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How the millennium changed fashion as we knew it

July 3, 2009 No Comments

Many of us remember the Millennium as a big celebration and a party that went on for a good few days after (and for some of us before 2000 hit). But what did the Millennium bring for the fashion industry. Well, it started off seeming to be rather bleak. It was not the future that ...

1990′s and what changes happened in fashion

July 3, 2009 4 Comments

In the 1990s it was no longer the done thing to follow fashion slavishly, a sharp contrast to the highly á la mode ’70s and ’80s. The phobia of being underdressed was finally completely displaced by the fear of overdressing. Fashion in the ’90s united around a new standard, minimalism, and styles of stark simplicity ...

1980′s fashion

July 3, 2009 2 Comments

During the late twentieth century, fashions began to criss-cross international boundaries with rapidity. Popular Western styles were adopted all over the world, and many designers from outside of the West had a profound impact on fashion. Synthetic materials such as Lycra, Spandex, and viscose became widely-used, and fashion, after two decades of looking to the ...

A change in Fashion… 1970′s fashion era

July 3, 2009 No Comments

Perhaps the two most innovative fashion designers of the 1970s were Kenzo Takada of Japan and Sonia Rykiel of France. The undisputed star of Parisian fashion in the Seventies, Kenzo drew his inspiration from all over the world, mixing Western and Oriental folk influences with a fantastic joie de vivre and an instinctive understanding of ...

Mid-Twentieth Century Fashion

July 3, 2009 1 Comment

A few more ripples into the sea of fashion we know today! The Second World War created many radical changes in the fashion industry. After the War, Paris’s reputation as the global center of fashion began to crumble and off-the-peg and mass-manufactured fashions became increasingly popular. A new youth style emerged in the Fifties, changing ...

World War 1 Fashion Trends

July 3, 2009 3 Comments

Soon after the First World War, a radical change came about in fashion. Bouffant coiffures gave way to short bobs, dresses with long trains gave way to above-the-knee pinafores. Corsets were abandoned and women borrowed their clothes from the male wardrobe and chose to dress like boys. Although, at first, many couturiers were reluctant to ...

Early Twentieth Century Fashion

July 3, 2009 No Comments

Throughout the early 20th century, practically all high fashion originated in Paris, and to a lesser extent London. Fashion Magazines from other countries sent editors to the Paris fashion shows. Department Stores sent buyers to the Paris shows, where they purchased garments to copy (and openly stole the style lines and trim details of others). ...

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