“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening” (Chanel). Beginning in the 1950s, America's world was drastically changed. It was the time of the Post War Era and with the changing economy, politics, and society, it brought the change of fashion. The fashion world for teens and women in the 50’s was changed drastically with new innovations that shaped the styles of today; these innovations were caused by an economic boom, teenage independence, and a new found comfortability and a search for femininity in women's clothing. The end of the 40’s and World War II brought a newer and a better economy to the United States. Their economy …show more content…
Families were idolizing the simple life, they began encouraging their kids to attend and finish school. This era “created” teenagers. Now that they had the free time to socialize and have jobs, they became their own people. Before the war, teenagers were either kids or adults, there had not been an in between at the time. However, now that they were not having to cater to the war, they had their own lives to be themselves. The baby boom also helped in the creation of Teens, there were roughly 4 million babies being born a year and families were moving out of the city to the suburbs and at a certain age, they became teenagers because they were not yet seen as adults anymore. The end of the war also brought about a change in opinions over segregation. There were new civil rights movements led by Martin Luther King and spurred by Rosa Parks. There was a new push for equality between races and soon enough, the Supreme Court decided schools could no longer deny admittance to colored students. These movements were a step to a more united society. People in the American society were also becoming united over fashion. With the economic boom, there was a mass production of products and this included clothing. Clothing became less expensive and more available. Also, because women were in the workforce during the war, many stayed in the workforce and this gave families extra money. This closed the …show more content…
Dior’s “New Look”, created the emphasis on the hourglass figure that women desired and all had during this time. He brought back the femininity and poise women wanted after spending a decade in the factories working. Coco Chanel also made a huge comeback in the fashion world in the 50’s. Her new line created an elegant yet more comfortable and loose innovation to Dior’s line. Her clothing line was desired by women because of that. They got the glamor they dreamed of, while still getting the comfortability many women values from the 40’s clothing. Not only did Dior and Chanel have an extensive influence on the change of clothing during this time, there was also Cristobal Balenciaga who, much like Dior, emphasized figures. Rather than the hourglass figure that Dior favored, Balenciaga shot for a more slim waist, and while most women prefered Dior’s figure, other women cherished having a slimmer and smoother looking waist. Balenciaga was also the creator of the, now popular, three fourth sleeves. Other designers began creating and providing the clothing needed for the teens to create their own identities. Whether it was the rebellious look, poodle skirts, or the nicer and preppier look, designers began to design clothes that catered to the youth style for the first time as well as changing the look for
One of the main waves of music of the time was a calmer more gentle rock. A major band called The Beatles were so popular during this time it was called Beatle Mania. The Beatles were one of the numerous bands coming to America either many more would coming getting the title of the British invasion. During the 1960s America’s economy was greatly increasing. This time period focused on the housing and computer industry which overpowered automobiles, chemicals, and electrically powered consumer durables, which were the leading sectors in the 1950s. Agriculture fell from 19.2 to 7.5 percent, minimum wage increased from $1.00 to $1.25, and the unemployment of was around 6 percent. Another economic point is the growing middleclass. Between 1945 and 1960, the median family income, adjusted for inflation, almost doubled. Rising income doubled the size of the middle class. Before the Great Depression of the 1930s only one-third of Americans qualified as middle class, but in postwar America two-thirds did. Many middle class families of postwar America became suburban families. Of the 13 million new homes built in the 1950s, 85 percent were in the suburbs. The GI bill helped this growth greatly. Soldiers coming home from the war would have a government loan for a home or going to college. Making college more of a social norm. Which still effects society today making more jobs having a college degree required. The political culture focused more on containing communism with the theory helping this being called the domino theory “Military Intervention in Korea and Vietnam finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the falling domino principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration
The 60s was the period of time when the baby boomers began to grow up and supplement their own ideas. The post World War II Baby Boom created 70 million teenagers for the sixties. This youth swayed fashion into their own favor by moving away from the conservative fifties. Also the fads and the politics of the decade were also influenced by the new generation.
If we didn’t have fashion then a lot of people wouldn’t have jobs because there are a whole bunch of fashion designers out there, also all of the celebrities wouldn’t have name brand clothing because there would be no way to make them because we wouldn’t have designers. Fashion of the 1920’s played a very big role in today’s fashion. Including the material our clothing is made out of also the styles of clothing we wear. Many things women wear today first came from fashion in the 1920's. Flappers, shoe styles, and accessories are a few things that we wear today have came from. Many celebrities still wear some things that people wore in the 1920's including flappers. Have you ever wondered what the amazing fashion of the 1920's was like?
When most people think 1950’s the popular show “Happy Days” comes to mind; although, these were anything but happy days. The 1950’s were an era of prosperity, growth, and chaos in the United States; men were returning from World War 2 and many new babies were born. The population during this time was about 151,684,000 with an unemployment figure around 3,288,000 (Bradley). Industries began to expand in order to meet the needs for all the new people looking for work and thirty percent of the work force was in industry and commerce. Corporate America was emerging and corporation profits increased such that change could be seen on a macro scale. The economy was booming steady until the recession in 1957; although, this recession was nowhere near as great as the depression.
