The history of fashion

THE HISTORY OF FASHION

Period: 60,000 BCE to 2020

NEOLITHIC

6000 BCE

In the Neolithic the human being already knows how to spin and weave, but the clothes he uses are pieces of small dimensions, which do not adapt to the body.
Agriculture techniques and tools for harvesting are developed. In addition, the wheel was invented and vegetable fibers began to be used in order to weave fabrics such as linen, which was one of the best invented at that time.
Another important fabric of that time was wool, which did not develop in Europe until the Bronze Age.

ANCIENT EGYPT

3150 BCE

There are already vestiges of very elaborate garments in Egypt, with linen being its main material for making fabrics.
The base of her clothing was the shenti, a piece of linen that wrapped around her hips, fastened with a belt. Clothes were used exclusively from flax, although at the beginning reed and reed fibers were used, flax was imposed by the belief that it was purer, and it was cultivated exclusively for textile purposes. The preferred color was white, .

ARISIOS Y PERSAS

1814 BCE

The Assyrians wore woolen robes, the length of which depended on the social class, up to the knees of the common people, to the feet of the ruling classes.
The Persians wore brightly colored garments, highlighting purple and yellow, and adorned with colored drawings, generally circles, stars and flowers, in blue, white or yellow.

ANCIENT EMPIRE

1550 BCE

During the New Empire the calasiris appeared, a tunic fitted to the body, considered luxurious. The main feminine garment was the blouse, a long and tight tunic of a different color depending on the social position: white for peasant women, red or saffron for higher ranks.

NEAR EAST

1070 BCE

They used to dress in long woolen shawls of the skirt type, adorned with brightly colored stripes and with pleats and long tufts of fabric.

CLASSIC ANTIQUITY

510 BCE

In Greece linen, wool and cotton were used, and later silk, without seam or hem, accompanied by fibulae and belts.. + The most favored classes wore linen or fine wool dresses, called chitons, covered by a cloak called the himation.
In Rome wool, linen and silk were also used, sometimes intermingled
+ In the republican era, the subúcula arose,
+ There was also the stola, short-sleeved tunic, or the palla, or on top of which they could wear a cloak called a pallium, which was placed on them.

MIDDLE AGES

476 BCE

Germanic peoples who ended the Roman Empire introduced the practice of sewing clothing, and wore woolen garments.
Generally, the man wore two robes: + a fine thread as a shirt, called brial, + and another of longer wool, with narrow sleeves and fitted with a leather belt; + Also, he was wearing shorts and a cape. The woman also wore two robes, + the camisie, narrow sleeves interior, + and the stole, long to the feet and with wide sleeves; on top they could wear a cape, a cloak or a chlamid.

MODERN AGE

1496

In the Renaissance Italy the richest and most spectacular costumes in history appeared, with vivid colors .
In the 16th century, the short pants were like a breech, and the doublet continued to be used, along with layers of various types and ornaments such as the ruffle, a gathered lace fabric that covered the neck.

In the feminine outfit appeared the corset, which belted the waist, over a bell-shaped skirt called crinoline, made of fabric and horsehair, and reinforced with metal rings .

XIX CENTURY

1900

• The jacket was tightened to the point of not being able to fasten, the tailcoat appeared. In the 19th century, clothing was practically that of the "modern man
• The tailcoat was shortened and widened, taking the shape of the current jacket;
• the pants were wide at the top and narrowed to the ankle, the line appearing in front and behind;
• In women, the waist was lowered to the waist, with wide sleeves and shoulder pads, and wide skirts with wide flaps and trimmings.

21 st CENTURY

2000

Women's fashion was marked by French sewing.
In general, clothing has been simplified, as well as their sporty and urban appearance, have become more relevant.
In women's fashion
+: the skirts were shortened, the miniskirt appearing,
+ They began to wear pants like men, emerging the "unisex" fashion.
+ Towards the middle of the century, the opinions of fashion passed to the United States, which imposed a type of youthful, practical and sports fashion, exemplified in blue-jean or jeans.