In My Wildest Dreams

If nothing could hold me back, I would travel to Japan to learn fashion because it is one of my biggest dreams to study over there. I want to be able to master Japanese as a language and learn more about the culture then I already do. After studying abroad in Japan, I realized it is somewhere I find in my future. I love the culture and the fashion, they are the biggest reasons I decided to learn the language. I would also be able to travel lots of places if nothing would hold me back. I don't want to open up a store or anything but I want to be able to see fashion from another country's perspective, especially Japan. I think it would be refreshing to be in a totally different environment and have to think on my own because usually I have to ask my parents about what I should do with my choices. I would also like to travel to other countries too.

Halloween

Halloween is the one holiday where it is okay to be super extra. You can be in any kind of costume and it will be okay because it is Halloween. For example, people dress as food and skimpy versions of characters. I think women can live a little when its Halloween because judgments are made about appearances daily but if its just for Halloween, its a joke. I haven't been seeing any creative costumes this year but I am sure there will be next year. The costumes for 2016 is mostly politics and suicide squad.

These are examples of what will mostly be seen for Halloween 2016. 

Levels of Quality

Quality is the value or rank of apparel. High quality means to have the best of the best in apparel. You would use the best materials, designs and construction features. These will always be sold at a high price because of the quality or value. Medium quality is when garments are good and reliable. Quality fabrics are used and reflect good designs and okay fabric. The price range for medium quality fabrics is medium, like something at Forever 21. Low quality is when a garment is poor and isn't reliable. General standards of quality would be construction details. Evenness of color also matters. When you judge quality, you have to take into consideration, fabric ,seams ,stitching ,hems, buttonholes, trims and decor, zippers and closures, and linings.

Quality Assurance

This picture is of a sewing machine from Impactiva. Quality assurance is when a garment is judged based on value. The QA inspector would inspect the whole garment and decide if it should represent the company that they were hired by or not. It is important to have a QA inspector with standards because you want to encourage future sales and a good reputation. Examples that a QA inspector would look for on a garment would be seams, stitches, cuts, fabric choice, reliability, durability. I think inspectors are very important because they have the final say and show their honest opinion because that is what they are being paid for. Inspectors also need to be picky because sometimes clothes fall apart or rip apart if not sewn correctly.

Halloween Fashion

As a teenager with school on my hands, I have no free time to plan what I will be doing on Halloween. I love Halloween but I feel it came too quick this year. I always thought about making my costume and never usually do. For a DIY, I would say if you are doing dramatic makeup, buy it at a costume store. The best costume makeup store I know is Natasha's Attic, there is a variety of high quality theatrical makeup. I think Halloween is the time to see how serious people are about the holiday. For example, usually women dress in revealing outfits or they will dress in something silly because going all out on Halloween is okay. I hope next Halloween I will get to enjoy more because I won't have school on my hands. What I am planning next Halloween is something DIY since I am becoming experienced in sewing.

Child Labor

What I have learned about the world is that we don't care about others, We step over the soft-spoken and kill the ones who don't have a voice. In the article that I read, children are forced to work in order to survive. As children, they have no freedom to play or have imaginations they are put in a mature work field that will destroy their happiness. I feel that as a nation with a lot to fend for ourselves, we need to protect others. I feel the U.S. is egging on this behavior from other countries, I see little to no propaganda on banning child labor around the world.

This young boy from the article is forced to work at a young age (11-12) and he looks unhealthy. How can such a child be in a plain boring and dehumanizing factory. Why aren't parents and others speaking about these manners of other countries? I think if we want to become a world that works together we need to go head to head on issues that modern countries don't have problems with. The U.S. does do business with these factories and it is sick, we are oblivious to the problems i our world and have to become educated from outside sources.

London celebrating "vulgar" fashion

I do think fashion has to break the acceptable rules of taste because everyone has a different sense of fashion. Everyone in the world doesn't agree that this photo of Chanel Iman in Stephen Jones and Christian Dior is vulgar.                                                             

The quote "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is suppose to apply to fashion because everyone has a idea and opinion for a reason. If we all wore the same type of fashion, we would be so outdated and boring. I think 'vulgar fashion" brings creativity to the fashion world and new styles. "Vulgar fashion" to me is art, These fashion designers preach about fashion is art but then drag down fashion that isn't similar to theirs.