STREET TRENDS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED 2010

PAJAMA PANTS: 
Pajama pants were seen on the streets and are also seen in the Spring 2011 NY Fashion week. Everyone loves pajama pants because they are soooooo comfortable. It gives a very relaxed feel but pair it up with a tailored jacket and it looks very chic!!!

Pajama Pants found on the streets of Paris Nov. 23, 2010

 

Project Runway Fashion Show features Pajama Pants for Spring 2011

Francisco Costa Spring 2011 Pajama Pants

Michael Kors Spring 2011 Pajama Pants

CROPPED PANTS, ANKLE BOOTS AND PATTERNED SOCKS

New York Street trend November 24, 2010 with ankle boots, patterned socks and cropped pants.

Patterned socks by Yohji Yamamoto

Alexander McQueen 's Spring 2011 with cropped pants and ankle boots.

Ankle Boots are all the rage with Pattern socks are seen on the streets of New York just within the last few days!!! Ankle boots are big for fall and the spring!!! They can be worn with vintage outfits to dress up an old outfit and make it eclectic and modern. Ankle socks are huge with the boots!!!

1970's- Halston

HALSTON AND THE 1970'S

     Halston is best known for his minimalism to fashion in that he cut out everything but the bare essentials to create his designs. He used buttons and zippers sparingly and cut many pieces of fabric at 45degree angles to receive biased draped looks with silk like fabrics. He also popularized the shirtwaist dress, one shoulder garments, jumpsuits and halters. Ultrasuede wasn't used much in the 70's for clothing until Halston made this fabric useful for beautiful models and famous socialites. His garments were solid colors usually that hugged the body for beauty. His designs were classic and still look modern in the 21st Century.

History of Corsets

     THE GENEALOGY OF THE CORSET

1. The origin of the corset

     The first corsets can be found to have been dated all the way back to pre-historic times. Neolithic pottery has found in Norfolk, England that contained drawings of women wearing animal hides that were laced down the front.  Around 8000 B.C. humans gained more knowledge and wanted to live more civilized lives. They started to live in communities and developed a more disciplined way of life. Humans started living in houses and made pottery and started weaving. The Agava plant was used as both needle and thread in one. Humans used the Agava Plant as needles. The plant was also soaked leaving pulp stringy fibers as thread. They used a rock to clean the animal skins to prepare the hide for clothing. Needles from bone were also used to sew together skins. 

Prehistoric people used the agava plant as thread and needles to create clothing from animal skins.

 

 

 

2. Pre-Victorian Corsets

     

     Women in the 18th Century wore stiff corsets primarily made of whalebone. The look had over the shoulder straps and was lengthy compared to most corsets of today. The corsets were very stiff and alarmed many doctors of the time.

Pre-Victorian Corset

Pre-Victorian Corset

 

3. The Victorian Corset:  1837-1901

Early Victorian Corset

Late Victorian Corset

     This time period is set by the reign of Queen Victoria until her death in 1901. The corset became more elaborate due to prosperity of the time period in England. Gothic revival architecture gained momentum and the corsets became essential to nip the waistline with the current fashions.

4.  The Edwardian Corset: 1901-1910
          In this Era the upper class became more and more involved in sports. The rigid corset of Victorian Era was abandoned for a modified type of corset.

 

5. The Corset from 1910-1920's     In 1910, the first ventilated mesh corset was invented. This was an all elastic step in. Women were demanding comfortable clothing and the corset was again modified.

1913-1920 Modified Corset

1913 Modified Corset

 6. The 20th Century Corset: Madonna and John Paul Gaultier   

20th Century Corset that resembles the Sweater Girl Bra of the 1950's

Madonna and the Corset