Paper Outline:
Introduction:
The Evolution of Women’s Fashion in the Past Century was Influenced by Social, Political and Cultural Factors.
The Social Factors include:
Society and its views towards women’s fashion.
Because different societies have different social standards for women’s dress code, the type of society determines what the standards are for women’s dress code, however, that also depends on the time period. A common example of this would be women wearing oppressive corsets in the early 1900’s and then by the 1920’s, the flapper dress came in style. With the corsets being worn to form a desired shape for women’s body, the idea changed to free and liberating flapper dresses. With time, the society changed, and therefore, the dresscode …show more content…
During the years earlier in the past century, the roles of women have faced major shifts and turns. Women went from being housewives, caregivers or having most of their work being at home to picking up the roles of men. With that being a huge change, the way women dress depends on what their roles are, work-wise. In the book Dress Codes, Ruth P. Rubinstein, the author mentioned that “Rejection of the traditional female role has usually been accompanied by a change in dress” (pg. 99). This is to say that when moving from the role of being a housewife to having an office job, women who wore what was considered housewife fashion started to wear what is considered office style …show more content…
For example, if in a society where women were surrounded by philosophies that derived from Christian ideas, that affected the way their clothing would look. To put it in another context, take for example some Islamic societies. Women are expected to cover their heads and wear clothing such as the hijab and long gowns that would show less of their bodies, unlike other societies. In the book Fashion as Communication, author Malcolm Barnard mentioned that certain dress and clothing, whether worn on a daily or temporary basis, can indicate whether a person is affiliated with a specific religious group (pg. 67). In account of that, we can consider another society where the political philosophies are based upon a certain religion. That affects women’s fashion, once
Introduction:
The Evolution of Women’s Fashion in the Past Century was Influenced by Social, Political and Cultural Factors.
The Social Factors include:
Society and its views towards women’s fashion.
Because different societies have different social standards for women’s dress code, the type of society determines what the standards are for women’s dress code, however, that also depends on the time period. A common example of this would be women wearing oppressive corsets in the early 1900’s and then by the 1920’s, the flapper dress came in style. With the corsets being worn to form a desired shape for women’s body, the idea changed to free and liberating flapper dresses. With time, the society changed, and therefore, the dresscode …show more content…
During the years earlier in the past century, the roles of women have faced major shifts and turns. Women went from being housewives, caregivers or having most of their work being at home to picking up the roles of men. With that being a huge change, the way women dress depends on what their roles are, work-wise. In the book Dress Codes, Ruth P. Rubinstein, the author mentioned that “Rejection of the traditional female role has usually been accompanied by a change in dress” (pg. 99). This is to say that when moving from the role of being a housewife to having an office job, women who wore what was considered housewife fashion started to wear what is considered office style …show more content…
For example, if in a society where women were surrounded by philosophies that derived from Christian ideas, that affected the way their clothing would look. To put it in another context, take for example some Islamic societies. Women are expected to cover their heads and wear clothing such as the hijab and long gowns that would show less of their bodies, unlike other societies. In the book Fashion as Communication, author Malcolm Barnard mentioned that certain dress and clothing, whether worn on a daily or temporary basis, can indicate whether a person is affiliated with a specific religious group (pg. 67). In account of that, we can consider another society where the political philosophies are based upon a certain religion. That affects women’s fashion, once