Fashion

Change in Women’s Measurements

February 24, 2012 Fashion

Women’s fashion is the center of the clothing world. However, the evolution of women’s fashion and the cuts of clothing marketed to women are tightly bound to their social standing in society. The degree of freedom, equality, and openness has a near direct correlation on women’s fashion. Charting the course of that evolution is an [...]

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Memorable hairstyles in Movies

December 26, 2011 Fashion

There is always that one aspect a person thinks of first when talking about a movie. Sometimes it’s a particular character. Or maybe it’s a specific line or even an outfit. But in this case, there are just some movies where the most memorable attribute you take with you by the time the credits role [...]

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80′s and 90′s Fashion

September 30, 2011 Fashion
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Oh, how the trends of decades past come back to haunt us. Have you ever taken a photo album out to show friends, only to be completely flabbergasted by your fashion choices in the pictures? Ever look back, shake your head in disbelief and say to yourself, “What was I thinking?” If you were up [...]

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Women Dress in the 60s & 70s

September 23, 2011 Fashion
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Few fashion eras are as iconic and endearing as the 1960s. Coming about during a time of great social change and unrest, the fashion of the 1960s mirrored these changing attitudes with a style greatly set apart from previous eras of fashion. There was a great degree of diversity in the dress style of fashion [...]

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Fashion of the 40′s and 50′s

September 16, 2011 Fashion
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For lovers of vintage fashion, the decades of the 1940’s and 50’s are rich with inspiration. Rarely in fashion history have we seen such a wide range of styles, from austerity to excess. From 40’s motto of “Make Do and Mend,” men’s and women’s clothing traipsed boldly into the realm of rockabilly, the beginnings of [...]

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Fashion in the 20s & 30s

September 9, 2011 Fashion
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Each decades brings with it a new fashion sense that is both influenced by what has come before and is consciously aware of its current surroundings. This is especially true for men and women’s fashion in the 1920s. Coming into a climate of drastic economic growth and the diminishing memory of the First World War, [...]

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Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label

September 2, 2011 Books
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Anyone who’s seen a starlet on the silver screen of 1930’s cinema is doubtless familiar with the glamorous designs of Gilbert Adrian. A leading fashion and costume designer from the 20’s through the 50’s, Adrian’s creativity influenced the entire fashion world, all the way from Parisian couture designs to the day-to-day fashions worn by American [...]

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The History of Hats

August 22, 2011 Fashion
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Dorothy Parker once quipped, “It’s a small apartment, I’ve barely enough room to lay my hat and a few friends.” Trends often change, but home is where the hat is. Ever fashionable, hats and their wearers have evolved over time. From frivolous to dignified, fanciful to practical, hats are an indispensable element of any wardrobe. [...]

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Dandy Culture

August 19, 2011 Fashion
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Dandies are all about standing out and doing it themselves. It’s fitting really as dandies came about in late 18th and early 19th century England. These gentlemen were often wealthy individuals who had worked their way up the social food chain but were stopped by the invisible glass ceiling of the aristocracy. Dandies weren’t taken [...]

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50 Dresses that Changed the World

August 12, 2011 Books
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While I am certainly no fashion expert, I do have a cursory understanding of fashion to understand that there are some dress styles that undoubtedly revolutionized how women dressed, be it the 1947 Christian Dior “New Look”, the miniskirt, Jackie-O’s sense of style or Chanel’s forward thinking business attire. However, I never imagined that this [...]

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