home fashion retail

I believe that fashion is in trouble with this economic crises we are in. I think that the home fashion retail is going to be affected by these hard times more then any other fashion retail. In order for home fashion to be sold people are going to have to buy houses. Well with the way the housing market is going right now people are not willing to sell their houses. If somebody tries to sell their house at this time they are not going to be nearly as much as they are wanting out of it or even what it is worth. Therefor even if somebody is selling and buying a house they are not going to get the kind of money they need out of the house so then they are not going to have any extra spending money to decorate the new house with. I know that all of the different fashion retails are being affected by this economic crises as well as everybody else, I just think that the home fashion retail is going to get hit the hardest.
Also, companies are not able to afford to advertise their merchandise like they use too. For instance today in class we talked about how this past months of Voge magazine was the thinest edition ever. This is because people are not buying so therefor they cannot afford to advertise as much as they use to. Advertising is a big part of making sells in the company and if you cant afford to advertise then the likey hood of your company doing well is very slim.

speaker

I LOVED the speaker we had today. She was so upbeat and informative. She really put a lot of emphasis on how important it is to get an internship. She explained to us that because of the internship she had is what made her get the job that she has today. The internship that she did was at the coliseum an that is where she learned graphic design. She also explained to us that it is really important to get contacts. Its all about who you know in the fashion industry. She also told us that we should always have a resume on hand to give out. You never know who you might come in contact with day to day. About what she does. She explained a little bit about how a print is made onto a fabric. People send her either drawings, paintings, cut and paste, ect and they can take that and make it a print on fabric, which I found very interesting. Also, when she talked about how she worked in the quilt industry I was thinking to myself how boring! Quits are anything but that! She showed us some really fun and cute quilts and that quilt fabric can be made into much more things other then a quilt. She showed us really great curtains and apron that she had made. I never really thought about how important it is so learn graphic design until she came and talked to us. I know that graphic design is something i want to look into learning. She is also the person that does the blogs for her company. She is in charge of the whole blog all because of her graphic design background. She was a great speaker and really made me more interested in this career whereas I was on the fence about it before she came and spoke with us.