#0525杜品婕

Video：The Interview：Jason Wu

Summary：four part.First he born.Second he learned how to design.Third he shot to fame.Last he  fall 2011 collection was inspired by Robert Polidori.

Vocabulary： Sculpt 塑造,Mold 鑄造成型,Garment 衣服, Elegance典雅,Casual 休閒的, Mentor 良師益友,Inauguration day就職典禮

Reflection：

It is not easy for Chinese people to succeed in racial discrimination in the United States. And he is taking the fashion side, the difficulty is higher. In addition to admire him, I still admire his mother, did not change his interest, but to make his expertise, advantages. Very few parents in Taiwan will do so, it is worth learning.

     

#0518杜品婕

Video  : Anna Sui Masterclass 

Summary: The video describe Anna Sui's design style.

Vocabularies: beige米色,cardinal深紅色,vagrant 流浪者;乞丐,grunge  頹廢風尚,preppy  貴族雅痞,be the new rock and roll 非常流行,faux far 人造毛,Bohemian 波西米亞風,nostalgia復古風,liquid found ation粉底

                

Reflection: 

Her style is very special, the integration of classical and modern, well-behaved and rebellious, mainstream and non-mainstream, nostalgia and young, fashion and street, etc., two different styles in her hands can do a good match. This kind of creative and design inspiration provides us with a good reference.

#胡祐嘉0525

0525

Video1：

The Interview：Jason Wu

Summary：

1982 Born

1992 Got his first sewing machine from his mom and start learning how to sew. At the same time, he got some fabric from his neighbor who work as an upholstery worker. Due to the limitation of the fabric, he can only make clothes for dolls.

2009 Shot to fame (Michael Obama choose one of his design to her husband inauguration ball)

2011 Fall 2011 collection was inspired by Robert Polidori (he documented the 25-year process of restoring de Versailles(凡爾賽宮))

He combined interesting elements together to make it neutral but unlike Anna Sui using totally contradict elements. He launched his shoes and handbags collection view it as fun as designing garments.He found that he loves to accessorize women.

Vocabulary：

       1. Sculpt 塑造

2. Mold 鑄造

3. Garment 衣服

4. Elegance典雅

5. Casual 休閒的

6. Mentor 良師益友

7. Flawless 無瑕疵的

8. Upholstery 室內裝潢業的

9. Miniature 縮小化

10. Neutral 中性的

11. Render 放棄

Reflection：

      He is the guys good at using the resource which he has extremely such as he learn English from fashion magazine that his mom give him!!

Discussion：

Mdm. Brigitte Macron’s dress

Summary：

On the day of inauguration, Brigitte wore a light blue midi-skirt and a light blue military jacket accented with double-breasted metallic button. The LV suit is color-coordinated with a beige LV handbag and a pair of beige LV pointy pumps.BTW, the well-recognized authority of color – Pantone has announced the 10 colors for the spring and summer of 2017. It includes two kinds of blue：Island Paradise, Niagara.

Vocabulary：

       1. Beige 米色

2. Powder Blue 粉藍(看起來白白的，有點粉彩紙的感覺)

3. Navy Blue 海軍藍(比較深黑的藍)

4. Royal Blue 寶石藍(很鮮豔的深藍)

5. Greenary草綠

6. Clutch 小包 (在正式場合，如紅毯，常用)

20170525賴薪宇

Video1 : The interview: Jason Wu
Summary : The fashion designer life of Jason Wu
Vocabulary : mentor, hybrid, stripe
Reflection : Jason Wu was born in 1982. When he was only 17 years old, he created "Jason Wu doll" and became a director of integrity toys. His favorite color is grey. In 2009, he shot into fame because the first lady - Michelle Obama wore his design. In his 2011 fashion show, his deigns were inspired by a photographer - Robert Polidori. Now, he also designs shoes and handbags.

#蘇品瑄 0525

Summary: Interviewing Jason Wu, talking about his career and design.
Vocabulary: ① Sculpt  ② finite  ③ garment  ④ upholstery  ⑤ hark
Reflection: I think Jason Wu is a fabulous designer, the very first time that I heard about him is Obama's wife wearing his gown.

