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1900s
S-shape
silhouette
Gibson Girl
Rise of Haute
Couture
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S-CURVE
SILHOUETTE
The silhouette
slimmed and
elongated by a
considerable amount
since 1830s.
Low chest and curvy
hips.
Removed pressure

GIBSON GIRL LOOK

The Gibson girl was the
creation of American artist
Charles Dana Gibson
(1867 1944).
Independent, athletic, and
confident, the Gibson girl
was also pretty and
feminine, illustrating some
of the contradictions of
modern womanhood at the
turn of the twentieth

RISE OF HAUTE
COUTURE
Haute- High, CoutureDressmaking.
It refers to the creation of
exclusive custom-fitted clothing.
Haute couture is fashion that is
constructed by hand from start
to finish, made from high
quality, expensive, often
unusual fabric and sewn with
extreme attention to detail and

 In modern France,
haute couture is a
"protected name" that
can be used only by
firms that meet certain
well-defined standards.
Haute Couture
designerso Christian Dior
o Dolce & Gabbana
o Giorgio Armani

1910s
Paul Poiret
Orientalism
Hobble Skirt

PAUL POIRET
Paul Poiret (1879-1944)
was an influential French
fashion designer.
He led a fashion renaissance
that introduced free-flowing
dresses
replaced tight corsets with
brassieres.
This was an important step in
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ORIENTALISM
Poiret's clients were at once
transformed into harem girls
in hisflowing pantaloons,
turbans, and vivid colors
and geishas in exotic
kimono.
Simple felt hats, turbans,
and clouds of tulle replaced
the styles of headgear
popular in the 1900s.
His lampshade tunic and

HOBBLE SKIRT
A Hobble skirt was a
skirt with a narrow enough
hem to significantly
impede the wearer's
stride.
It was a short-lived fashion
trend
The name was given in
reference to the device

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1920s
The Flapper
Womens
Sportswear
The Boyish
figure
Tweed
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FLAPPER DRESS
A flapper was a young woman of the
1920's.
The most memorable fashion trend
of the Roaring '20s was
undoubtedly the flapper look.
The flapper dress was functional and
flattened the bust line rather than
accentuating it.
Their appearance included
o Short-bobbed hair styles,

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WOMENS
SPORTSWEAR
In the post-war
period, The tubular dresses of the
teens had evolved into a similar silhouette that
now sported shorter skirts with pleats, gathers, or
slits to allow motion and easier movements.

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BOYISH FIGURE.
For the first time in centuries,
women's legs were seen
with hemlines rising to the
knee and dresses becoming
more fitted and most
importantly, the confining
corset was discarded.
A more masculine look
became popular, short
hairstyles such as the bob

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TWEED
Tweed is a rough,
unfinished woollen
fabric, of a soft, open,
flexible texture, but
more closely woven.
It is made in either plain
or twill weave and may
have
a check or herringbone

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1930s
Aloha shirt
Bowl cut
Fedora
Horn-rimmed
glasses
Zoot suit
Double breasted

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ALOHA
SHIRT

The Aloha shirt,

commonly referred
to as a Hawaiian
shirt, is a style of
mens dress shirt
originating
in Hawaii. The
dress shirts are

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BOWL CUT
A bowl cut , is a simple and plain
short haircut where the hair is cut
with a straight fringe on the front and the rest of
the hair is the same
length all the way around or is cut short on the
sides and back.

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FEDORA
A fedora is a hat that is typically creased
lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" near
the front on both sides. The typical crown
height is 4.5 inches (11 cm).

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HORN-RIMMED GLASSES
Horn-rimmed glasses are a type
of eyeglasses.
They are characterized by their bold appearance
on the wearer's face.

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ZOOT SUIT
A zoot suit is a
men's suit with highwaist, wide-legged, tightcuffed, pegged trousers,
and a long coat with wide
lapels and wide padded
shoulders.

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DOUBLE-BREASTED
SUITS
The term doublebreasted refers to
a coat or jacket.

Wide, overlapping
front flaps
two parallel columns
of buttons or snaps. 22

1940s
Spaghetti strap
Peter Russell
(fashion designer)
Harlequin print
Kitty foyle (dress)
Pencil skirt
World War II
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SPAGHETTI STRAP
A spaghett

i
strap (also
called nood
le strap) is
a very
thin shoulde
r strap used
in clothing,

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PETER RUSSELL (fashion

designer)
Peter Russell was a
London-based fashion
designer.
He is the founder member
of the Incorporated Society
of London Fashion
Designers.
Running a major couture
house from the 1930s to the
early 1950s, he has been

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HARLEQUIN PRINT
Harlequin print is a women's fashion design
which was introduced by designer Adele
Simpson in 1944. She presented the harlequin
print in a bold diamond design on the town suits
she created

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KITTY FOYLE (dress)

A Kitty Foyle is a dress style of
the 1940s characterized by a
dark fabric and contrasting
light collar and cuffs, typically of
navy blue and white. The shape
of the dress is a shirtwaist with
short or elbow-length sleeves.

