THE JUMPSUIT
Brief history The Jump suit has been around since 1919. It started of as an inovative way to allow more movement for aviators. It quickly became a part of fashion and the womens wardrobe. First worn as “lounging pyjamas� be the likes of Coco Chanel. (ref1) Women also wore the jumpsuits during the World War 2 as it was practicle and easy to move in as many women worked in factorys to help the war effort.
fig.3 fig. 1
fig.2 fig.4
fig.5
JUMPSUITS SPRING/SUMMER 2017 fig.6
One of this years Spring/Summer trends is the jump suit. It was seen on the catwalks. It is a strong look, whilst keeping things on the side of compfort. Whilst the Jumpsuit has always been a staple in a womens wardrobe it has made a very big comeback in recent years and it has stayed a recurring trend since it’s comeback.
spring/summer cat walk 2017
Whilst the evening wear looks elegant and effortless it still caters to the idea of compfort and the mobility of the person wearing it. The causal wear sticks more to the conventional image of a jumpsuit in its all most coverall look. fig.7
fig.8
fig.9
Highstreet brand - Boohoo
fig.14
The jumpsuits from Boohoo cater both to casual wear and evening wear. For the casual wear a loose look is prefered for compfort and mobility. On the other hand the evening wear is more fitted and elegant. Boohoo’s target audience is young adults from the age of 18 onwards.
fig.10
fig.12
fig.11 fig.15 fig.13
Designer Jumpsuits: The designer wear is more catered towards a slightly older audiance keeping a classic Hollywood look, as such the clothing designed is more party wear than a casual everyday look. The designer Jumpsuits are very well fited and as such are extremley elegant.
fig.17
fig.18
fig.16
Safiyaa
Temperley Stella Mcartney
Dhela fig.19
Trickle down or Bubble up effect ?Target audience? “Some fashion trends come and go, very few have the staying power. However the jumpsuit has adapted and evolved over the years, and is now an iconic piece of clothing that will never go out of fashion.� - rockthejumpsuit.com
fig.21 fig.20
Whilst looking at this trend it is easy to see that this trend came first from the general public and bubbled its way up to the catwalks. The fact that people wear this as casual everyday wear and as evening wear shows the fexibility of such a garment. The Jumpsuit is a recuring trend partly due to the flexibilty and practicality of this garment is. That is why it started with the general public and then ended on the cat walks.
Adam Lippes Spring 2017 Ready-to-Wear collection. fig.23
fig.24
Target audience: The Casual Jumpsuit is aimed at young adults who are fashionable yet practical women. The Evening wear jumpsuit is aimed more at sophisticated party goers, slightly older than the young adults.
fig.22
DKNY Spring Summer 2017 SS17 Ready-to-Wear collection - New York Fashion Week
Politics and jumpsuits.
fig.26
fig.25
Over the last couple of years there have been lots of developments on the point of gender. Today there are many genders and there is a big emphasis on gender fluidity. This as had a massive impact on fashion over the last few years, whilst alot of clothing has remained distinctive as to which gendre they belong to, there has been more clothing that has become less distinct toward which gendre the clothing is aimed at. As more and more barriers are broken in this area, as it becomes more apperent in fashion with more and more androgynous models being scouted for their talents on being able to portait one sex or both sexes at the same time, there has been an emphasis on gender fluid clothing. (ref 2, 3) The jumpsuit can appeal to this area of androgony as it combines both top and bottoms. As such it can be designed to both genders.
fig.27
Bibliography:
vogue.it/en/news/encyclo/fashion/j/jumpsuit rockthejumpsuit.com (ref 1) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/ gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans (ref 2) https://mic.com/articles/147925/these-designers-are-creating-genderfluid-fashion-that-celebrates-all-bodies#.RADHOoEny (ref 3)
Image sources:
fig.1 https://www.sosandar.com/stylenews/history-of-the-jumpsuit/ fig.2 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/524387950337329374/ fig.3 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/440297301045128885/ fig.4 https://timeline.com/the-army-is-refusing-to-give-a-wwii-aviatrix-aproper-military-burial-at-arlington-f9355819111e#.hhg584sop fig.5, 6, 7 https://www.wgsn.com/content/board_viewer/#/68685/page/14 fig.8 http://en.vogue.fr/fashion/fashion-inspiration/diaporama/ pe2017-spring-summer-2017-trends/ 37812#combi-pantalon-les-tendances-mode-de-la-saison-printemps-ete-2017 fig.9, 10, 11, 12 http://www.boohoo.com/restofworld/clothing/ jumpsuits/icat/jumpsuits fig.13, 14, 15 http://www.boohoo.com/restofworld/clothing/jumpsuits/icat /jumpsuits#esp_cf=pdxtocc&esp_filter_pdxtocc=going%20out fig.16, 17, 18,19 http://www.harveynichols.com/womens/all-clothing /jumpsuits-and-playsuits/ fig.20https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/235876099210135281/ fig.21http://wearingittoday.blogspot.co.uk/2015_04_01_archive.html fig.22http://evoke.ie/style/fashion-fix/culotte-jumpsuit-fashion-style fig.23https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/308707749441117466/ fig.24 https://za.pinterest.com/pin/46872fig.256273701501269/ fig .25 http://www.idiva.com/news-style-beauty/all-in-one-jumpsuitsthat-are-100-sfw/16071275 fig .26 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/122863896057457569/ fig. 27 http://www.inonit.in/dress-androgynous-look-feminine