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The Edwardian Silhouette
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Characterized by the ideal "s-shaped" body/silhouette. Women were typically covered from neck to the floor in decadently-detailed fabrics, yet a curvacious shape was highly sought after and was achieved by wearing extremely tighly-laced corsets, which pulled the waist into an unnaturally small width and accentuated the curves of the breats and hips. -
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The changing trends in the silhouettes of women's fashion
A brief display and description of the changing trends in the silhouette's of western women's fashion throughout history and its social and politcal causes and effects -
The Flapper Silhouette
The Columnar Silhouette
Suddenly, it was out with the restricting corsets, in with the boyish frame and in with the skin and the beginnings of women's liberation. More and more women became free to dance, drink and socialize with men on their terms. Women also established a foundation in performing arts and began to dress in a way allowed them to be more in control of their sexual perception based on attire. -
The Early Glamour Days
The blending of ultra-femme and androgynous
The slender bodylines of the 1920's remained, but defined waistlines made a comback, minus the corsets. Glamourous gowns, furs and jewelry became the norm as well as the earliest emergece of the first female pants (though it was considered taboo), based off of the mens wide-leg trouser trend. Side-angled hats were also the accessory of about-town woman. -
Women for Utility-wear/ Dior's New Look
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Women's fashion shiftef to utilitarian-styled skirt/dress/jacket combinations, modeled after the square shoulders and crisp lines of military uniforms, which were typically homemade/altered garments intended to save resources during WWII. Post-WWII, Christian Dior premiered his "New Look" which took the functionalist combinations and incorporated a femme reimagining. -
Shape-shifting
The "Nipped" or the "Shift"
For the first time in fashion history, women were presented with many options in attire. While, the "nipped-in" waist and a-line skirt of Dior was still popular, pencil skirts and pants, trousers and capris, also made their appearance in the "hourglass-ideal" body-shape. However, the "shift-dress" of the 1920's was also brought back with a modern twist. -
The Patterened, The Political and The Free
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The early 1960's began with the "All-American" values imagery and Jackie kennedy-Onasis became the fashion icon. This was the beginning of politically-charged fashion. The boxy suit-dress of Jackie O quickly evolved to the "Mod" look and later to the hippie look, which involved eccentric patterns and cuts to often no clothing at all. The fashion reflected the war, music and even drug-scene of the time. -
Lapels, Polyester and Platforms, baby!
The Disco DaysClubs, Disco, dancing, new slang, new drugs, took the hippie-politcal-activism and it's free-love ideals and elevated it to a state of party-all-the-time glamour. The open-mindedness of the hippie lifestyle, left it's naturalistic roots and evolved amongst strobe-lights, disco balls and platform shoes- opting for the same care-free lifestyle, but no longer politcally-charged. -
Shoulder-pads, Athletic wear and Bold Color
Fashion as a Status Symbol
Technology and economic wealth were prevalent. Power suits with heavy shoulder-pads, bright colors and displaying althletic-wear became the trend. This showed intimidating business presence and an importance in physical-health, Most importantly, this is the beginning of women as a business power and thus, the womens' fashion closely mimicked the mens'. -
Angry, Poor and Passionate
While some designer names reigned far into the 1990's, a new wave of poorer, angsty young adults sought out to call out the gluttonous glamour of the 1970's and 1980's. For the first time, it was more socially acceptable to be poor (as long as you were creative or outspoken enough. Being drug-addict skinny was ideal and the glamour, glitter clubs of the 1970's became dirty punk clubs for artists to express their frustrations in the post-thriving era. -
Tacky, Trendy, Throwback and So Much More
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Obviously, fashion of the 2000's continues to evolve, but it also draws a lot of inspiration from previous decades. No matter what the trend, much of it is a reimagining of years and years of politcal struggles, societal issues and desginer ingenuity.
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