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PENCIL SKIRT
A pencil skirt is a slim-fitting skirt with a
straight, narrow cut. Generally the hem falls to,
or just below, the knee and is tailored for a
close fit.

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WORLD WAR II
ZAZOU-The Zazous were
a subculture in France during Worl
d War II. They were young people
expressing their individuality by
wearing big or garish clothing and
dancing wildly to swing
jazz and bebop.
M1 HELMET-The M1 helmet is
a combat helmet that was used by

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NEW LOOK
Below-mid-calf
length
Multi-layered,
puff skirt
Large bust
Puff sleeves
Small waist
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1950s
TEDDY
BOY
POODLE
SKIRT
RINGER

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TEDDY BOY
Teddy Boy is
a British subcultur
e typified by young
men wearing
clothes that were
partly inspired by
the styles worn
by dandies in
the Edwardian
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POODLE SKIRT
A poodle
skirt is a wide
swing felt skirt of
a solid bright
bold colour
(often pink and p
owder blue)
displaying a
design appliqud
or transferred to
the fabric. The

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RINGER T-SHIRT
A ringer Tshirt is a Tshirt in which
the jersey shirt
fabric is one
colour, but the
ribbing used for
the collar and

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1960s
Kennedy Era
Aubrey
Hepburn Look
PVC Clothing
Chanel Suits
Mini Skirts,
Jeans, Hot
Pants

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KENNEDY ERA
The Jackie look included Clean suits
A-line dresses
Famous pillbox hats
Triple strand pearl necklace
over-sized buttons.

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AUDREY HEPBURN
LOOK

Audrey Hepburn is not only

one of the1960s fashion icons but

is also a well-renowned actress.
To this date, Audrey is still looked
up as one of the best1960s
fashion icons and a notable
philanthropist.
The look has been described as
"ultra-feminine" and "Parisian.
This little black dress attained
iconic fame and status that it

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PVC CLOTHING
PVC clothing , is shiny clothing made of
the plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

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CHANEL SUITS
One of the strongest
symbols of bourgeois
female chic.
A strong statement of
an independent woman
Pink color had an
element of traditional

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MINI SKIRTS, JEANS &

HOT PANTS
The miniskirt is
described as one of
the defining fashions
of the 1960s.
A miniskirt is
a skirt with
a hemline well above
the knees, generally
halfway up the thighs

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Jeans became
more acceptable
Jeans are trousers
often made from
denim or dungaree
cloth.
Often the term
"jeans" refers to a
particular style of
pants, called "blue
jeans

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Hot pants
became a British
fashion icon.
Hot Pants are a
garment worn by
both men and
women over their
pelvic area, circling
the waist and splitting
to cover the upper
part of the legs,

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MOD LOOK
Mods were very
self-conscious and
critical young adults.
The term mod
derives from
modernist, a term
used in the 1950s to
describe modern
jazz musicians and
fans.
Male mods- inspired
from the music

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1970s
Hippie Look
Disco styles

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HIPPIE LOOK
Hippie clothin
g was made in
extremely bright
colors
In the early
1970s, there
was a trend for
unisex men's

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DISCO STYLES
Fancy clothes made from
man-made materials
Stylish three-piece with
neckties and shirts
Disco clothes included
tube tops, sequined
halterneck shirts, blazers,
miniskirts, spandex
shorts, loose pants, formfitting spandex pants,
maxi skirts and dresses
with long thigh slits,

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1980s
Active Wear
Dressing
Power Suits

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ACTIVE WEAR
Sports clothing
as everyday
apparel
Tracksuits,
jumpsuits, etc.
The
accessories
included
Sneakers &

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POWER DRESSING
Oversized
shoulder pads.
'power suits'.

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1990s
Doc Martens boots
Platform Shoes
Retro Style

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Doc Martens
Boots
The boots and
shoes became
popular in the
1990s as
grunge fashion
arose.
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Platform Shoes
These
are shoes, boots,
or sandals with
thick soles.
The trend reestablished itself
in the late 1990s
and early 2000s
with a much

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Retro Style
Retro fashion is a
clothing style which
consists in wearing
clothes commonly
used in the past.
Examplesleather handbags,
"bellbottom jeans", Poo
dle skirts,

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PREPARED BY Ashwarya Chaudhary

Shivani Singhal
Sudipta Sabharwal
Roll no.s- 13, 42 & 52
respectively
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