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    The document summarizes fashion trends through several decades from 1900-1970. Some key developments include: 1) In the early 1900s, French influences led to a slimmer silhouette for women defined by corsets and fitted dresses. Notable designers included Paul Poiret. 2) The 1910s saw Oriental influences with looser, draped styles inspired by performances like the Ballets Russes. 3) The 1920s was known as the Modern Era with the rise of the flapper style featuring shorter skirts, less restrictive silhouettes, and designers such as Coco Chanel gaining prominence.

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    Fashion Through The Decades

    1900 – 1910 - The Edwardian Age– French influences

    It was born a new sense of personal identity. Silhouette


    slimmed and elongated

    FASHION DESIGNERS: Paul Poiret, Jean Paquin, Mariano Fortuny

    Corset

    - Firmly established
    - Wear it with shirt waist blouse

    Dresses
    - The S Bend Silhouette
    - Flounces / volane
    - Drapes
    - Corsetry
    - Volumes
    - Fitted
    - Luxury
    - Dresses in two pieces
    - Volume sleeve
    - Pale colors

    Blouses

    - High neck blouses


    - Embroidery

    Hats

    - Volumes
    - Veil/ voal

    Fabrics - Wool ( suits ) - Silk ( corsets)


    1910 – 1920 – Oriental Influences

    During the early years of the 1910s the fashionable


    silhouette became much more lithe, fluid and soft than in the
    1900s. Rich and exotic opulence in the first half of the
    decade

    FASHION DESIGNERS: CocoChanel ( as an emerging designer she


    open her first shop in 1913), Paquin, Lanvin, Leon Bakst(mostly
    costume designer for Ballets Russes), Jackues Doucet
    Inspiration : Ballets Russes

    Suits and Coats

    - The Tailleur or tailored suit of matching jacket and skirt was


    worn in the city and for travel.
    - Jackets followed the lines of tunics, with raised, lightly defined
    waists.
    - Fashionable women of means wore striking hats and fur stole
    or scarves with their tailleurs, and carried huge matching
    muffs.
    - harem girls in flowing pantaloons, t
    - turbans
    - geishas in exotic kimono.
    - Simple felt hats and clouds of tulle replaced the styles of
    headgear popular in the 1900s.
    - coats were cocoon or kimono shaped, wide through the
    shoulders and narrower at the hem. Fur coats were popular.

    Colors

    - vivid colors
    1920 - 1930 - The Modern ERA

    Women began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as


    short skirts or pants).

    FASHION DESIGNERS: Coco Channel , Madeleine Vionnet; Erte ,


    Sonia Delauney, Lanvin, Jean Patau, Edward Molynex

    Casual elegance and classical style

    - Cloche hats
    - Flapper fashion
    - stockings with patterns were hot fashion items.
    - Embroidery snaked around the ankles and up to the knees. 
    - Clothes made for comfort and ease in wear making them
    revolutionary and quite modern.
    - Simple shapes that did not require corsetry or waist definition
    - Lastex, a rubber based thread was used in knee highs in
    bright colours.

    Colors

    - Neutral tones of beige, sand, cream, navy and black


    - Flesh and soft pastel colors
    - Honey Beige, Teatime, Rose Morn, Boulevard and Spanish
    Brown.

    Fabrics

    - Soft fluid jersey fabrics


    - Silk or artificial silk known as art silk later called rayon.
    -
    1930 - 1940 – The Art Deco ERA

    FASHION DESIGNERS: Coco Channel, Elsa Schiaparelli .

    Flapper dresses

    - folds and drapes


    - Skirts were frequently longer at the back than the front.
    - Some of the clothes were so stylish that they could be worn
    today.
    - Part of their appeal was the draping fabric that was further
    enhanced by cutting fabrics on the true cross or the bias grain
    also quite fashionable at the start of the new millennium

    Fabrics

    - use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses


    - viscose for linings and lingerie
    - synthetic nylonstockings.
    - The zipper became widely used.
    - Cotton
    - Pure silk

    Colors

    - Pink
    - Blue
    1940 – 1950 –Haute Couture

    Glamour

    FASHION DESIGNERS: Lucien Lelong, Christian Dior , Christobal


    Balensiaga, Jacques Fath, Pierre Balman, Gucci, Valentino.

    - luxurious new look with a sumptuous silhouette and billowing


    skirts.
    - Clothes were still scarce and women wore the sharp-
    shouldered suits with knee-length skirts
    - Elegant tailors

    Perfect printed silk dresses


    patent waist belts,
    thick tights,
    gloves and platform-soled shoes
    black floral printed silk,
    fastened with delicate diamante clasps
    simply elegant combination
    the high neckline and beautifully draped sleeves ensuring that a
    shorter flimsy silk frock (jerseu )
    For evening, dresses came in floor sweeping lengths with long
    billowing sleeves and deeper cut V necklines, sliced almost to the
    waist. Still not as full on as the flesh baring designs of the Gucci of
    old,
    - Military twist, buttons
    - Patterns

    Balenciaga totally transformed the silhouette, broadening the


    shoulders and removing the waist.
    1950 -1960 – ready to wear, prêt a porter.

