Shakespearean clothing fits in the Elizabethan category. The Elizabethan Era is also known as the Golden Age due to the European’s growth in power. Elizabethan Era clothing was very fancy, complex, and colorful. Huge, puffy dresses and frilly collars come to mind when thinking about this era’s style. The people considered fashion very important.
In “Splendor” this change is reflected in the fashion world’s response to the AIDS crisis. “The fear of AIDS led to a new fashion trend: feminine clothes for women and a gentleman’s look for men; unisex clothes all disappeared” (Zhu 451). “Splendor” makes an explicit connection between the AIDS crisis and changing fashion trends. Presumably due to the stigma associating AIDS with gay men, it is unfortunately easy to understand why society, and by extension fashion, would revert back to conforming to traditional gender roles. The fashion world fell in line with society’s fears and
The United States is well known for being a melting pot of cultures, and because of this there are constantly changing trends. In the 1980s it was poofy hair and disco clothes, in the early 2000s it was long hair for guys, and in recent years it has been for guys to have short, styled hair. There is always something trendy in the United States, and in the early to mid 20th century, it was the color pink and the (pink) flamingo. Jennifer Price details this in her essay ”The Plastic Pink Flamingo”. Through her use of satirical devices, Aristotelian appeals, and persuasive techniques she shows how the country is constantly going through fazes.
After the devastating events and losses of WW1, women had to rebuild and define themselves in society creating new social and political boundaries. They decided to break social norms and expand themselves into the world. Flappers influenced the change of women politically and socially that was reflected in fashion and their lifestyles. During the 1920’s or “roaring twenties”, the flapper fashion challenged the older generation’s conservative and modest look of the “ideal women”, but as gender roles were being upset so were the ideas and values of conservation.
The 1920s influence is still seen in today 's culture, many people still embrace the 1920s as an age of great change and individualism. This age made woman who they are today, not only through fashion but by breaking down barriers to new forms of lifestyles not discovered by the common people. Not only was fashion used to express the rebellious lifestyle but today it is used to express who people are and where they come from as in what their occupation is as well as gender and race. Without the fashion of the 1920s fashion would be but a synonym for clothing and would have no meaning or power towards it. Therefore the 1920s was the most influential time period for men and woman’s fashion but mostly woman’s fashion because it broke boundaries so that women could succede
In the 1920s fashion was a movement of freedom with flappers, bobbed hairstyles and using art as a fashion statement. “Fashion should be stylish and fun,” (Twiggy). In any decade fashion was a way of saying something. One of the women’s careers was being in the fashion industry.
Apart from King's Road, another area of London attracted fashion victims from everywhere: Carnaby Street. In the late 50s, it would have been full of young ordinary working men that would have sorted themselves out into cliques: The Teddy boys and the Rockers. Come the 60s; it was home to the Mods, Skinheads and Punks. Men's and women's clothing could now meet into unisex outfits expected to be worn by either sex.
The fashion was very important to women at that time and because of what happened in the 1920’s and can be considered as a cornerstone in the foundation what is today’s fashion industry. Today’s fashion industry is bigger than it was ever and to see it’s still making roots in this world and there no stopping now. It was an amazing liberating power that fashion gave women from the time of World War 1 and it is clear that the women’s liberation movement that began with World War 1 had a huge impact then and still lingers today. More importantly, the attitude of empowering women to take control over their own bodies and freely and unashamedly express their femininity was born in the 1920’s and made a great revolution, not only women acquired freedom but also furnished them the chance to craft and live with fashion and it has only grown more powerful with
1970’s Fashion Earth day was first celebrated in United States in 1970. Hippies were primarily the ones who got Earth day passed by the government. Disco was very popular as well; People would go to nightclubs and strobe lights and mirror balls would be everywhere, the latest 70’s hits would also be playing. The Vietnam War, The Battle of Civil Rights and music affected a lot of the fashion in 70’s.
The youth of America embraced their new sense of liberty and looked forward to creating their own culture which embraced society’s new values. As for changes in fashion, the huge influence of Parisian designers like Chanel and Lanvin revolutionised fashion and style. According to Marie Claire magazine women’s style loosened up as the corsets came off, the skirts got shorter and trousers for women were in for the first time. While comfort ruled, the efforts were still fabulous as showgirls like Josephine Baker, Clara Bow and Greta Garbo became the Cara Delevigne, Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner’s of the decade. There was far more to women’s fashion in the 1920’s than the iconic Flapper look!
The new-found freedom changed women’s attitudes to themselves, to men, marriage and to the family. The result of the change was liberating fashion in clothing and hairstyles. Before this, dress and hair were longer and modest. Now, bobbed hair was the rage ‘Hair was first bobbed, then shingled, and then Eton cropped in 1926-7.
Fundamentals of Fashion And Their Reflection In “The Next Black” Aaliya Gujral Unquestionably clothes are a prominent part of our lives. They help us express who we are and often represent our sex, occupation, age and social standing. Clothing has been used by humans for thousands of years, and comes in a variety of forms. It has evolved throughout the course of history to include more fabrics, patterns, styles and designs.
According to Marissa Brassfield, “ it describes the ever-changing style of clothes worn by those with cultural status.” The fashion industry is influenced by several individuals, fashion can be influenced in many directions because of the different mindset of fashion designers. Fashion designers often Are inspired by other designers, and or the environment fashion designers are in. Prior to the French Revolution, elegance, and sophistication was the look, according to Makers, fashion influences like Marie Antoinette was a major contributor. The royal court would often wear big and extra dresses in the everyday life as well on festive days, fashion drastically changed after Josephine Bonaparte wore simple white high waisted dresses (Makers).
Fashion never remains the same and with the advancements in technology fashion has become even more wavering. Fashion is highly influenced from the social, technological and economical changes. A series of events that replace current societal patterns with the
It’s the growing racial diversity, sexual diversity crowdsourcing, the celebration of the human body and imperfections. Democracy, being, of course, since a long time a topical and relevant question, now, if its possible to say that is very “in trend”. The reason for this, as it seems to me lies in the growing political pressure and tension and the global problems concerning the opression of the human rights. So fashion, as a form of art, inevitabely reflects the situation in the world, sometimes in rebellious ways. The other reason is possibly the urge to avoid all the fashion cliches, as fashion industry for the years was seen as a closed one and reserved for the chosen ones.