#湯佳佩 0525

The Interview: Jason Wu

Summary

Part1:Designer Jason Wu shot to fame in 2009

Part2:His mother as his mentor teacher

Part 3:The influence to his items

Vocabulary

sophisticated  a.複雜的，精緻的

shoot to fame  出名

flawless     a.完美的

beige       n.膚色，卡其色

midi skirt    n.中長裙

military jacket n.軍裝夾克

buttons-metallic 金屬紐扣

powder blue  粉藍色

navy blue    海軍藍

Reflection

Jason Wu is one of my favorite designers until now, because I think his items can fit any occasions. What makes me surprised is that he learned English through fashion. Through this term’s study, I find that it is a real good way to learn a foreign language. Maybe I will introduce this way to my students in the future.

#0525 徐萍

Summary：childhood and his career.

 sculpt 塑造

Garment 衣服

Elegance 高雅

Casual休闲的

Accessory 附件

Reflection:Instead of thinking that the design he had made for Michelle Obama brought him reputation and made him a well known designer, I would like to say that what really makes him famous is the "self". He knows who he is and creat clothes according to his inner feelings, but not always chase the trend of fashion.

0525#覃思娴

summary: the short review and the story of Jason Wu; introduced his childhood, his studies, his mentoring teacher and his role of fame

Vocabulary:

Colors-light blue, beige卡其色

Skirt-midi skirt中长裙

Jacket-military jacket军装式夹克

Buttons-metallic金属纽扣

Brand- LV

Bag-baguette, little handbag

Shoes-pointed shoes

Expectation, hope, relaxation

Elegance, breakthrough

Sky blue, royal blue, powder blue粉蓝,navy blue海军蓝

Sculpt v.

Garment n.衣服

Elegance v.高雅典雅

Casual a.休闲的

Accessory配件

Reflection-

I have no idea that blue is the most vogue color among the powerful women in the world. Blue means relaxation, hope, elegant and breakthrough, therefore , a lot of First Lady wore the blue clothing to attend the meaningful days. Also, Jason Wu designed the clothes of toys for Asian girl made me surprised. I didn’t see any designer who design for toys, I think it is interesting.

#黃亭容 0525

The Interview: Jason Wu

Summary:
     "I always strive to create clothes that are more than just trends." We can see clearly from this sentence that this is what made Jason Wu different from others, he creates something beyond his reach and made it possible.

Vocabulary:

1. Contemporary現代的
2. Integrity正直
3. Elegance優雅
4. Streamlined最新式的
5. Inauguration 就職典禮

Reflection:

     Shot to fame when Michelle Obama wore his gown to the inauguration ball. He then became a part of America's history no longer just any other fashion designer. I appreciated his hard work all along the way, especially since many people thought of him as a queer due to his characteristics. His mother who pushed him and supported him from the very beginning was his mentoring teacher. He taught us all a lesson to be yourself and strive for what you really want.

#0525林沛蓉

Jason Wu


Vocabulary: sword. upholstery. venturing. documented. molding. hybrid. sculpt. garment. inauguration day. double-breasted. beige. streamlined

Reflection: Jason Wu has became famous since he designed for Michelle Obama. I had some bags of his brand. Well, I don't think the first cloth for Michelle Obama is good. But I love the second one, the red is very beautiful!

#許梓宣 0525

Video: The Interview: Jason Wu
Summary: Jason Wu talks about the inspirations for his fashion career, how he shot to fame, how he combines different elements in one clothing, and the other products that he launches.
Vocabulary: upholstery 室內裝潢業；室內裝飾品
Summary: I've heard of Jason Wu when I was in elementary school but I didn't know that he started from designing clothes for dolls, and I find it pretty fascinating. His designs are simple in colors but complicated in patterns, and some are consisted of mixed but elegant elements. I bet that's why even Michelle Obama chose to wear the gown that he designed on her husband's inauguration!

#0525 蔡旻潔

Jason Wu 05/25

Video: The Interview: Jason Wu

Summary: Jason Wu talked about when and how he accessed fashion and his ideas of design.

Vocabulary: (1) finite (a.) 有限的

                    (2) upholstery (n.) 室內裝潢業；家具業

                    (3) miniature (a.)小規模的，微型的，小型的

                    (4) render (v.) 使成為；提供；執行

                    (5) hark (v.) 回想；傾聽

Reflection: I have heard of Jason Wu when Michelle Obama worn the gown he designed. Due to this impression, I thought that he only designs formal clothes. After watching the video, I learned more about Jason Wu and I like his design which is simple and smart that I would like to wear in my daily life.

