Quote: "But clothes are more than what we wear, Adler said. "Clothing is a paradox. It conceals you, but also reveals a lot about your personality. Clothing expresses the essence of our soul."
Middle Ages...erotic messages and sensations...the importance of getting married and appealing to males during this time
19th century...little more showing of skin...formal dances mean westernization
20's...more revealing, exposing clothes...roaring 20's time of happiness and carefreeness, World Wars, Woman's Liberation Movement...hemlines raised to conserve material as an effect of wars (and cant be reversed)...flaper girl...women took on men's jobs so more independent and free...questioned values of older generation from aftermath of war and discredited values so society became youth oriented
Quote: "Several avant-garde fashions, like women's trousers, and short hair, decried before the war as sinful and ugly, were promoted as practical fashions for war work."
- Quote: "But clothes are more than what we wear, Adler said. "Clothing is a paradox. It conceals you, but also reveals a lot about your personality. Clothing expresses the essence of our soul."
http://womensfashion.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_evolution_of_western_womens_fashion- Middle Ages...erotic messages and sensations...the importance of getting married and appealing to males during this time
- 19th century...little more showing of skin...formal dances mean westernization
- 20's...more revealing, exposing clothes...roaring 20's time of happiness and carefreeness, World Wars, Woman's Liberation Movement...hemlines raised to conserve material as an effect of wars (and cant be reversed)...flaper girl...women took on men's jobs so more independent and free...questioned values of older generation from aftermath of war and discredited values so society became youth oriented
- 60's...swimsuits more revealing
http://www.costumes.org/Classes/fashiondress/WW1toWW2.htm- Quote: "Several avant-garde fashions, like women's trousers, and short hair, decried before the war as sinful and ugly, were promoted as practical fashions for war work."
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RxnRtj00N3cJ:www.123helpme.com/view.asp%3Fid%3D23655+economic+effects+on+women%27s+clothes&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ushttp://www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=926
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm