“This desire to fashion, to shape, a self and a life has all but gone from a contemporary culture whose emphasis, paradoxically enough, is so much on self.” SelfEnoughDesireCultureGoneFashionShapesContemporaryEmphasis Author:Lionel Trilling
“Disco is a major influence in the world of fashion. It is a dynamic factor in contemporary advertising. It is a message from every consumer that there has been a rediscovery of America's greatest by-product: fun.” WorldHas BeensAmericaFunInfluenceFashionProductsMajorsMessagesContemporaryFactorsAdvertisingConsumersDiscoRediscovery Author:Neil Bogart
“When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same principles which hold for the clothes of the past must hold for clothes of the present and the future.” SeemsPastDifficultPrinciplesFashionClothesDrawsContemporaryConclusionErasRetrospect Author:James Laver
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.” LooksAsksModernFashionStyleBuildingCivilizationRemainsStructureHistoricalContemporaryCopiesAbsurdityVulgarityAnachronism Author:Louis Sullivan
“Fashion has always been nourished by the past. At the end of the day, where the inspiration comes from doesn't matter. It's what you do with it. How you treat it, how you translate it into a contemporary wardrobe. You put it in a shaker.” EndsMatterInspirationPastFashionTreatsContemporaryThe End Of The DayTranslateWardrobeShakers Author:Christophe Lemaitre
“If I'm doing something contemporary, for sure I'm very aware of what's going on. Personally, I like fashion trends, but when I'm doing a movie, it doesn't affect what I do particularly at all. I don't relate to it in that way.” IfsWayFashionContemporaryRelateTrendsFashion Trends Author:Colleen Atwood
“The color palette grew as the story progressed. The 1920's sharecroppers were muted and neutrals, the 30's and 40's introduced burgundy to the neutral palette. The 1950's introduced green, black and denim blue, the 1960's introduced orange and heavier more saturated color, the 1970's introduced more primaries, and the fashion palette became more recognizable as a contemporary one from there.” StoriesBlackFashionColorGrewBlueGreenContemporaryPrimariesOrange1960sPaletteSaturatedDenimBurgundy Author:Ruth E. Carter
“I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of the whole world of contemporary fashion. But it's interesting to think what outsider fashion could be. Does it mean to be completely disconnected from the regular system or just disconnected style-wise?” IfsThinkingWorldMeanDoeStillsDifferentWholeWould BeInterestingWiseMiddleFashionStyleWhole WorldContemporaryOutsidersDisconnected Author:Raf Simons