#0504 蔡旻潔

Jimmy Choo 05/04

Video 1: 120 years of Creative Collaboration: Jimmy Choo

Summary: The creative director of Jimmy Choo Sandra Choi talked about the collaboration with the brand Swarovski.

Vocabulary: (1) glamour (n)魅力；妖豔；魔力

                    (2) gobsmacked (a.)目瞪口呆的，驚愕的

                    (3) bondage (n.) 束縛；奴役

Reflection: From the video, we can see the collaboration of the two brands Jimmy Choo and Swarovski made the Cinderella shoe. The elegant shape of shoes decorate with shiny twinkle crystal which undoubtedly satisfy girl’s princess dream.

Video 2: Interview with the famous JIMMY CHOO !!

Summary: Introducing the material Jimmy Choo choose to make shoes and the way to order the custom-made shoes.

Vocabulary: (1)ritual (a.)老套的；儀式的

                    (2)organza (n.) 透明硬紗

                    (3)appointment (n.)約會；約定

Reflection: From the interview face to face with the brand founder Jimmy Choo, we get to know how he thinks and the ideas of his design.

#0518林承德

Video:            Anna Sui Masterclass
Summary :     It is talking about what is Anna Sui's fashion and her life for fashion.
Vocabulary:  
                        Vargrant   流浪者
                        Grunge     乏味的
                        Nomadic  游牧的
                        Oxidizing  使氧化
                        Velvet        天鵝絨
                        Exuberant  生氣勃勃的
Reglection:    She is a designer who likes to break the rule. She combines the contradict color which                          is very unique.  And actually, this rule breaking  lead the fashion. The mostimportant                            things her story teach me is that the rule we obtain now may not always definitely                                good, and also break the rule isn't that hard.

#0525

Topic: Jason Wu

Summary: Introducing about how Jason Wu became famous and his style of design.

Vocabulary:

Sculpt (v.)塑造

Mold (v.)鑄造

Garment (n.)衣服

Elegance (n.)高雅

Casual (adj.)休閒

Reflection:
Jason Wu is a amazing Asian designer. He became famous cause Michelle Obama wore his dress on the inauguration day. His style uses simple colors, complicated pattern,and simple lines.  Since his mother played a mentoring teacher for Jason Wu because she gave he a fashion magazine. Not like traditional Asian parents, his mother is open-mind and support him. As we know, he already came out and married. I wish one day every Asian parents would respect and support their children do what they really want to do!

#龐澺媗0519

Video:  Anna Sui - Interview with Anna Sui on her background, fashion & Anna Sui  fragrances

Summary: From the interview, Anna Sui express her idea and her insights for fashion design. 

Vocabulary: filtered 滲透 polish off 草草做完 overdue 遲到的

Reflection: I like this interview. This is a good interview in this class so far. I like the video because Anna Sui is a really passionate woman and from her talk, I can feel how she is so in love of fashion. She is a successful fashion designer and loves what she does. I admire her insight for fashion and her enthusiasm for her design work. At the end of her talk, she says,"Live your dream". She really fulfills it and makes her legend.   

#傅薳萱 0519

Video : Anna Sui - Interview with Anna Sui on her background, fashion & Anna Sui  fragrances

Vocabulary: grunge/ preppy/  faux fur/ accent/ oxidizing


Reflection: It's hard to believe that a four years old girl can think about her dream in the future, but Anna Sui made it. And it is my first time knowing that Anna Sui is the style of rock and roll. My mom used to buy Anna Sui's perfume, however, I really don't like the fragrance of it. In my opinion, it smells cheap. But there is no denying, some of its design are amazing and outstanding.  

#0511 蔡旻潔

Vera Wang 05/11

Video: Vera Wang Interview

Summary: From the questions and answers in the interview, we get to know the development of the brand and Vera Wang’s idea.

