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Elongated, shapeless, lower waistline, shorter skirt. Unfitted tube to low waist, over unboned corset.
Bodice
Various V-shapes, boat-shaped, low round. Kimono, raglan, dolman, long inset gathered into cuffs Ankle-, mid-calf-, and below knee-length; straight, flared Silk and wool jersey, crepe-de-chine, silk georgette Fur, embroidered ribbon, beaded and sequined embroidery. Bright, emerald green, acid yellow, royal blue, purple or pale and natural Large hats with drooping brims, brimless cloches, short gloves, small bags with chain handles, lightweight shoes.
Color
Accessories
Prohibition
Advancements in the textile and garment industries Ready-to-wear fashion Fashion Magazines
World War I
During the War, women entered the workforce to fill jobs left open by soldiers. After the war women continued to work outside of the home. Womens fashion altered to suit the workforce, constrictive undergarments such as whalebone corsets were abandoned to allow for an ease of movement Also with the lack of men due to the war and its aftermath, women began wearing more alluring clothing to attract a husband.
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Prohibition
Due to Prohibition, drinking took place in the home and women became included in drinking. Women soon began drinking in public at Speakeasies. This new social freedom was matched in fashion with new styles that were more scandalous, revealing, and freeing.
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Ready-to-wear fashion
Because clothing was now easily manufactured, stores began selling clothing, carrying outfits in a variety of sizes to fit almost any customer. Because Women were more frequently buying their clothing as opposed to making it(no tailoring), the style was dictated by fashion magazines. Stated following fashion trends.
Womens fashion moved away from the brash, daring style of the twenties towards a more romantic, feminine silhouette. SOME INFLUENCES ON FASHION The Movies
In 1903 Ist feature film released, The Great Train robbery. By 1920s Silent Films had become a part of everyday life. Film stars became fashion-setters. In 1927 sound comes to Motion- Pictures in The Jazz Singer.
After the great depression the Federal Government wanted jump start the economy. It was all about motivating the customer to buy. This is where the concept of redesign or reworking the product for styling came to the forefront. Major considerations for this concept were, pure aesthetics and market oriented consideration. So we had streamlined forms everywhere. New materials also made it possible like plywood, plastics and sheet metal. The ideal water droplet form minimized wind resistance. Spurred research in aerodynamics for planes and cars. With the onset of WWII and post war transitions a wave of consumption fueled consumer demand for new and better models. The concept of planned obselescence was built into American consumer goods
Wartime austerity lead to restrictions on the number of new clothes that people bought and the amount of fabric that clothing manufacturers could use. Women working on war service adopted trousers as a practical necessity. The nylon stocking was introduced in the US in 1940, to huge success, but later withdrawn as all supplies were needed for military uses such as parachutes.
Tailored suits had matching jackets and skirts, with jackets ending at the hip or below. The Chanel suit, a cardigan-style jacket and skirt made from wool jersey was very popular suits were belted, the belt was placed well below normal waist placement
Wool jersey suit from 1929 by channel
Evening dresses
Evening dresses grew shorter as daytime dresses grew shorter. Generally sleeveless, with deep V- or U- shaped necklines In 1919 Jeanne Lanvin introduced a bouffant skirt, reminiscent of the crinoline period. An evening dress of this type with a dropped waistline and full skirt was a popular alternative to the tubular silhouette. It was called the robe de style .
Evening dress
Beading was a popular means of ornamenting evening dresses and sometimes covered the entire dress. Evening dress of 1931 designed by madeleine vionnet & showing bias cut features that she favored.Dress is described as having fine embroideries in beads, tiny spangles jewels studs of metal thread on chiffon. Fashionable fabrics included chiffon, soft satins and velvets (and for the robe de style garments, silk taffeta). Geometric Art Deco designs were frequently used as fabric patterns
Outdoor Garments
The most characteristic coats closed over the left hip, often with one large decorative button or several small ones. Some coats, known as clutch coats, had to be held close as they had no fastening. Young women (and young men) wore raccoon coats for motoring or to football games. Fur and fur-trimmed capes and wraps were popular among the more well-to-do. Sweaters, long belted low, were popular as sportswear.
SLEEPWEAR
Night clothing consisted of either nightgowns or pajamas, both of which had long, straight lines.
Footwear
Short skirts caused women to focus greater attention on hosiery. Dark stocking or white continued in use, but as skirts grew shorter, tan or flesh-colored stocking replaced them. Heels of shoes were two to two and a half inches in height, toes pointed or rounded. Oxfords were worn, especially for sports. Dressy evening slippers were made of fabric or gold or sliver leather. Women wore Russianstyle wide topped boots.
A woman of the 'Roaring Twenties' is actually to be the image of a flapper. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s who showed disregard for conservative dress and behavior Flapper fashion embraced all things and styles modern. A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, a shorter than average shapeless shift dress, a chest as flat as a board, wore make up and applied it in public, smoked with a long cigarette holder, exposed her limbs and epitomised the spirit of a reckless rebel who danced the nights away in the Jazz Age. The French called the flapper fashion style the 'garconne'.
Influence of England
The Prince was the ultimate trend setter of the 1920s He often wore Oxford bags, extremely wide trousers, often reaching 25 inches at the knee and cuffed at the bottom.
Cardigan sweater, plusfours/oxford bags, argyle socks, wingtip shoes, club stripe tie.
