Happy birthday to Queen C

Hey guys, instead of fashion this week I wanted to focus a bit on purses. Especially, Dior saddle bags. As far as the 2000’s Dior saddle bag’s have been around. It’s been seen along with celebrities like Paris Hilton and even a tv show character named Carrie Bradshaw (from Sex & the city). From my fashion background, I always try to go out of my way and recover or look into old iconic trends whether it be in fashion or accessories and I predicted this comeback.

In 2018, Dior’s runway was graced with a saddle bag with either a big D on the buckle to show for their brand or a CD on the strap. Although this was a different concept with the buckle compared to their 2000 iconic staple purse the comeback made everyone go crazy. My 22nd birthday is coming up on Sunday the 29th, so of course I had to get my hands on one! I bought a 2000’s version of the Dior purse (since I feel it’s more iconic than the recent one and I don’t like the buckle). It’s kinda navy but kind of brown at the same time color wise. I have a dinner reservation for my friends and I in New York City at a great restaurant called Vandal (to celebrate my birthday, since it’s after finals and graduations) so i’m excited. It’s the perfect little accessory and I adore it so I wanted to share since it relates to fashion!

                                                    (Google Search Images) 

 

Vintage Fashion

 

For this assignment, I thought finding a picture, song or movie related to our blog was a great way to explore creative commons. I decided to not just look up a picture of fashion, shoes or purses I actually wanted to focus on vintage fashion. Vintage fashion is making a rare comeback with statement pieces on runways. This is seen through companies that have been around for a long time. This companies include Dior, Chanel and Vivienne Westwood.

Creative Commons is basically a space where you are allowed to use specific images, songs or movies free as cause. You won’t have to worry about specific copyright laws or getting notifications for using these things. The social media reader explained in the REMIX chapter by saying “A culture where creativity is consumed, but the consumer is not a creator. A culture that is top down: a culture where the “vocal cords” of the millions of ordinary people have been lost.” (Lessig, 156) This basically means that there are laws that take over everyones voices. No one can put their input onto copyright laws as there is no point. This might influence the future work into my blog because if I don’t post my own pictures I will probably post more of creative common photos. The photos of vintage fashion I used now might influence my future work to not only look at the current fashion in the world but vintage fashion too that I feel is still a statement or might be coming back as a statement. (These images are from http://search.creativecommons.org/, the google search image part. These are also Vintage Dior)

It’s called Fashion, look it up.

For our assignment this week we had to choose a meme from knowyourmeme.com. The meme I chose was called “It’s called Fashion,look it up.” The original one came from an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live were he did a show on fashion week at the time. He was talking to fashion experts on the street about outragous fashion trends and when he displayed a photoshopped picture the interviewie at the time Nicky Ottav by replying “It’s called ‘fashion. Look it up.”

Of course because this meme is so popular today there is many variations of this meme. Right after the Jimmy Kimmel Live segment in 2013 someone posted a picture of a fashion week show with an outfit that displayed a man in a suit with a bird cage on his head. Someone reposted this photo with the words “It’s called fashion Brenda, look it up.” The variation I chose of this meme could be found here. It has a dog that is wearing fashionable glasses and a tiny dog jacket. The meme says “It’s called fashion sweetie, look it up. I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.” I feel like this meme is beneficial to my blog because it basically states in short terms what it is about. I feel like it also relates to a lot of people because many have opinions about the wacky outfits that are always worn by people or displayed on runways and in the end it really is fashion. It’s funny in a way because even though you may think someone looks crazy because they have a bird cage on their head or something else it might be the motion and way fashion is going towards. Searching the history of certain fashion trends if necessary can be a great solution to understanding.