    FASHION DESIGNERS: Christian Dior ; Christobal Balenciaga


    Channel (came back at 1954), Jack Patu, Pierre Balman, Emilio
    Pucci, Charles James, Jaques Fath, Hubert de Givency

    - Chanel’s introduction of Chemise.


    - The “Beatnik” style of leotards and form-fitting pants topped with
    oversized shirts rivaled the petticoats and poodle skirts for favorite
    style of the day.
    - Leather jackets became a favorite of the “cool crowd” after seeing
    Elvis sport one on television.
    - The strapless dress with the fullest skirts attainable became a
    favorite for evening wear

    Skirts: Pencil and poodles skirts were the popular choice among
    women. Poodle skirts were wide skirts that had a patched pooled on
    the right bottom part of the skirt. Pencil skirts were also popular;
    they were long below the knee and very tight, straight just like a
    pencil.

    Leather: The cool leather jacket was a must for the boys in the
    1950's of course leather equivalent to cool.

    Gloves/manusi: Gloves were a very popular accessory in the


    1950's, seeing a woman without gloves in those days, is like seeing
    a celebrity without make up in these days, which is very rare.
    Gloves would be worn to fancy restaurants, parties and whatever
    special occasion, even though gloves came in all lengths and
    patterns. The most popular type of gloves worn was white short
    gloves.

    Figured Dresses: Looking like a lady required wearing heels,


    gloves and beautiful dresses, especially dresses that accentuated a
    lady's figure. Girdles were usually worn underneath dresses so the
    women can show off their bodies. Older women wore revealing
    Shoes Fashion: Shoes were
    simple and plain during the
    1950's and some people opted
    for ballet slippers, plain black
    and white shoes that resembled
    sneakers or the women loved to
    wear stilettos or spiked heels.

    Colors – black

    Baleciaga

    In 1955, he designed the tunic dress, which later developed into the
    chemise dress[3] of 1958.

    Other contributions in the postwar era included the spherical balloon


    jacket (1953),

    the high-wasted baby doll dress (1957),

    the cocoon coat (1957),

    the balloon skirt (1957),

    and the sack dress (1957).

    In 1959, his work culminated in the Empire line, with high-waisted


    dresses and coats cut like kimonos. His manipulation of the waist, in
    particular, contributed to "what is considered to be his most
    important contribution to the world of fashion: a new silhouette for
    women.

    Channel

    - famous little braided suit with gold chains, shiny costume


    jewelry, silk blouses in colors that matched the suit linings,
    sleek tweeds, monogrammed buttons, flat black silk bows,
    boaters, quilted bags on chains, and evening dresses and furs
    that were marvels of simplicity.

    Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy – little black


    dress Audrey Hepburn
    1960 – 1970

    FASHION DESIGNERS:
    Yves Saint Laurent,
    Pacco Rabanne, Ted
    Lapidus, Mary Quant,
    Andre Courreges ,
    Pierre Cardin, Emanuel
    Ungaro (from late 60s) Bonnie Cashin ,
    Givenchy, Pucci, , Mary Quant

    petticoats and poodle skirts


    - The tiniest mini skirts ever seen made up the “Mary Quant” Style The most ironic fashion
    trend of this decade was that at the beginning, skirts were knee-length, then along came
    Mary, but by the end of the 1960’s floor length “Maxis” were the hottest new style.

    - The Beatles creating a fashion craze known as the “Mod” look.

    - Designer Rudi Gernreich shocked the fashion world by presenting a topless version of
    his new swimwear line during a runway show.

    - Jackie Kennedy inspired a new sophisticated style for women world-wide with Chanel
    Suits and pillbox hats.

    The fifties and sixties were a time of innocence and innocence destroyed. Fashion ruled
    the day, separating the “squares” from the “cool”, the “Ivy League” from those that would
    later come to be labeled as “Radicals”. These decades were the start of youth using the
    clothes that they wore to define themselves and to show the rest of the world were they
    stood on issues of the day. This “trend” never left. The fashions may have changed
    consistently over the years but the foundation remains the same. We are what we wear,
    we choose clothing to reflect a certain quality, or lack thereof, up to this very day. We
    have the designers of the fifties and sixties to thank for the freedom of expressing
    ourselves through fashion.

    Yves Saint Laurent first influenced fashion when he became head designer at
    Christian Dior after the designer's untimely death. In 1962 YSL created his
    own label which contributed to many of the decade's fads, including the
    Mondrian shift dress, safari jacket, pea coat, and le smoking tuxed

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