7 - 100 Years of Fashion
7 - 100 Years of Fashion
7 - 100 Years of Fashion
- YEARS OF FASHION -
TRENDS OF
COSTUME HISTORY
DIOR
FENDI VERSUS
COUTURE
FW14 SS15
SS04
DOLCE &
VALENTINO CHANEL
GABBANA
COUTURE FW15 PRE FALL 13
FW13
ALEXANDER
CHRISTIAN LACROIX MARCHESA
MCQUEEN
COUTURE SS05 SS13
FW06
1890s- 1910s:
ART NOUVEAU/EDWARDIAN:
A reaction to the academic art of the
19th century, it was inspired by natural
forms and structures, particularly the
curved lines of plants and flowers.
GUCCI
SS14
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
ART DECO
>> GEOMETRY, LUXURY
>> SHORT HAIR, DROP
STEPHANE ROLLAND
WAIST, SHORTER DRESS
COUTURE FALL 2011
1920s - 1930S:
ART DECO:
The art deco style, which above all
reflected modern technology, was
characterized by smooth lines,
geometric shapes, streamlined
forms and bright, sometimes garish
colours.
STEPHANE ROLLAND
COUTURE FALL 2010
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
WORLD WAR 1
>> CONSERVATIVE
>> LONG TUNIC STYLE
(BY POIRET & CHANEL)
>> MILITARY / MEN
1914 - 1918: INSPIRED
WORLD WAR 1:
By 1914, the styles of fashion's first
great design genius, Paul Poiret,
obliterated the need for wearing tight
fitting corsets. Women were fulfilling
some jobs because the men were at war.
Many of the occupations demanded the CHANEL
wearing of uniforms, including trousers. RESORT 2018
A military look crept into the designs as
well with military style tunic jackets,
belts, and epaulets.
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
WORLD WAR 2
>> CONSERVATIVE
>> LOWERED
HEMLINES
1939 - 1945:
WORLD WAR 2:
Because clothes were rationed and
fabric was scarcer, the hem lines of
dresses rose to knee length. The
main sort of dress included features
such as an hour glass shape figure,
broad shoulders, nipped in high
waist tops and A line skirts that STELLA McCARTNEY
came down to just at the knee. FALL 2013
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1950s:
THE PIN-UP GIRL:
They are models with widely distributed,
mass produced photo spreads that
soldiers, teenagers, and many others
would display by "pinning" them up on
the wall. The term was coined in 1941
and became very popular throughout the EMODA
50s and 60s. These pin-ups were printed SS 2014
in magazines, newspapers, post cards, PIN-UP POSTERS
lithographs, and some girls even got their FROM 1950s
own posters.
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
SPACE AGE
>> AVANT GARDE
>> “SPACE” INSPIRED
FABRICS & CUTS
1960s:
MID 60s (THE SPACE AGE):
Space exploration's grip on the
popular consciousness during the
1960s contributed to a new fashion PACO RABANNE
philosophy, becoming a pool of design LINK DISC DRESS
inspiration. Chin-strap space bonnets,
flat ankle boots, and sleek, plastic-like
tech fabrics describe the space-age. PIERRE CARDIN
MOSCHINO
AVANT GARDE MASTER
TOM FORD
FW13 RTW
SS13
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS MOD FASHION
IN UK
MODS
>> PRIM & PROPER
>> “THE BEATLES”
1960s: AGE
HIPPIES
>> COLOURFUL PRINTS
>> FRINGES, ALLOWS
BODY MOVEMENT
1960s:
LATE 60s (HIPPIE):
Hippie clothing was often loose and
made of natural fibers like cotton and
hemp. Anything handmade like
macramé, was prized. Colourful tie-dye
style, bell-bottom jeans, preferably with HIPPIE ART
fringe at the ankle and flower patches,
peasant blouses, T-shirts, and even
GUCCI
halter tops also gained popularity. GUCCI FW08
FW17
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1960s:
TRENDIEST
FASHION
PIECES:
HIPPIES
>> COLOURFUL PRINTS
>> FRINGES, ALLOWS
BODY MOVEMENT
1970s:
DISCO FASHION
DISCO:
The popular disco music genre spawned
its own fashion craze in the mid-1970s.
Young people gathered in nightclubs
dressed in new disco clothing that was
designed to show off the body and shine
under dance-floor lights. SAINT LAURENT
FW17
CONTEMPORARY
GLAMOUR
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
HALSTON - 70s
GLAMOUR
>> COLOURFUL PRINTS
>> FRINGES, ALLOWS
BODY MOVEMENT
1970s:
STUDIO 54 & GLAMOUR:
Halston paved the way for what is now
known as the glamorous , exclusive
Disco era within the den that was
“Studio 54.” With fashion stalwarts
TOM FORD
such as Pat Cleveland, Bianca Jagger SS15
along with artists like Andy Warhol who
frequented this establishment, this was
the “IT” place in the 70s.
POP ART
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1970s:
TRENDIEST
FASHION
PIECES:
THE JUMPSUIT &
BELL-BOTTOMS
THE HOT-PANTS
ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS MADONNA
MJ / MADONNA
>> MILITARY JACKET
>> BODY SUITS
1980s:
MICHAEL JACKSON/ MADONNA:
King and Queen of Pop in the 80s,
namely, Michael Jackson and Madonna,
paved the way for 80s fashion scene’s
biggest trends through their stage
BALMAIN
glamour and their music. SS09
MICHAEL JACKSON
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
AEROBICS
>> COLOURS
>> BODY SUITS
>> LEGWARMERS
1980s: AEROBICS
AEROBICS:
In the 1980s, aerobics was super
trendy and so were the colourful
workout clothes. They included
lycra leggings, leg-warmers,
headbands and leotard
VERSACE
bodysuits. SS17
CONTEMPORARY
THEIRRY MUGLER
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1986
POWER DRESSING
>> BROAD SHOULDERS
1980s: >> “MANLY” SUITS
POWER DRESSING:
Power dressing, the wearing of
expensive business clothing to indicate
status, became fashionable among
working men and women in the United
States and Great Britain during
CALVIN KLEIN
the 1980s. At a time when jobs were FW17
plentiful and businesses were
thriving, power dressing enabled people
to convey an image of success. GIORGIO ARMANI
1980
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS PREPPY KIDS
PREPPY
>> RICH, POPULAR
SMART KIDS
>> EXPENSIVE
1980s: SCHOOLS
PREPPY:
This fashion style was typical of a
pupil or graduate of an expensive
prep school, especially with reference to CYNTHIA STEFFE
their neat style of dress. FW10
CHARLOTTE
SEX IN THE CITY
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1980s:
1990s: SCHOOLS
GRUNGE:
Embraced by Generation X as an anti-
fashion, it contrasts from the flashy
excessiveness of the 1980s.Grunge
fashion is characterised by durable
and timeless thrift-store clothing,
often worn in a loose, androgynous
manner to de-emphasise the silhouette.
DREW BARRYMORE
DRIES VAN NOTEN POISON IVY
SS13
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
1990s:
NEON COLOURS: SPICE GIRLS
Derived from the psychedelia in 60s to
pop art craze in the 70s, neon seeped
into fashion naturally, after evolving
from its predecessors where day-glo
and fluorescent colours became the
hottest fad of 80s-90s.
CONTEMPORARY
FASHION HISTORY’S TRENDS
2000s:
2010s:
ANDROGYNY TECH-INSPIRED