Dresses

It takes us 20 minutes to drive from Cambridge to Boston. As I'm in the car, I stare out at the scenery of the cityscape. The tall buildings of downtown overshadows the sun, they consist of expensive shops and office buildings. The streets are filled with people rushing to get to stores for their over-the-top sales. Women are strolling along the streets with a child or two with them, while holding shopping bags, from the finest stores in the city. Elegant Silks is one of the top stores in the…

quite large families and all of the children in identical or similar outfits were quite a striking site. 2.2.3 Family Clothing in 20th Century Brother-sister dresses were most common in France. The fashion of dressing brothers and sisters in coordinated outfits-this usually meant an older sister and younger brother. While boys wore dresses, girls did not wear knee pants. It was uncommon at that time for girls to wear boys' clothes. Brothers and sisters might wear matching sailor outfits, with…

Organza Fabric Organza fabric is a lightweight, plain weave material with a crisp hand. It has an outstanding drape and is often used by tailors to create dresses and skirts with volume. Organza is also a very strong fabric, so do not be tricked by its sheer look. Organza is traditionally made from silk. Its cotton variety is called organdy, and it has similar properties to organza. Nowadays, you can find all kinds of organza fabric, both natural and synthetic. An everybody’s favourite for…

clothing, popular accessories, and hairstyles. First, the popular clothing in the 60s. Woman and men wore lots of colors. First is the womans fashion, in the 60s woman wore lots of dresses. They wore lots of dresses they even wore dresses made out of paper. They would sometimes tear or rip, but they actually wore dresses out of paper they were even disposable. The most common shoes…

Much of our work at Yelena's Tailoring & Alterations involves tailoring work for women’s clothes such as pantsuits, dresses, and skirts. Formal wear including wedding dresses is another specialty and we tailor wedding outfits for pregnant women. Our services for women benefit the customer enormously because they always flatter their shape and make them look beautiful. Buying ready-to-wear outfits rarely fits correctly, and the tailoring we do will make you feel better and more comfortable in the…

they dressed, straying away from the traditional appearance. This revolutionary period had a heavy influence on womens fashion today. Not only did women change how they dressed, but their entire appearance all together. They began wearing shorter dresses, exposing more skin, and cutting their hair shorter. This helped woman be more comfortable and made it easier to get work done and do everyday things. This shocked and angered many people. They found is disrespectful that so many women…

often get more viewers than the Oscar show itself! Celebrities go through hours of preparation in order to look that good. They employ hair and make-up teams for that special night, and pick out dresses sometimes months in advance. Of course, in their case they sometimes have designers throwing dresses worth thousands of dollars at them. Oscar Night can make or break a designer's career if they have the right celebrity wearing their line. In reality though, most of us are not celebrities. We…

accentuating what is already on a human body. In fact, the affects from this period in time leave visible marks on modern day fashion. Sensible fashion from the 1930’s are shown through recorded descriptions of clothing for women, men, and children. Women’s dresses in the 1930s were starting to be less…

In the 1930s women were expected to wear dresses during every occasion. It was common for women to wear dresses in the home and the work place. If a woman wore anything other than a dress they were considered to be acting unladylike. Young girls often wore short-sleeved dresses during the summer and long-sleeved dresses during the winter (Bryan). On the other hand young boys wore button shirts, blue jeans and overalls. The author…

There were dramatic changes after the first world war there wasn 't just one new change there was numerous changes. People at that time would often call this time period the roaring twenties, era of the flappers, and/or the Jazz age. (A New) During the twenties, women started to change how they appear, what they did what influences them as well. Many thought it was acceptable that it was happening and others didn’t like that women were changing. America was changing, why couldn’t women change…