Fashion capital

The Decades Hairstyles change over time just as women’s minds are constantly having new ideas adding to the fashion ideas of that specific period. The 60s to now have distinctive styles that represent each time era. Are the hairstyles in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s still ones that show up in current day hairstyles? 1960s brought several popular hair ideas into the world. Like most fashion trends, celebrities and movie stars also influenced hairstyles in the 60s. Hair was just big. According to…

When it comes to the topic of style, most of us readily agree that the clothing worn during the Anglo-Saxon times compared to the twenty first century is incompatibly different. Where this agreement usually end, however, is on the question of “did they dress appropriately according to there time period?” Whereas some are convinced that the style was tasteless and rare, others maintain that this was “normal”, but what exactly is normal. My own view of Anglo-Saxon dress is that it was unique and…

The Great Depression Two sides of fashion • Poor vs very rich • Economic depression of Western world vs • 1930’s elegance, clothing trends determined by very wealthy, movie stars, celebrities, Hollywood • Combination: Simplicity & elegance The Great Depression on women’s fashion • Modesty both economically and culturally/fashionably • People felt less frivolous and adventurous with their clothing when enduring hard times; practical garments for daily wear • "Thrift is the spirit of the day.…

proliferation of uncanny fashions and creatively original toys the reoccurrence of their popularity into the 21st century created minimalistic surprise. The female fashions were designed to make ground-breaking statements to the male gender and the unique toys of the 80’s spurred a fascination like no other decade. Although the toys of the 80’s were different the fashion caused contradictory reactions. Outrageous, luminous and extroverted is the paramount description of 1980’s fashion. Though…

going through an identity crisis because of the vast difference and variety in garment styles. These observations of “excess” fall back on the ideologies of capitalism, and consumption which is a point that Susan Kaiser touches on in Fashion and cultural studies: Fashion and Culture in which she links the idea of consumption to “human desires for promise, pleasure, and…

Everybody is so worried about there clothing, like they always have to look better then everyone, no one realizes how much clothing and the creations of it has changed throughout history. Throughout history there here has been direct relationships between clothing styles and developments in clothing creation. It starts first with the Industrial Revolution, then the civil war, and lastly the 1920ish. Clothing creation has changed so much by that time because people started making their own…

Fashion was very important at the turn of the century but it wasn’t always painless. Women’s fashion was especially uncomfortable; outfits consisted of mostly of long, restrictive dresses - as many as four outfits a day for those who could afford that many expensive gowns, and for those who couldn’t they could purchase a pattern and sew a replica themselves. Either way, from the rich to the poor, under all of a women's outfits was the corset. Some men also wore corset-like garments called “body…

A fashion photographer is a photographer who highlights clothing and other fashionable products in different ways to make memorizable and standing out. They tend to work with models and designers. Some fashion photographers are possibly employed by fashion magazines, catalogs, advertising agencies, fashion houses, or maybe just self employed. If you want to become a fashion photographer you don't need an undergraduate degree to do so, not required. You can usually get more skills and advance…

this era came when women began taking over new positions in society, such as jobs outside of the home. This change was also mirrored in, and often influenced, the changes that were happening in women's fashion during the era. As Coco Chanel believed, “Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road." (Neel). Had these vast changes to women's roles and clothing not occurred, the life we have today would be…

Sheila J. Green developed an early interest in women’s fashion, and has been in the retail business for the past 30 years. She also uses her retail space to minister to women, particularly those battling with low self-esteem. She uplifts their spirits, through fashions from around the world while teaching the Word of God. She is a 1978 graduate of Escambia High School. Sheila attended Pensacola Junior College, before starting her career working with the Federal government. She was married…