People were earning money in many different ways. They didn’t bother to think about how long the good times would last. They spent the money they should have been saving because of wartime shortages (Mike Kubic). More and more people could afford to buy the Model T because it was mass produced which made it cheaper in price. The houses source of light changed “...from coal power to electricity..” like what the world has today (Mike Kubic). America was revised to modernized ideas and methods. The United States went through positive changes for a couple of
To understand the role of Coco Chanel as a fashion revolutionary, it is important to understand the era that she lived in and how the world of fashion differed from the one we know today. In first span of the 1900s, stylish women desired dresses for just about anything they could think of, before noon dresses, afternoon dresses, evening gowns, and simpler dresses that were less occasion-specific. Even recreational and sporting activities such as skating, biking, and tennis playing required women to wear suits and corsets. The suits were jackets and very long skirts and were restrictive and uncomfortable, although very stylish (http://tirocchi.stg.brown.edu). During the 1900s clothes were made to show off women’s bodies
The future of women’s fashion is uncertain—in that shock value is harder to come by with each passing year. There is a concept in fashion that nothing is new, everything has been done before. This theory is coming closer to obvious reality, as fashion shows of recent years have visual throwbacks as late as the Victorian era. Although the direction is not yet decided, it is almost definite that women will use fashion as an important tool for expression and freedom in the future.
The 1960’s were one of the most influential time periods that the modern world has experienced from a variety of perspectives. Between the incredible advances in science such as the Space Race and birth control, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the emergence of the rock and roll band, the Beatles and catastrophic changes in fashion trends and even the treatment of minorities. The whole world was exposed to a decade full of both intriguement and unfathomable occurrences that the 1960’s had to offer. For Australia and the United States specifically, the fashion trends that ensued had lasting efforts in both countries for centuries to follow.
The fashion for the 1950s was a little different then the fashion in 2017. If a man worked he had to wear a Blue, Grey or Brown cloths that was there only choices of color. In 1950s if you was just a casual male that wear regular cloths was justed called fella but a boy who really wanted to dress up was called “Ivy League” or preppy. We both wear regular T-Shirts but the mostly would wear white one and we wear colored ones. In 2017, country boys wear nice boost with jeans. They also wear nice short sleeve shirts or khaki shorts, The shoes can either be some nice tennis shoes or some nice boots. I am able to wear them at school, going out with some girls or at church Sometimes. My style of cloths are not like the 1950s because we don't wear
Women and girls fashion in the 1990s is very distinct. While not quite as loud as the eighties, the nineties took that attitude and tried to be a little smarter and a little classier. Sometimes designers succeeded, sometimes they didn’t. Some common items of clothing from the 1990s: black leggings with oversized sweater, low heel shoes, flannel shirts, denim everything, t-shirts, sweatpants, skirts, Birkenstocks, solid colors, silk shirts, turtlenecks (under cardigans or sweaters), plain white Keds and army surplus clothing to name a few. Like most decades, fashion changed somewhat drastically from the beginning of the nineties to the end. The early nineties started off exactly like 1989, but by 1993, the 1991 look was “so 80s.” Simply put, nearly everyone had completely revamped their
Contributively, new fashions represent these new values, as designer Mary Quant elaborates, ‘’Fashion is not frivolous. It is part of being alive today’’. Therefore it can be stated that ‘historic events in society had a great impact on fashion in the 1960s’. This became evident with the feminist movement, the space race and the Vietnam War which all contributed to the destruction of social traditions which dictated fashion trends. To conclude, clothing styles reflected prevailing attitudes of the 1960s and produced new trends expressive of social change.
Generally, in the 60s people’s dressing was stilted, unattractive and confined (Tracy Tolkien., 2002). However, young people experienced the highest incomes period after the Second World War; therefore, they began to put more attention outside the basic human supply. Hence, the young boys and girls were start desired some fresh elements to add i...
London is the home of British fashion designers who have influenced fashion trend around the world. British fashion designers were believed by fashion designers around the world that British fashion designers stimulate the fashion trend. However they have one style which is more powerful than others and that is ‘street fashion’. Research shows that Street Fashion became popular between 1960 and 1970 (Tucker, Andrew, 1998). The style emerged from teenagers who lived during World War Two. This is because during the war, there were not many items to use and the government was forced to ration its citizens such as individuals had to divide some foods and clothes together. That why after the second World War, many young people tried to dissociate
particular taste. Specifically in terms of clothing, fashion refers to the trends and styles in garments. It is influenced by variables such as demographics, financial resources and media amongst other things. In this essay fashion throughout the decades will be compared to state whether it has changed with time or with influence. Firstly, the change in fashion from the sixties till the 21st Century will be discussed followed by the correlation between fashion and lifestyle and how Money, People and Media have influenced the Fashion timeline.
Every year, a new trend emerges that sparks a revolution. A revolution that not only gets rid of the old but brings in the fresh new thing. All across the globe, trends constantly change and the average appearance of a human being is never the same year after year. Celebrities, stylist, weather, and even technology influence these trends. Overall, just about anything can influence a trend to start. And the change of clothing will result from it. This trend or change is clothing is called fashion. Fashion is something that doesn’t seem that big in importance, but with proper research, anyone will soon realize that fashion and the fashion industry is a very important aspect of the economy and detrimental for the growth of it. Others will argue