Thursday, July 28, 2016
I enjoyed looking at the women's clothes throughout the years and discovering how the styles have changed. I have never realized how there are two major styles that have changed repeatedly over the decades. The first style being more formal with a fitted torso and a larger, non-fitted skirt. The second style is more of a straight dress that is not fitted anywhere. The fabric of the clothing has changed as well over the past several decades. Fashion closer to today has become more flashy and "look at me"material. However, older clothes were very conservative with simple flower patterns and included more complicated layers of clothing required. Finally, I was surprised by the how much the average height of woman has grown over the years.
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The fitted torso was definitely interesting. That is one thing our tour guide pointed out. He told us to look at how small the waists on the dresses were and asked us how these women could have there waists so small. Corsets was the answer and then he showed us the result of wearing a corset. The middle of the body was literally compressed and organs were either moved up and down. This also meant that these ladies were totally dependent on their maids and for their husbands because they couldn't stand up or sit down without assistance.
ReplyDeleteI think that the idea of the fashion changing throughout the years is actually very interesting. We were able to see how the political views and events that were happening in certain times by looking at the fashion of each era. Like seeing the broad shouldered jackets of women during the civil rights Era. I had never thought about using fashion like a history book before our guide at the textile museum showed us the dress exhibit.
ReplyDeleteI think that the idea of the fashion changing throughout the years is actually very interesting. We were able to see how the political views and events that were happening in certain times by looking at the fashion of each era. Like seeing the broad shouldered jackets of women during the civil rights Era. I had never thought about using fashion like a history book before our guide at the textile museum showed us the dress exhibit.
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