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FASHION HISTORY. What kinds of things will we be looking at. 1910 to 1920. Facts about the decade:. The model T introduced in 1908 By 1916, as the price dropped to $360 for the basic touring car, the RMS Titanic sank in 1912 the start of WWI 1914 . Died 1901. 1901 to 1910.
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FASHION HISTORY What kinds of things will we be looking at
Facts about the decade: • The model T introduced in 1908 By 1916, as the price dropped to $360 for the basic touring car, • the RMS Titanic sank in 1912 • the start of WWI 1914
Died 1901 1901 to 1910 A change in the throne
Egyptian influences became popular with the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.
Asian styles & accessories were also important well in to the 1920’s.
Fabrics, & other accessories were also exotic
One of the first Fashion Designers: • PAUL POIRET • Poiret established his own house in 1903, • Known because he marketed and branded his design house “kimono coat” • Best known for freeing women of corsets • Developed the first designer purfume
The fictional illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson defined feminine beauty. Style Icon: the Gibson Girl
She was tall, strong, spirited and feminine. She wore elegant decorated shirwaists(blouses) and full skirts. She was even featured on an American stamp (1998)!
Question: • What kind of makeup would women have worn at the turn of the century?
Original photosillustrations, paintingsand movieswill be used as source material for thiscourse.
Design Source Book • You will be keeping notes, research and illustrations about specific periods in fashion history starting in 1920. • When you are done you will have a design source book for 20th century fashion history.