Vocabulary: 1. abbreviate (v.) 縮短

                    2. intermediary (n.) 中間人；媒介

                    3. synthetic (a.) 人造的

Reflection: As a girl, we fantasy our future wedding dress. The dresses Vera Wang made are beautiful, elegant and chic. No wonder American says that “Unmarried women want Vera Wang, divorced women miss her Vera Wang, remarried women excited to wear Vera Wang again.”

#0413 蔡旻潔

Ralph Lauren 04/13

Video: Ralph Lauren’s Top 10 Rules for Success

Summary: Summing up 10 success rules from interviews of Ralph Lauren.

1. Innovate

2. Trust your instincts

3. Do it because you feel it

4. Aspire to do better

5. Follow your dream

6. Be consistent

7. Be yourself

8. Learn from tough times

9. Don’t lose hope

10. Give back

Vocabulary: 1. apiece (adv.) 每人；每個；每樣

                    2. longevity (n.) 壽命；長壽

                    3. galvanize (v.) 引起；激勵；刺激

Reflection: I think it’s really important to learn from other’s life experience. From this video, I learned a lot. And it gave me a chance to have a introspection to my life, also light my way up.

#0518 蔡旻潔

Anna Sui 05/18

Video: Anna Sui Masterclass

Summary: With the introduction by the designer, we get to know the style of the brand Anna Sui.

Vocabulary: 1. faux (a.) 人造的

                    2. oxidize (v.) 氧化；生鏽

                    3. grunge (n.) 乏味的東西(九十年代早期在年輕人間的流行)

                    4. masculine (a.) 陽性的

                    5. accent (v.) 強調；著重

Reflection: From the video, we can see that the designer confidently introduced the styles she likes though non-mainstream. She created her own road and won success which is really remarkable.

20170518賴薪宇

Video 1 : Anna Sui Masterclass
Summary : Introduce the style and the fabrics which Anna Sui created and used for clothes.
Vocabulary : floating, tucked, swirling, ruffle, satin, textured, corset, scallop, scholars
Reflection : Anna Sui was born in 1964 and started her career in 1990. One year later, she held her first show. Her style is variable, including sweet, obvious, rock&roll, punk, preppy, vintage, vagrant. It also has a name called Bohemian style.

＃林慧青0518

Video  : Anna Sui Masterclass 

Summary: 
The video describe Anna Sui's design style.

Vocabularies: 
vagrant 流浪者;乞丐
grunge  頹廢風尚
preppy  貴族雅痞
be the new rock and roll 非常流行
faux far 人造毛
Bohemian 波西米亞風
nostalgia   復古風

                

Reflection: 

Anna Sui is a Chinese emigrant family in Detroit. MI USA. And she has a dream of being designer by 4 age. And she developed her fashion business in 1990. Ｉthink she is a strong woman, and know what  she want, is a admirable person. 

Her design some is mixing of vintage and grunge plaid, like Victorian look, others is different style. In general, her design style can separately good girls and bad girls.

#林慧青0427

Video  : Sculpture or Fashion? The Haute Couture of Issey Miyake

Summary: 
This video shows Issey Miyake Design Studio, a high-end producer of women's fashion.

Vocabularies: 
armature 盔甲
alter 改變
hallmark 特徵
Mechanize使機械化
pleat 褶狀物；褶                  
wardrobe 全部服裝；衣櫥
textile 紡織品的 
polyester 聚脂纖維linen 亞麻布料brittle 脆弱的
Minaret 清真寺的尖塔     

                

Reflection:

I think that Issey Miyake's unwavering approach to creation is the freedom to have ideas, unconstrained by any preexisting rules or framework, and to be able to make them realities through a tenacious process of research and experimentation. 

＃林慧青0406

Video 1 : Ferragamo History

Summary :

The video introduced the basically history of Ferragamo.

Vocabulary : 

suede 麂皮絨  

shell-shape sole 貝殼型鞋底 

moccasin 軟皮鞋 

rubber sole 橡膠軟墊 

iconic 指標性的

wreckage 殘骸

Reflection : 

To me, Ferragamo is a brand with classic and creative. But it's not represent the whole shoes, because its designs or use of materials not really in public. Throughout its history, we knew it is an Italian luxury goods company, with headquarters in Florence.

