Fashion and style

3) A designer is not a job but a vocation. It is very hard to become popular in these sphere if you don’t have money to buy advertisement or if you don’t have any friends among fashion critics, other designers, businessmans, ect. You have to build your own success by yourself. Real talents had overcome these difficulties and now the whole world knows such names as: Alexander Wang a taiwanese-american fashion designer who is one of the most successful young designers, Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera who are spanish designers behind the fashion brand Zara, Cristóbal Balenciaga was the Iconic spanish designer who made cocoon coat, balloon skirt, and high-low hem, tunic dress, chemise dress famous, Calvin Klein who created the fashion brand Calvin Klein in the 1960s which is famous for its minimalism and classic style, Christian Dior who was the french fashion designer known for his voluminous skirts, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who were Italian fashion designers who established the fashion house called Dolce & Gabbana, Gabrielle Coco Chanel was one of the greatest fashion designers of all time and one of the most influential. She is famous for the little black dress and first fashionable pants for women. My favorite designer is Alexander McQueen. As I have already mentioned fashion is a kind of art for me. I’m interested not only in the way clothes has been made, but also in the history of its creation, in the messages designers left. His collections were full of symbolism and extravagance. Alexander McQueen was born in the working quarter of Stepney, East End (London). His father was a taxi driver. He grew up in a large family: McQueen had five brothers and sisters, and he was the youngest. He was always interested in fashion, but his parents were against his passion. So a 16 year old boy left school. He wanted to become independent, so he started working as a apprentice at the Anderson & Sheppard at Savile Row. Once, on a jacket for Prince Charles, Alexander drew with a chalk bad words. After the incident, he left to work in another studio, then in a theater workshop, where he sewed costumes based on original patterns of the 16th century, which later became an inspiration for him for his own collections. After his graduation from Central Saint Martins in 1991 he showed his first collection. The bumpers were shown to the audience, sliding down from the hips and opening the buttock fork, just like the hard workers of the East End, as well as a leather top splattered with blood and dirt. It was a scandal and this is when his popularity started growing rapidly. From 1994 to 1996, his shows were famous by daring and rebellious images: designer wrapped models in cellophane, grotesquely changed makeup, and used silicone for accessories. For almost five years (1996-2001), Alexander McQueen has been the main designer of Givenchy House. His shows were extravagance: McQueen displayed a girl with disabilities as a fashion model, completely