This is a good example of bad contrast in fashion design. The reason that this is bad design is because it creates confusion for people. The lady is wearing black baggy pants with a tight corset top. This causes contrasting confusion. Is the outfit supposed to excentuate her body or hide it? Also the pattern on the pants stops right at the waiste contrasting with her top. It would have been easier on the eyes if she would have had a little pattern on the shirt as well. Then contrasting with the black outfit is her pink purse, pink shoes, and red hair. This begs the question if her outfit is the most important thing, why are the extravagant accessories bringing in more attention than the outfit. The culmination of this contrasting outfit is not only confusing for people, it is a bit scary also.
In this picture of Anne Hathaway's outfit there is an example of good fashion contrast. The contrast works in a possitive way because it helps excentuate parts of the dress while bringing attention to it. For instance, the silver background helps excentuate the black tassles that are hanging off of the dress. These are important because the tassles not only help show off her shapely body, but they also excentuate the way her body moves. The shiny silver background also helps bring attention to people's eye when the glimmer hit them. It also gives a nice contrast to the matte black tassles which doubles as triangular patterns on the dress giveing it depth. The culmination of these contrasts brings an elegant and pleasing vision to those who are looking at it.
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