Fashionable Clothes

Fashionable Clothes

Beauty may only be skin deep, but fashion is comprised of layer upon layer of meaning, history, and beauty. Fashionable clothes do not simply appear out of thin air. Fashionable clothes, fabulous shoes, delicate lingerie, and even eye-catching accessories all spring from the fertile minds of today's designers--minds which are very well-versed in the fashions of decades past.

A great designer is as likely to seek her inspiration from 17th century farthingales as she is to find it in 21st century gang culture, 20th century zoot suits, or even 19th century paintings or sculptures. The fashionable clothing we celebrate at Fashion TV and www.ftv.com often borrows from the lines and colors of styles past. The more you explore fashion, architecture, art work, and even music from days of yore, the more precisely you'll be able to decipher and "deconstruct" the fashionable clothes of today.

Want to learn more about the world's most important fashion designers and their sources of inspiration? If so, you'll love our in-depth, behind-the-scenes fashion features. At Fashion TV and www.ftv.com, we're known for the richness and breadth of our original programming.

You'll hear designers express, in their own words, the inspiration for and development of their current collections. One program may include an interview with Anna Sui, describing the 1960s pop inspiration of her Fall 2005 collection. Another program might include Rifat Ozbek of Pollini revealing how Truman Capote's famed Black and White Ball inspired his most recent designs