fashion merchandising class

Module Six Quiz: Short Essay Q

uestion (one paragraph):

Example

(from

Vivienne Westwood and the Royals

)

Vivienne Westwood has always used the establishment as her point of reference for reaction.

Ten years on from punk rock, Westwood returned to the London catwalks after an absence of

five years

to show her Autumn/Winter 1987 ‘

Harris Tweed

’

collection. It is

notable that she

chose such a classic country look with which to make her returning statement, even naming the

collection after this epitome of hard

-

wearing traditional British cloth. Members of the royal

family have worn Harris Tweed for generations and

Westwood declared that the colours of the

cloth were so vibrant

’they’re like jewels’

. Sometimes referred to by Westwood as her

‘Aristocratic’ or ‘Royal’ collection, Harris Tweed was inspired by Westwood’s memories of the

clothes worn by the young Princes

ses Margaret and Elizabeth. Westwood’s interpretation

combined the most traditional of Harris Tweed velvet

-

trimmed jackets and Princess

-

line coats

with all the pomp and circumstance of the coronation: the velvets were printed to look like

ermine, and the

Harris Tweed was also crafted into crowns. These outfits were completed by

fine

-

gauge knitwear twin

-

sets, manufactured by stolidly British firm John Smedley, or

occasionally an 18th Century corset revived and reworked for ready

-

to

-

wear, both teamed with

tr

aditional debutante pearls, bringing a whole new look to the country

.

(BBC, British Style

Genius, 2013, p.

1)

Module Six Quiz: Short Essay Question (one paragraph):

Example (from Vivienne Westwood and the Royals)

Vivienne Westwood has always used the establishment as her point of reference for reaction.

Ten years on from punk rock, Westwood returned to the London catwalks after an absence of

five years to show her Autumn/Winter 1987 ‘Harris Tweed’ collection. It is notable that she

chose such a classic country look with which to make her returning statement, even naming the

collection after this epitome of hard-wearing traditional British cloth. Members of the royal

family have worn Harris Tweed for generations and Westwood declared that the colours of the

cloth were so vibrant ’they’re like jewels’. Sometimes referred to by Westwood as her

‘Aristocratic’ or ‘Royal’ collection, Harris Tweed was inspired by Westwood’s memories of the

clothes worn by the young Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth. Westwood’s interpretation

combined the most traditional of Harris Tweed velvet-trimmed jackets and Princess-line coats

with all the pomp and circumstance of the coronation: the velvets were printed to look like

ermine, and the Harris Tweed was also crafted into crowns. These outfits were completed by

fine-gauge knitwear twin-sets, manufactured by stolidly British firm John Smedley, or

occasionally an 18th Century corset revived and reworked for ready-to-wear, both teamed with

traditional debutante pearls, bringing a whole new look to the country. (BBC, British Style

Genius, 2013, p. 1)