Dresses

Summer 2016: Sprucing Up Your Kid’s Closet Scenic trips to the beach, spending time at the grandparents’ place, attending camps, and setting up lemonade stands — these are but few of the activities kids look forward to every summer. Parents, on the other hand, have to make sure that their child is dressed comfortably for each and every event. Children’s clothes for summer 2016 need to be cool enough for the weather while allowing the kid to run and play freely. Anticipating fun and possibly…

Similarly to the 19th century, long dresses give off a sense of superiority and elegance. They can loosely drift to the floor and be followed by a small trail of fabric called a “train” to demonstrate maturity. They can also be full of volume, short, and end around the knees for a sign of adolescence. Sleeves vary greatly today. Some dresses have no sleeves, and instead are tight around the top of the bust and the circumference of the back…

destructive, negative force” (1984:99). In this, there are certain culturally accepted exemptions from the idea that sex is negative such as, marriage or for the purpose of reproduction (Gayle 1984:99). However, the sex-scene between Kevin and Jane in 27 Dresses (2008) is not exempt from the notion of sex negativity due to culturally unacceptable variation of a sexual…

In the 1920s there were two different styles among the younger generation of women. The Gibson Girls, and more commonly known, the Flapper. Before WWI, Gibson women had been the normal style, for an average American woman. According to PBS.org, the Gibson Girl “was a figment of the imagination and product of the pen of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson”(PBS.org); she was society’s ideal woman of the 1900s. Men expected women to sit around and wait for him to pursue a relationship with her, but she…

In the Renaissance, there were laws called the Sumptuary Laws that allowed certain people to wear specific types of clothes. The lower class wore linen, which is a fabric made from flax seed fiber. The upper class wore nicer clothes made of silk, satin, and velvet. Cotton was made back in the Renaissance, but it was prohibited in the Elizabethan England to protect the wool industry. It was not until cotton farming in the United States and Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, that cotton…

women underneath a Zouave jacket made of silk or velvet , they wore these things all the time if they were not wearing dresses. Around the late 1850’s the pagoda dress had slit open sleeves they were cut down the middle it was to widen the the sleeves. The Garibaldi jacket meant for outer wear , it was short and made of scarlet cashmere. Evening dress the sleeves on the dresses were ruffled , short , and puffed with a bertha collar to cover…

Clothing – Lolita Fashion Lolita Fashion is fashion sub culture which is based on the Victorian era of clothing, this fashion movement came out during the 90s in Japan as a form of radical street style, with the taste for the Hello Kitty cuteness like a doll with head gear, make up, ribbon & frilly skirt and lace. Lolita fashion is believed to be partly created as a movement against this growing trend. Followers of this fashion movement simply like to express themselves using the terms of cute…

People often wonder how women in the Elizabethan era wear prodigious dresses. Women in the Elizabethan era have derived their vogue from men's clothing. Women in the Elizabethan Era often wore dresses, but what many people do not know is that the methodology of getting those dresses on are complicated. Some of these pieces of attire are smock, stockings, and corset. The first thing women formulate on in the process of putting on their dress is to put on a smock, smock is an inner piece of…

the world's Gross Domestic Product (Strijbos, 2018). Everyone is a participator in this huge industry, people keep buying clothes and getting rid of the old ones, because they are out of style or there are few chances to wear like wedding suits or dresses. However, nothing can stop people spending money on clothing, especially women. Women are more active than men in buying clothes, in order to have a nice appearance or to follow the fashion, clothing is, and will always be the first priority…

of Art, as evidences of Worth’s success in the fashion industry. Worth designed dress from prominent figures from all around the world, who would frequently visit the House of Worth to design their morning, afternoon, evening dresses, tea gowns, nightgowns, wedding dresses, masquerade ball, and even stage costumes. I speculate Worth’s success to his competence of making his costumer feel special…