Edward 8th Prince of Wales the major social mediator of fashion. Shown here in a suit and overcoat, ascot at the neck.
Hairstyles
Weddings
Brides wore long, doublelayered veils under their crown-trim caps Elaborate headpieces became very popular
Flapper Fashion
The Symbol of the Roaring Twenties, the Flapper, emerged in 1926 and embodied the decades modern fashion elements such as short sleek hair, a short shapeless dress, and a flat chest, and exposed limbs. (new breed" of young women) Flappers had a reputation that added to their style as well. Flappers smoked from long cigarette holders, applied makeup in public, and danced to jazz with reckless abandonment of propriety.
Flappers
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Mens Fashion
Suits
Inspired by Jazz! Long jackets and tight waists are seen for a time in the 20s
Shoes
Pointed toe shoes and t-straps were all the rage! Two-toned shoes made popular by Chanel.
Shoes
Formal patent leather
Casual two-toned
The most characteristic fashion trend from the 1930s to the end of World War II is attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s
White dinner jackets for men and beach pajamas, halter tops, and bare midriffs for women Fashion trendsetters in the period included the Prince of Wales and his companion Wallis Simpson (and such Hollywood movie stars as Fred Astaire, Carole Lombard and Joan Crawford.
Through the mid-1930s, the natural waistline was often accompanied by emphasis on an empire line.
Skirts remained at mid-calf length for day, but the end of the 1930s Paris designers were showing fuller skirts reaching just below the knee; this practical length (without the wasteful fullness) would remain in style for day dresses through the war years. Other notable fashion trends in this period include the introduction of the ensemble (matching dresses or skirts and coats) and the handkerchief skirt, which had many panels, insets, pleats or gathers. Full, gathered skirts, known as the dirndl skirt, became popular around 1945.
Men's neckties often had bold, geometric patterns as can be seen in this photograph taken in 1944
Golfing attire of 1930, worn by Babe Ruth and former New York governor Al Smith - State Archive of Florida.
Double-breasted suits have pocket flaps and functional buttonholes in both lapels. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934.
Photo of Walt Disney shows the padded shoulder and widening lapels of 1938.
Photo of Charles Spurgeon Johnson wearing a wide-lapelled suit with a striped necktie, c. 1940.
Writer William Saroyan wears the wide, patterned necktie fashionable in 1940.
Jazz bandleader Tiny Bradshaw wears a double-breasted suit with wide lapels and tapered trousers, accessorized with a large pocket square (handkerchief) and a patterned necktie, 1942
Designers
1920s - Designers
Paul Poiret vowed, I will strive for omission, not addition. This he did with dresses which hung from the shoulders to the wiast, with soft, silky, flowing, sheer fabrics. Coco Chanel made a hit in fashion using black and navy in simple frill-free designs. She said, Each frill discarded makes one look younger.
COCO CHANEL
By the 1920s, her fashion house had expanded considerably, and her chemise set a fashion trend with its "little boy" look. Her relaxed fashions, short skirts, and casual look was famous in that period. Coco Chanel introduced her signature cardigan jacket in 1925 .
Chanel herself dressed in mannish clothes, and adapted these more comfortable fashions which other women also found liberating.
Jean Lanvin
The Lanvin style embraced the look of the time, with its skillful use of complex trimmings, dazzling embroideries, and beaded decorations in light, clear, floral colors that eventually became a Lanvin trademark. By 1925 Lanvin produced many different products, including sportswear, furs, lingerie, men's fashion, and interior designs.
Jean Patou
Jean Patou invented the designer tie in the 1920s. He used women's dress material for his ties . He designed dresses for women.
The name came from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes,held in Paris. This exhibition, attracted 16 million visitors. The style it launchedreferred to at the time as "Moderne"proved to be a design turning point throughout the Western world. It was popularly considered to be an elegant style of cool sophistication in architecture and applied arts which range from luxurious objects made from exotic material to mass produced, streamlined items available to a growing middle class.
Art deco
Simple, Geometric and Abstract forms Stylized Sleek Intense colors
Although Previous design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and ultra modern.
Art deco
an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century including Cubism Russian Constructivism Italian Futurism Modernism Bauhaus Futurism as well as contemporary events, notably the discovery in 1922 of the spectacular treasures of Tutankhamen.. End of World War I indicated the beginning of a number of anti-art movements, such as Dada and the work of Marcel Duchamp, and of Surrealism. Artist groups like de Stijl and Bauhaus developed new ideas about the interrelation of the arts, architecture, design and art education.
ART DECO
In the late 1920s, a new streamlined design aesthetic dubbed Moderne, now known as Art Deco, combined cubisms geometric base with supple embellishments. Once again, textile patterns & fashion design echoed the trend. Shiny fabrics only enhanced the connection with the speed of modern life & art.
Yohji Yamamoto, 1991. This outfit resembles the costume designed by Pablo Picasso for the role of the manager in Parade, a ballet performed by ballets Russes in 1917.
surrealism
It means beyond the real Art movement began in 1920 Famous artist-spanish artist salvador dali,italian artist giorgio de chirico,french artist rene magritte Designer who fallowed surrealist movement in her cloths was Elsa schiaparelli She is the first one to use zipper in couture .she used them on pockets She used all the body parts like eye,mouths & hands in gar,ments in unexpected places on garments or in prints. Hat shaped like shoe Suits had butterflies as buttons