FASHION ERAS
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same” Coco Chanel
FASHION HISTORY
THE
50’s
There are two main silhouettes in 50s fashion – the wasp waist with full skirt and the slim fitting pencil skirt. Both are iconic 50s looks that prevailed until 1956 and can be portrayed as super sexy or fun and flirty – depending on how you wear them. The beauty of the 1950s era is that there is a ‘look’ that will suit any body shape – the more womanly the better Dior’s iconic ‘New Look’ arrived in Paris in 1947 and due to it’s vastly different shape to the war years – had an enormous impact on the fashion world. Style was now back on track, ironically picking up from where it left off before the pause created by the war. Dior created a succession of silhouettes he based on letter shapes – line A being an a-line silhouette derived from a widening towards the hem and was quickly followed by the Y-line, created by wide dolman sleeves tapering to a slim skirt. However, Dior’s initial look continued to dominate for many years with fashion looking nostalgically to the past with its boned bodices and full petticoats.
Style Icons:
Audrey Hepburn Marylin Monroe Sophia Loren Christian Dior Givenchy
THE
60’s
THE
60’s
The 1960s featured a number of diverse trends. It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. In the middle of the decade, culottes, go-go boots, box-shaped PVC dresses and other PVC clothes were popular. Women’s 1960s fashion was an extreme style and attitude from the start of the decade to the end. In the early years the fashion idol was Jackie Kennedy with her perfectly white pearls and tailored suit dresses. By the the middle of the decade supper model Twiggy had women freeing their minds and bodies into clothing that didn’t require any extra thought or effort. From modest to “there is no such thing as too short,” 1960s fashion was in many ways like the 1920s flapper revolution.
Style Icons: Briggitte Bardot Jackie Kennedy Twiggy Mary Quant
THE 70’s
Fashions of the 1970s were diverse, reflecting a new interest in clothing as self expression. No single look encompassed the decade which was a mixed back of hippie/Bohemian, retro, and punk. The general silhouette was long and lean with lots of hair, a look for both sexes that gave the era an androgynous appeal. This was the time for uni-sex hair salons, a time when platform shoes appeared for both men and women, and both sexes wore high waisted pants and shag haircuts. Early 1970s fashion continued 60’s themes of Pop Art, Op Art, and psychedelia with bold prints in bright colors and geometric designs. Bohemian styles of the hippies mixed Victorian with fantastic colors as well as with ethnic elements. Art Nouveau added a sinuous romance with the flowing natural lines of Mucha posters, then moved to Edwardian collars and long printed dresses with lace of ruffled bib fronts. Looking at photographs of people in flowing tresses, the look for young men and women was, essentially, the same.
Style Icons: Diane Von Furstenberg Farrah Fawcett Michelle Pfeiffer Goldie Hawn Peggy Lipton
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