0748186.TheEvolutionofFashion.Descriptionto“TheEvolutionofFashion”…Mypresentationwillbeabouttheevolutionoffashionfromthe1920’stothepresent,byfocusingonemergingtrendsandtheirfashioniconcounterparts.Throughfollowingtheevolutionoffashionwecanseehownewtrendsemerged,howsometrendsquicklydisappeared,andobservetheonesthatsurpriseusbycomingbackalloveragain.Asthepresentationcontinues,eachslidewillintroduceyoutoadifferenteraoffashion,completewithphotographs,textandinformationthatwillbetteryourunderstandingofwhatcertainitemsofclothingrepresentedtotheindividualwearingitandtothosearoundthem.Fashionismuchmorethanclothing,itisaphysicalrepresentationofwhoweareandwhatwelikeasanindividual.“…Fashionhastodowithideas,thewaywelive,whatishappening.”-CocoChanel1920s-1940sThe1920sbroughtfashionintothemodernera.Referredtoasthe“RoaringTwenties”,womenbegantowearskirtsanddressesthatwerecomfortableratherthanconstricting.Andmendressedinmorecasualsuitsratherthantheformalwearthatwasthenorm.Themostdefiningstyleofthe20swastheFlapper.Flapperswerewomenwhodressedinshortskirts,hadabobbedhaircut,smoked,andshowedtheirdiscontentwiththemainstreamsociety.ActressNormTalmadge(rightabove)wasknowasyourprototypicalFlapper.HereweseeherwearingaFlapperDress,showingherarms,wearingheelswhichwasalsoanewstyletoemergeinthe20s.1930sknownasthe“StylishThirties”wasthereturnofamorecontemporaryladylikelookwhosemainstylisticfeatureforthisperiodwastheemphasisontheshoulders.The1940scontinuedthislookwhileexperimentingwithmoresyntheticfibers,theintroductionofnylonsandtheuseofthezipper.BathingsuitswerealsoahugetrendastravelingbecamepartofNorthAmericansLifestyle.FashioniconsincludedactorsFredAstaireandLaurenBacall(rightbelow).1950s-1970sThe1950swasthe“GlamourDecade”.ThedesignsofChristianDiorwaslargelyinfluentialtothestyleoftheperiodashisdesignscameafterthewarandemphasizedwomen’sfiguressomethingthathadn’tbeendoneinawhile.Fashiontrendsofthe50sincludedtheeverfamousAudreyHepburnlittleblackdress,shapedfittedjackets,Alinesk...
