Fashion Through The Decades

Every decade presents us with a new fashion trend. As fashion changes people are able to keep up with the every changing style.  

1950's- Back in the 50's most women would wear dresses that looked like a maids dress and of course there were the famous poodle skirts. Girl dress fluffed outwards and usually had a floral pattern.

1960's- The 60's was the start of the hippie era. Bright colors and funky patterns were very popular. The dress were short just above the knee and were made not to fit the shape of the body. Go-go boots were also very popular.

1970's- The 70's was the disco age. The fabric of the decade was polyester. People mostly wore dresses or skirts with ruffles and were loose. Flared jeans were very popular. Shoes were usually high platforms which were very popular on the dace floor. Also medallions were wore a lot.

1980's- Popular style for shirts was shoulder pads. The trousers were skin tight. People started to exercise so the materiel spandex was used a lot. In the colors lime green, hot pink or bright colors. The shoes that was wore was mostly converse.

1990's-Denim was very trendy then and bright colors. shits that showed your stomach and mini skirts were also very popular. Converse were still around and doc martin boots.

2000's- Is full of every changing styles. Punk is very in,heavy metal and hipister. Also faded jeans and normal denim jeans. popular shoes are vans, ugg boots, crocs and converse.   

     

Fashion Around The World

There are many different  styles around the world. The most famous fashion capitals of the world are; London,Milan,New York and Paris. 

London: London has retained the title as the most fashionable capital in the world for the second consecutive year, thanks to the Duchess of Cambridge and the 2012 Olympic Games.

Milan: Milan's fashion district is provides the best shopping experience in Europe. People are overwhelmed by all the couture labels and Milan's culture.

New York: New York has the most famous fashion week in the world called Mercedes-BENZ fashion week is held in February and September of each year. New York is known for the many types of fashion the people of New York city have from retro to sheek. 

Paris: Pairs is known for the elegance of its fashion design. It also has a very famous fashion district which invites tourists from all over the world. 

All these fashion capitals have there own fashion weeks and are the worlds influence for fashion. These fashion weeks are how designers show there most prodejce works of clothing. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElU3L3K3Adw 

This video shows some parts of the fashion weeks and what they are about.  

Influences Of Fashion

Advertising, marketing and the media all try to influence the way we dress. It is mostly for profit. We are also influenced by our family and friends.
Advertising influences you by what you see for instance if you see and advert on the television it encourages you to buy an item if it is affordable and easy to buy.

Marketing is a very influential factor. Young people in this generation are the most targeted group. Fashion trends are shown to teenagers by the media. Through television, magazines, movies, and teen idols, today's youth are told what to wear to be "hip" and "trendy". Companies use youth as their target market because the prices of fashion can be expensive and they will still be willing to buy it no matter what.

Media is another influential factor in fashion. The media influences people by the way they portray celebrities. People tend to follow what they see people on TV and pictures.

Family and Friends influence fashion by seeing what they wear and having something in common with them, most of us try and be similar to them. These are most of the factors that influence are fashion sense and determine who we want to be.

How clothes are manufactured

Clothing is made from a variety of materials. The denim that we wear is mostly made from silk, which is made from the cocoon of a silkworm.
We also can buy a lot of are clothes that is made from cotton which is picked from cotton plants and spun into thread. Then it is used to make cotton fabric to make clothes but also it is ideal for bed linen.
Linen is made from a flax plant it takes one hundred days before it is ready to harvest. Then it is "retted","bettled"and "scutched" the scutched were sorted then spun on a spinning wheel. After spinning the flax is then yarn.
Clothes are designed by designers but they actually do none of the work. The designs are sent of to factories to be made.
Clothes are made by many more materiel these are just how some are made.  

Clothes are manufactured and produced in five steps:
Step one-fabric is layered and patterns laid.
Step two-the fabric layers are cut out with a jigsaw.                        
Step three-the cut fabric is taken to sewing rooms.
Step four-buttons and trims are added.
Step five-quality control and packaged.

Types Of Fashion

Today in the world there are many different styles.Your sense of fashion is how you express yourself. Many different people have different styles, for example there is people who dress in dark colors or light colors.
There are people who prefer labels and dress themselves in expensive clothes like for instance Chanel and Couture. Many of us like to dress in vintage clothing or urban style. There are a variety of clothing for us to choose from.
Personally I like to dress casual and to be comfortable with some ugg boots and tracksuit bottoms. Also most of us like to be casual dressing in simple clothes. Some people believe that in order to look trendy and stylish you must know the current trend of the day. Learning different types of fashion and their use is something you should start from an early age. The best dress individuals are not necessarily the fashion designers whose names appear in the media daily. Any one can be a fashion guru if they put their mind to it. Trends come and go while fashion just changes a bit over time. 

Introduction

Hello people of the earth my is Jayne Garton. I'm doing a blog about the geography of fashion for my environmental studies class. I hope you enjoy!