The Fashion Industry Throughout the 20th Century in the United States:
As we all know the world of fashion changes constantly with new emerging trends, in this particular post I am going to discuss six different major phases in the fashion world during the 20th Century. The first one being the haute couture era that lasted from 1900-1920: In the early 1900s women liked to flaunt their low busts, and curvy hips. The skirts worn were usually long and full, and pants were not worn at all by women. From 1910 to the beginning of WWI, dresses and skirts began being slimmer and straight, also, fashion designers began altering the length of the dressed and skirts to show more revealing parts of the body. The second time period is known as the modern era that lasted from 1920-1940 during this decade women began to wear shorter skirts and pants. Dresses were created to fit the body well, in order to bring out the elegance in women. Also, during the 1930's designers created clothes that were able to differentiate day and night wear, however silk was the only fabric used. Afterwards came the rationed fashion and the new look that lasted from 1940-1960 during WWII, women weren't allowed to purchase a large amount of clothes, they had ration coupons to use for purchasing clothing. After the war designers were ready to set a new trend, they strived for elegance and luxury that had been ignored during the war. The new trend consisted of rounded shoulders, full skirts, and narrow waits. Following came the fashion revolution that lasted from 1960-1980: that time period witnessed a youth explosion which completely changed the fashion world, therefore a large variety of clothing became popular, clothing such as pants, miniskirts and jeans. It was no longer shocking for women to wear pants on a regular basis. The last period is known as the present era that lasted from 1980-2007. The present era involves a lot of rich people travelling across New York boutiques and fashion shows in Paris in order to get their hands on the designs first. However not everybody could afford that, therefore in the 1990's women had began to dress more comfortably: ripped jeans, tank tops, sweaters... Nowadays, there remains a large number of expensive designer store, yet women can still buy affordable casual wear at reasonable prices.
As we all know the world of fashion changes constantly with new emerging trends, in this particular post I am going to discuss six different major phases in the fashion world during the 20th Century. The first one being the haute couture era that lasted from 1900-1920: In the early 1900s women liked to flaunt their low busts, and curvy hips. The skirts worn were usually long and full, and pants were not worn at all by women. From 1910 to the beginning of WWI, dresses and skirts began being slimmer and straight, also, fashion designers began altering the length of the dressed and skirts to show more revealing parts of the body. The second time period is known as the modern era that lasted from 1920-1940 during this decade women began to wear shorter skirts and pants. Dresses were created to fit the body well, in order to bring out the elegance in women. Also, during the 1930's designers created clothes that were able to differentiate day and night wear, however silk was the only fabric used. Afterwards came the rationed fashion and the new look that lasted from 1940-1960 during WWII, women weren't allowed to purchase a large amount of clothes, they had ration coupons to use for purchasing clothing. After the war designers were ready to set a new trend, they strived for elegance and luxury that had been ignored during the war. The new trend consisted of rounded shoulders, full skirts, and narrow waits. Following came the fashion revolution that lasted from 1960-1980: that time period witnessed a youth explosion which completely changed the fashion world, therefore a large variety of clothing became popular, clothing such as pants, miniskirts and jeans. It was no longer shocking for women to wear pants on a regular basis. The last period is known as the present era that lasted from 1980-2007. The present era involves a lot of rich people travelling across New York boutiques and fashion shows in Paris in order to get their hands on the designs first. However not everybody could afford that, therefore in the 1990's women had began to dress more comfortably: ripped jeans, tank tops, sweaters... Nowadays, there remains a large number of expensive designer store, yet women can still buy affordable casual wear at reasonable prices.
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