Eleanor Lambert, known as the Empress of Seventh Avenue (Fashion Avenue), was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana in the year of 1903. She attended John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis as well as the Chicago Art Institute, where she studied sculpture. ( "Eleanor Lambert Fashion - Culture Lifestyle”)While at school she also began doing fashion sketches or drawing and fashion reporting which eventually helped her begin a professional career in New York. Along the years, Lambert became known as one of America’s most outstanding publicists in fashion, interior design, contemporary taste, philanthropy and other areas of arts. ("Eleanor Lambert (1903-2003)."
She returns to her old neighborhood later as an adult through her stories, showing them they can live their own lives and be independent women. This is Cinceros' way of giving back to the women in her community. The women and girls in this story really care about their appearance and whether or not men are attracted to them. They are raised with one simple mantra, be attractive, get a man, let him be the boss, get married or have no income. The character Marin is an example of this mantra.
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Vera Wang is that. Vera Wang is without a doubt the most desirable designer for wedding dresses than any other designer in the world. Getting her start in the fashion world as an editor, Vera Wang has transformed the idea of Bridal from conventional and habitual to innovative and fresh. Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27, 1949 to Chinese immigrants, and grew up on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan. During her childhood, Vera attended the American School of Ballet and went on later to attend Sarah Lawrence College.
Betsey Johnson through hard work and many ups and downs has carved herself a permanent name in fashion. Betsey Johnson was born in Wethersfield Connecticut on August 10, 1942. As a young child Betsey was a dancer who was very inspired by the costumes they wore. She started her college studies at Pratt University but graduated from Syracuse University. After college in 1964 she won a chance to be a guest editor for Mademoiselle Magazine.
In 1926 she transferred to Parsons School of Design in Paris, where she became immersed in fashion. It was while in Paris that Claire gained a thorough knowledge of French couturiers. It was also here that she began to understand the relationship between style and comfort, or the lack of it. After spending a year in France Claire returned back to New York to complete her studies. As Claire grew into the industry, her love of sports was always a massive influence and taught her that clothes can be functional, and comfortable.
A new race of beings must have sprung up, leaving only you and me as past relics (pg 85)”, Edna states this to prove her readiness to leave her old life and begin a new one with Robert. It proves that she truly believes that if she can be with him she can escape reality and live a life with only him. Edna leaves her socially acceptable lifestyle which is a difficult task to face for a woman in
Unfortunately, her daughter died at only two years old, and eventually Vionnet’s husband and she divorced. Vionnet traveled to London and while being there, she started working for Kate Reily, another fashion house in 1896. After Vionnet returned to Paris, she started working for Callot Soeurs, one of the most upscale couture houses during the time. She referred to the fashion house as “the school of splendor.” In 1906, another offer was given to Vionnet by Jacques Doucet. He agreed to let her create her own models in his fashion house.
An Arranged Culture Imagine being a young girl from a foreign country moving to America to live a life with a man that you don’t know. Would Americans be able to handle being in an arranged marriage and everything that entails as other cultures do? In the short story, “Clothes,” Sumita, a young girl from India, has just married a man from California in an arranged marriage set up by their parents. Sumita deals with trying to adjust to the new culture along with her new husband. In Chitre Banerjee Divakaruni’s, “Clothes,” the author shows Sumitas opportunity as an immigrant achieving the “American Dream,” her ability to love in an arranged marriage and the ability to evolve from her Indian customs.
For example before it was very tradition for a woman to get married and be a stay at home wife looking after the children and depend on the man to be the breadwinner and support his family however, because there has been a change in the role of the woman the woman does not to fall back on the man anymore. For example there has been a rise in feminism therefore woman are being treated more equally and can get jobs and have careers like men and they can be the breadwinner. Also because there have been changes in the law, it is now easier for couples to get a divorce. The laws have equalized the ground for divorce between the sexes, it has widened the grounds for divorce and it has become cheaper to get a divorce. Also another reason for divorce rates changing could be because of societies attitudes towards marriage and divorce.