Historical silhouettes

Clothing history silhouettes.

I hope I'm not chasing away any readers who don't have a specific interest in vintage fashion but I thought I would share some more thoughts about the upcoming 2015 Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge. If you look at sewing blogs in general, or at the 'Projects' page of Burdastyle or even at last year's Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge Pinterest board, the term 'vintage' most often seems to refer to 1950's styles. By which I actually mean clothes which were designed between 1947 and (roughly) 1965…

The leading fashion designers of the eighteenth century looked to the sixteenth century and later to classical Greece and Rome for ideas and inspiration. The eighteenth century silhouettes. Baroque, Rococo & Directorate.

This image is a full-body silhouette of a gothic woman on a plain white background. The silhouette exudes elegance and classic style, capturing the essence of gothic fashion. #gothic #woman #silhouette #fashion #classic #elegant #art

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A look at the history of how mens fashions have changed through the ages with silhouettes of clothing worn from 1190 to 1820.

The earliest recorded instance of corsets in history is from the Minoan people. The Minoans were a group of people who lived in proximity of Greece on the island of Crete around 1,000 BC. The earliest image of a corset comes from a figurine of the Minoan snake goddess where she is depicted wearing a corset-like garment. The Minoans and other Grecian people desired the image of a small waist, so corset-like pieces were worn to achieve this effect.