
the language of fashion design
if it is applied to the garment with the inten-
tion to stay and serves a purpose of calling
attention to an area of the garment with
complexity, contrast, or other interest.
A particular philosophy toward embel-
lishment usually becomes part of a designer’s
unique trademark sensibility, rarely used by
minimalists, usually adding to the complex-
ity of a design. Embellishment traditionally
made the wearer seem more important
because nonessential decoration is an excess
and a luxury, even if it is also a basic human
need often overlooked or priced out in mass
production.
Today, with deconstruction, the cat-
egory ...