Video 2 : Salvatore Ferragamo Shoe Museum | VF STYLE

Summary : 

The Shoe Museum with Salvatore Ferragamo

Vocabulary :

wedge 楔(形) 

cork 軟木

novelty 新奇 

conservatively 保守地 

Reflection :
Ferragamo has kinds of product, likely leather goods, and ready-to-wear for men and women, but it is specializing in shoes. I think that the style of shoes not my favorite, and its bling bling decoration on the high steel, it is over exaggerate in the general surroundings. However, it's really a awesome brand.

#0518林沛蓉

ANNA SUI

VOCABULARY: combination. antique. sparkle. velvet. masculine. feminine. vagrant. grunge. preppy. Bohemian. flea market. minimalism. nomadic

Reflection:
 I don't like ANNA SUI for a long time. Because I think the style of ANNA SUI is weird. Especially the classic color of ANNA SUI -- purple. So I choose Vera Wang.   :D

#周昊沅 0302

Topic: 100 Years of Fashion Revolutions and Fashion Items That Changed the World

Summary:
The evolution of fashion from 1900 to 2010 and the important fashion I items that changed the world.

Reflection:
It's really fun to know the revolution of fashion and that many fashion items are originally made for military use.

#周昊沅 0518

Topic: Anna Sui

Summary:

1964: Born In Detroit.

1990: Started her business. 

1991: Held her first runway show.

1992: Opened her first shop in Soho, NYC.

1997: Opened stores in Tokyo and Osaka.

Vocabulary:

exuberant: 生氣蓬勃的

nostalgia:鄉愁、懷舊之情

hippie: 嬉皮

embroidery: 刺繡

beading: 珠飾、玻璃珠

preppy: 雅痞風

nomadic: 遊牧名族的

vagrant: 流浪的

grudge: 頹廢風

vintage: 復古的

faux fur: 人造毛

Reflection:

It is really impressive that Anna Sui wanted to be a designer at the age of four. I have no idea what I want to do when I was four. 

#胡祐嘉0518

0518

Video1：

Anna Sui Masterclass | NET-A-PORTER.COM

Summary：

She started her fashion business in 1990 and opened her first boutique in 1992 in New York. She liked to combine contradict elements such as Preppy Schoolgirl Style (貴族雅痞) & Bohemian. She put lots of Rock & Roll with vintage elements in her design. Every design of her is available for Rock & Roll concert. If you change a little bit, you can wear it to other place such like museum.

Vocabulary：

       1. Bohemian 波西米亞人(不羈的文化人)

2. Vagrant 流浪者

3. Grunge 頹廢風尚

4. Faux Fur人造毛

5. Nomadic 游牧的

6. Oxidizing 使氧化

7. Velvet 天鵝絨

8. Accented 加強

9. Ruffly多羽毛的 Floral似花的

10. Exuberant 生氣勃勃的

Reflection：

      She is the one fight for her dream. She finish her dream step by step. This is what we have to look up to her. She is also a rule breaker not only because she combines contradict elements but also because she cares about rock stars from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame instead of the movie stars from Hollywood. 

#周昊沅 0406

Topic: Salvatore Ferragamo
Summary:
1898: Born in a small town in souther Italy.
1914: Immigrated to America and opened a shop to repair shoes.
1927: Founded Salvatore Ferragamo
1938: Opened his shops in London and Rome.
1947: Designed is well-known invisible sandal.

Vocabulary:
cork:軟木塞
suede:麂皮
interchangeable:可交換的
wedge:楔型的

Famous Items of Salvatore Ferragamo
Audrey Ballet Shoes
Saba Driver
Varina Bag
Jelly Ballet Flat

Refection:
As I know, Salvatore Ferragamo shoes are very stylish and comfortable to wear. Both my parents have many pairs of Salvatore Ferragamo shoes. I will definitely get a pair for myself someday.

#周昊沅 0427

Topic: Issey Miyake
Summary:
    Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938. He studied graphic design at the Tama University in Tokyo. After graduating in 1964, he worked in Paris and New York City. He returned to Tokyo in 1970 and founded the Miyake Design Studio.

Vocabulary:
pleat:皺摺
origami:摺紙
turtleneck:高領毛衣
minaret:清真寺的尖塔
brittle:脆弱易壞的
stencil:模板
armature:盔甲
linen:亞麻布

Reflection:
I really admire Issey Miyake because his works is not only clothing but also a piece od art.