Fashion Forward Fashion Forward is a humanities course, where we look at how social and historical events in the United States shaped women’s fashion. Guiding Question: Can fashion move an entire generation forward? Unit 1: 1920 The Modern Era This post world war 1 fashion, was the first time women left restricting garments behind and adopted more comfortable, freeing garments. Short skirts with slits all over, fabric patterns that were unthinkable and lots of bling. For the first time in history, the womens fashion industry allowed the woman to express herself more openly, no more skirts to their ankles, and no more covering the shoulder. The very beginning of a modern era. Unit 2: 1950 The Big Setback As men we're away during World War II, women took over the workplace, and took over the place of the man. Women’s fashion consisted of comfortable clothing like suits and shirt dresses, and even began to regularly wear pants, especially to work. Now with the men back from the war, they would also be back to their workplace. This creates chaos in the womens fashion industry in the 1947, creating the “New Look” that would later dominate the next decade. It consisted of very mature, glamorous and very put-together dresses, skirts and undergarments. Creating a big setback in the womens fashion industry. Unit 3: 1970 The Fashion Revolution For the first time in the Fashion Industry, we saw both male and female reflect the same insterest in fashion, both sex’s showed interest in the general silhouette the 1970’s offered. The Civil Rights Movement encouraged other groups to grasp at their own freedoms, which consisted of self-expression through fashion. Women's Liberation loosened the structures of uncomfortable undergarments and women's wear in general. The Gay Liberation Movement led to gender bending styles which left the young generation to break gender stereotypes and lead a revolution into the new fashion eras.
P1: clothing is entirely a reflection of who you are P2: Women’s fashion history represents oppression and liberation. Conclusion: The history of women’s fashion, inspires self expression. I declare my right to study “Fashion Forward”