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Handmade clothing in the 19th century
In the 19th century, clothing was handmande and everything was individual, Every dress/suit/garment would be taylored perfectly to fit the person exactly. -
Sewing Machine Invention Elias Howe
Whilst there have been many variations of the sewing machine through the years, credit is generally given to Elias Howe. Elias Howe was employed in a machinist's shop, where he had the opportunity to experiment with inventing a sewing machine. He successfully demonstrated his first sewing machine in 1846, and patented his lockstitch sewing machine on 10 September 1846 in New Hartford, Connecticut. -
VOGUE was founded
In 1892 Arthur Baldwin Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began growing its publication. He changed it to a bi-weekly magazine and also started Vogue overseas starting in the 1910s. He first went to Britain, and started a Vogue there, then to Spain, and then to France, where it was a huge success. The magazine's number of publications and profit increased dramatically under his management -
New inventions in 20th century
By the beginning of the 20th century—with the rise of new technologies such as the sewing machine, the rise of global capitalism and the development of the factory system of production, and the proliferation of retail outlets such as department stores—clothing had increasingly come to be mass-produced in standard sizes and sold at fixed prices. Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe and America, today it is an international and highly globalized industry, with clothing often des
