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This presentation will This presentation will provide a visual of the provide a visual of the eras described in the eras described in the

first paragraph, so first paragraph, so while reading about while reading about these eras and their these eras and their evolution to create evolution to create

fashion freedom, you fashion freedom, you will have some idea of will have some idea of what the clothes look what the clothes look

like!like!

The The VictoriVictorian Eraan Era

• Dresses were the Dresses were the social standard social standard for womenfor women

• Dresses had a Dresses had a conservative cutconservative cut

• Corsets were Corsets were always wornalways worn

• Crinolines were Crinolines were usedused

• Dresses generally Dresses generally had many frills had many frills and rufflesand ruffles

• Dresses were Dresses were always longalways long

The The Roaring Roaring TwentiesTwenties

• Women liberated Women liberated themselves by themselves by cutting their hair cutting their hair and no longer and no longer wearing Victorian wearing Victorian clothingclothing

• Hemlines were Hemlines were shortened shortened dramaticallydramatically

• Corsets and Corsets and crinolines were crinolines were abandonedabandoned

• Dresses were Dresses were flowing and flowing and comfortablecomfortable

• Black became a Black became a common color in common color in clothing; it was clothing; it was no longer used no longer used solely for solely for mourning mourning purposespurposes

• Social standards Social standards for clothing for clothing weren’t as tightweren’t as tight

• The flapper, with The flapper, with her bobbed hair her bobbed hair and short skirts, and short skirts, became a 20s became a 20s style iconstyle icon

The The 1940s 1940s and and

1950s1950s

• Because of Because of rationing, women’s rationing, women’s clothes had to clothes had to have less fabric have less fabric during World War during World War IIII

• This led to short, This led to short, skirts jacketsskirts jackets

• Sheath dresses Sheath dresses replaced flowing replaced flowing onesones

• Women rarely Women rarely wore pants during wore pants during these decades; it these decades; it was looked upon was looked upon as oddas odd

The The 19601960

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• The shorter skirts The shorter skirts from the 1940s and from the 1940s and 1950s stayed 1950s stayed

• Clothes came in Clothes came in brighter colorsbrighter colors

• In 1966, Mary Quant In 1966, Mary Quant came up with the came up with the idea of the miniskirtidea of the miniskirt

• Pants become Pants become commonplace for commonplace for womenwomen

• The mod and hippie The mod and hippie subcultures subcultures emergedemerged

• Twiggy become a Twiggy become a fashion iconfashion icon

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The The 19801980

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• 1980s fashion 1980s fashion tended to be tended to be rebellious, rebellious, colorful, and crazycolorful, and crazy

• People used People used fashion to express fashion to express themselvesthemselves

• Clothes often did Clothes often did not matchnot match

• No conservative No conservative fashion here!fashion here!

• Leggings, Leggings, legwarmers, and legwarmers, and anything brightly anything brightly colored was in colored was in stylestyle

• Lots of glitz!Lots of glitz!

The The 1990s1990s

• 1990s fashion 1990s fashion was more subtle was more subtle than 1980s than 1980s fashionfashion

• It was more It was more minimal (not as minimal (not as much glitz)much glitz)

• Oversized t-shirts Oversized t-shirts and sweatshirts, and sweatshirts, overalls, wind overalls, wind pants, straight-pants, straight-leg jeans, and leg jeans, and baggy jeans were baggy jeans were popularpopular

Modern Modern FashionFashion

• Uggs, layering, Uggs, layering, printed clothes, printed clothes, leggings, Bermuda leggings, Bermuda shorts, and ripped shorts, and ripped jeans are popularjeans are popular

• It has components It has components from many decades: from many decades: leggings from the leggings from the 1980s, Bermuda 1980s, Bermuda shorts from the shorts from the 1960s, and printed 1960s, and printed clothes from the clothes from the 1960s1960s

• ““Green fashion” Green fashion” (clothes made from (clothes made from organic materials) organic materials) has also seen an has also seen an emergenceemergence

See how much fashion See how much fashion has changed the last has changed the last

100 years? It makes you 100 years? It makes you wonder how much it will wonder how much it will change in the next 100 change in the next 100

years…years…

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