Europe Fashion

Left to right: Sweden, France, Norway, USA.

On my way down to MassArt, I began designing clothing designs inspired by European Countries.  Many aspects of inspirations for these designs are stereotypes.  The models are not meant to look like real people, but are humanoid-shapes.
Sweden: Casual business.  Hat juts out like traditional Swedish head-covering.
France: Traditional-related elegance.  Exaggerate bust and hips.  She looks like a thumb-tack.
Norway: Northern Winter nature-related.  Rope-like clothing is coarse.
USA: Depending on value of color of clothing, the bust/waist can be exaggerated or understated.

The USA model is handicapped by her too-high shoes, so show ridiculousness of the very high heals in fashion.  Personally, I enjoy fashion design, but not the social-lifestyle (of fashion) because emotions/morals are commonly mixed-up with design.  Much of "high" fashion is not meant for wear; it is designed for the art. Likewise, the models are not meant to be people on the runway, they are hangers.  However, in some cases, I like to think of models as people, and fashion as clothing for people to wear.  For example, with the Community/Charity Fashion shows that I had designs in, I knew the models and my take on that fashion was that models are people, so designed/created clothing with this mindset.  But, the thoughts that models are hangers or friends are extremes, there is also the gray areas.