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Fashion in the 18th century was characterised by greater abundance, elaboration and intricacy in clothing designs as it was influenced by the trends in the Rococo period, also known as late baroque period. Fashion was greatly influenced by iconic fashion figures such as Marie Antoinette. Womens clothing retained the emphasis on a narrow, inverted conical torso achieved with bone stays, above full skirts. Hoop skirts reached their maximum size in 1750s and began to reduce in size but remained being worn with most formal dresses and were sometimes replaced with side hoops or panniers. Panniers are womens undergarments worn to extend the width of the skirts while leaving the front and back relatively flat. the usual fashion of the years 1750-1775 was a low necked gown worn over a petticoat. Most gowns had skirts that opened infront to show the petticoat worn beneath. Women wore the 'mantua' for special occasions. It was an open fronted silk or fine wool gown with a train and matching petticoat. Hairstyles were equally elaborate with tall headdresses being the distinctive fashion of the 1770s. Women wore their hair high upon their heads, in large plumes. For men a new mindset of fashion was surfacing. The goal was to look as fashionable as possible with seamingly little effort. Throughout the period men continued to wear the long coat, waistcoat, and breeches of the previous period. However changes were seen in fabric used as well as cut of the garments. The elaborately…

Bye Beautiful - Fashion in the 60's In the novel Bye Beautiful, written by Julia Lawrinson 2006, the fashion is quite different to how it is these days. In the early 1960's, women's fashion was making the change from the conservative look of the 50's, to the more carefree look of the 60's. New various trends were beginning to come about, such as the bikini which became popular in 1963 after it was included in a music video. These pictures here are of the conservative look. As you can see, their…

Dress: noun; an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. Think of a dress, any type of dress. Maybe it’s a lavender sundress, billowing in the summer breeze while she. Perhaps it’s an elegant black ball gown, draped from head to toe complimenting her hourglass figure. It might be a little red cocktail dress, short and sweet but ready for a night out on the town,. Dresses are clothing items made to look elegant and dazzling, to make others feel envious.…

Charles Frederick Worth, an Englishman, was the first couturier of modern times who founded the House of Worth. He was known as the father of couture for his excellent use of fabric. Worth broke all norms and created fashion for everyday life. His approach to design was to find simple situations to society's values. “Worth focused on fit, fabric and construction, the qualities that are the core of haute couture (Polan & Tredre, 2009, p. 9). Worth dominated the fashion industry through his…

long, closed sleeves and would attach extra cloth or hide to lengthen the garment. The dresses would also decorate the seams with long fringes or feathers and the surface of the dress would commonly be divided into two or three painted plains. Similar to the Ghost Dance shirts, these colorful dresses were decorated with elaborate designs. The dresses would commonly have a large symbol forming the focal point of the designs on the back of the garment slightly beneath the center of the hemline.…

“Fashion designers played with fabric colors, textures and patterns to create totally new styles of dress.” (Samantha Critchell) Various designers such as Coco Channel were coming up with new trends for women to wear. “Formal gowns, worn mostly for evening events, were their most elaborate outfits.” (Tom Pendergast) Women loved the feeling the elegant dresses gave them when they wore them out, it gave them a sense of wealth and class. “The most fashionable shorter hemlines were worn most often…

The Fashion Styles of Men and Women “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity”- Coco Chanel. The Great Depression was a terrible time for all Americans. The stock market crashed, people lost their jobs and no one had money. Some may think due to no jobs or money that American citizens could not dress like they used to in the twenties. That was a lie. American men and women looked just as stylish in the thirties as in the twenties, just…

women took to show that men were no longer the dominant species. Many of the rebellious women attended Gatsby’s parties.“…and verandas are gaudy with primary colours, and hair shorn in strange new ways…”. Before the twenties the women was to dress in dark colours and conduct herself in an orderly manner. The flapper look started becoming the typical look of woman of the 1920’s. Before the hemline of dresses was always below the ankle and woman wore their hair long. Showing skin was…

Going back one hundred years ago to women of 1915 and comparing them to women of 2015, we would see very obvious differences. The way women dressed, their lifestyle, and their voting and equality rights are three main points that have very much changed, but have also remained the same. Taking a more in depth look will show how women of today still face the same struggles that women of 1915 faced a century ago. Fashion is always changing, and women’s fashion is no exception to that. According to…

and smoking became symbols of young culture” (Park). Established above is evidence that fashion has the ability to change civilizations perception of acceptable behavior. As a nation, people started to accept the increasing display of women’s legs. This change in societal opinion is seen in the following lines, “At the beginning of the decade it was considered risque for a woman to reveal her legs to society, however, by the end of the decade it was acceptable for women to wear dresses and…