nowadays, more and more designers apply the inspiration of Japan culture to create their clothes in the runway shows. Here, I would like to use John Galliano as the example of non-western influecnes. We can find a lot of characteristic of Japan culture.
Uniform:
The uniform on the right side is a classic style of uniform for senior high schools in Japan. As to the coat, it was showed in the spring 2011 RTW of John Galliano in this year. The style and color of this collar is similar to the unifrom, so I think the coat was inspired from the unifrom.
The uniform on the right side is a classic style of uniform for senior high schools in Japan. As to the coat, it was showed in the spring 2011 RTW of John Galliano in this year. The style and color of this collar is similar to the unifrom, so I think the coat was inspired from the unifrom.
John Galliano RTW Spring 2011
Especially, I have to mention the collection of Christian Dior for Spring 2007 couture, which was designed by John Galliano. Almost eveything originated from Japan culture! Kimonos, obis, and geisha makeup were showed in the runway, and transformed into the delicate and beautiful relations of New Look peplum suits and full-skirted dresses. Some clothes was also decorated with fabulous art of origami.
Christian Dior Couture Spring 2007 by John Galliano
Haute couture is an very expensive business in fashion, but John Galliano still use such a Japan topic to design the collection for Christian Dior. Also, the show of John Galliano came at a special time when the Japanese currency was weak and a weak yen made financial analysts have a question about how long Japanese consumers can remain a higher demand for luxury goods. Therefore, I think the show indeed encouraged the Japan and US market in fashion. Due to the influence of Japanese culture in fashion, I beliebe more and more people are interested in Japan. For example, we can see a lot of Hollywood movies which show the Japanese culture and art. Western people are getting interested in Japanese culture. Consumers would like to buy all kinds of Japanese products and make up themselves in a Japanes style, and designers are inspired to create their collections thorugh more different Japan culture.
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