In the early 60s, fashion was still designed for the wealthy, older women who could afford haute couture. However, young people began to influence the fashion industry with styles, fabrics, bold colors. The sixties was the first era of young people Continue Reading...
Fashion and Identity The following statement is indeed true: "Fashion provides one of the most ready means through which individuals can make expressive visual statements about their identities" (Bennett, 2005: 96) as we have studied time and again Continue Reading...
Later on, throughout the 1930s, fashion photographs were principally created in studios, to take advantage of being able to carefully control lighting, composition and pose (Grossman 1). However, outdoor photo shoots were not unheard of. It has been Continue Reading...
The four illustrations from the earliest decades of the twentieth century illustrate the importance of fashion in the formation of identity just as much as Twiggy's outfit does, and in fact are possibly even more telling given their distance from c Continue Reading...
The upward-flow theory of fashion adoption "holds that the young -- particularly those of low-income families as well as those of higher income who adopt low-income lifestyles -- are quicker than any other social group to create or adopt new and di Continue Reading...
He began branding his own label within a year, which was extended to menswear in 1969. He received the Neiman Marcus Award for fashion twice, as well as eight Coty Awards for his high-quality ready-to-wear designs. His clothing is a mixture of imagi Continue Reading...
Fashion: a Reflection of Society's Attitudes. Fashion is not just art, it is a measure of social attitudes for a particular period in history. Today, a woman cyclist will most likely be wearing spandex and skin-tight bicycle shorts. Her male counter Continue Reading...
The only image from the time that we have of the original dress is in the film poster (Image 5), where one can see that the dress showed quite a big of leg, which was considered improper and that is why the film commissioned a tailor to sew up Given Continue Reading...
...these designers placed great significance on clothing inherited from the past, including Japanese farmers' clothes designed through necessity and adapted dyed textile and quilting from ancient Japan, which Japanese would not consider fashionable. Continue Reading...
Of course, the much shorter pleated skirt we now associate with modern Japanese school girls is also a chic look, and the carrying over of this simple design into a popular and often fetish-linked fashion for Western girls of modern times is an impo Continue Reading...
Society and Culture The heirloom of the sixties era has been significant and decidedly pivotal for the advancement of culture and society in nations, an aspect that is referred to as civilization. These changes and modifications that the society wen Continue Reading...
SOCIAL IDENTITY & TODAY'S FASHION Crane holds that the fashion of today "has several diverse and inconsistent agendas, ranging from representations that echo sadomasochism and pornography to portrayals of women as empowered and androgynous." (2 Continue Reading...
Capsule from the 1960's Peers, colleagues, and supporters: this is one of what will presumably become several reports about this time capsule from the 1960s, nearly four centuries ago. I am honored and deeply intrigued by the items found within thi Continue Reading...
The change was not all positive, however. Bailey notes that the social and psychological transformation that followed women working outside the home "mounted to tidal-wave proportions" (1020). While women working outside the home in the urban age we Continue Reading...
Vinoba Vhabe Vinoba Bhave Throughout his life, Mahatma Gandhi gave emphasis to the notion that his twin principles of truth and nonviolence must be put in practice in every aspect of life as they have the strength to solve a number of human problem Continue Reading...
Fashion History of Fashion The history of fashion can be dated back to the development of the fashion industry in different time eras. Fashion was taken and applied in different forms depending on the situation of that era. It has been noted that c Continue Reading...
In conclusion, practically everything connected to French culture and society, whether of ancient or modern origins, is protected, promoted and endorsed by the Minister of Culture, part of the French government and operated by a single cabinet memb Continue Reading...
In 1968, with the help of his long-time friend Barry Schwartz, Klein took the leap and fulfilled his entrepreneurial dream ("Calvin Klein"). With his own company, Klein was able to pursue his vision of what fashion could be. At first, the company d Continue Reading...
1950s Fashions Fashion and makeup trends in the 1950s reflected shifts in popular culture and were heavily influenced by film stars and television. A thriving youth culture contributed to changes in fashion, which were generally less conservative th Continue Reading...
This was a wake-up call for many and prompted them to take into consideration the problems faced by ethnic consumers at home as well. But this happened quite late considering that even after World War II, most beauty products being sold abroad had p Continue Reading...
During the decade between 1960-1970, Hays' work was all over representations of popular American culture. He had also produced amazing illustrations of great Rock, Jazz, and Blues singers, which had a dark twist according to his stylistic expression Continue Reading...
There was also radical folk music lead created by Bob Dylan, the Mamas and the Papas, Joan Baez, and Donovan (1960s). Both women's and men's fashion reflected the revolutionary atmosphere of the 1969s as described in American cultural history. Wome Continue Reading...
In "The Times They Are a-Changin'," released in February 1964, he encapsulated the spirit of the times, and issued a timely warning to the older generation to accept the changing times or be drowned in a youth-inspired social revolution. (McWilliams Continue Reading...
Tracy A. Sugarman (1921- ) Tracy A. Sugarman is a famous American illustrator who has had a long and provocative career in the arts. He boasts a career spanning over fifty years, producing great works within children's literature, album cover art, Continue Reading...
American Society in the 1960s Music and American Society Music and American Society in the 1960s Music in the 1960s in the United States was much influenced by the emergence of major pop stars, such as Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Woodstock, ano Continue Reading...
The values of middle class society were seen to be the related to and unavoidably supportive of the status quo. This led to the trends and fashions that characterized this movement; such as long hair and the use of rock music as a form of rebellion Continue Reading...
television shows such as Dexter influence and/or desensitize people? The aim of this particular thesis question was to understand the perception of the idea of 'attaining justice through any means'. Hence, this proposed thesis will mainly look to u Continue Reading...
Music and Society Music has a profound influence on society. As with other forms of art, music has the ability to communicate messages that are both complex and oblique -- the message need not be specific, but may convey an emotion or ethos, externa Continue Reading...
Today, the modern media are so thoroughly integrated into our lives that the ubiquitous and instantaneous availability of information means that the media now influence, rather than merely report the news. By the end of the first decade of the 21st Continue Reading...
Women in Television In the late 1960s to early 1970s, as women burned their bras and took to the streets for equality, the female labor force grew three times more than that their male peers (Toossi), increasing numbers of educational opportunities Continue Reading...
" James a.S. McPeek further blames Jonson for this corruption: "No one can read this dainty song to Celia without feeling that Jonson is indecorous in putting it in the mouth of such a thoroughgoing scoundrel as Volpone." Shelburne asserts that th Continue Reading...
There are other examples of less figurative images, where stylized forms suggest realistic designs, requiring the viewer's imagination, using the title as aid to decipher the artists intention (the Bouquet, 40x 50," Oil on Canvas, 1959). The artist Continue Reading...
Photography has been accorded a significant place in art theory and history, particularly with respect to the t h Century development of the avant-garde. One of the major factors that have played a crucial role in the history and development of photo Continue Reading...
Introduction Photography has been accorded a significant place in art theory and history, particularly with respect to the twentieth century development of the avant-garde. One of the major factors that have played a crucial role in the history and d Continue Reading...
It wasn't until the 1920s and '30s that their blue-collar counterparts began to get paid vacations as well. Americans in the late 20th century "worked more days per year than workers in other prosperous nations, such as those in Europe, yet on aver Continue Reading...
It is for this reason that one could reasonably argue that Precious' entire life, and particularly the trials and tribulations she must endure, including her violent family life, her poverty, and her illiteracy, all ultimately stem from her racial Continue Reading...
