Decades of Fashion 1900 s and 1950 s
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Fashion is clothing that is in style at a particular time. The concept of fashion implies a process of style change, because fashions in dress, as well as in furniture and other objects, have taken very different forms at different times in history. Thus, when English playwright William Shakespeare observed in the 16th century that "the fashion wears out more apparel than the man," he meant that clothing becomes unfashionable long before it has worn out. As you watch movies from decades ago, or look at art that was inspired from the early 20th century, you might find that fashion changes over time or does it?
DISCRIPTIONS/COMPARISONS/CONTRASTS
Women's eveningwear of the 1900's is moderately different from women's eveningwear in the 1950's. They differ in silhouette, adornments, colors, and fabrics. The 1900's was commonly known as the Edwardian period. In the 1900's, women's eveningwear silhouettes were based on an S-shaped curve (see figure 1). "Typical dresses had low, square or V-shaped necklines with full, pouched bodices (see figure 2), and skirts that were flat in front and emphasized a rounded hipline in the back. After hugging the hips, skirts flared out to a trumpet shape at the bottom" (Tortora and Eubank 362)...