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| 20th century fashion: History of Twentieth Century Fashion Elizabeth Ewing, 1975 Explains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear. |
| 20th century fashion: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY FASHION Elizabeth Ewing, Alice Mackrell, 2014-12-29 The first edition of this book established itself as required reading for all those interested in the development of the fashion business. There are other books on contemporary dress, but this account gives particular weight to the commercial organization of the industry; from designer and textile manufacturer right through to the consumer. This completely revised edition brings the story up to the 1990s with new text, 280 illustrations and 16 color plates. Fashion in this century has ceased to be the private domain of the wealthy. The era when such names as Worth, Paquin and Sciaparelli could dominate has given way to one where style and 'look' can be taken from a host of various sources: designers and manufacturers, department and chain stores, the boutiques or the streets. This established reference work looks behind the scenes for an understanding of the social, economic and technical changes that have caused this revolution. It is a story of fashion shocks: two world wars, the impact of new fibers and manufacturing techniques, and the succession of youth explosions: mini-skirts, punk and sportswear. The narrative is based on research into the history of couture houses, retailers and manufacturers and the authors' experience and contact with the fashion business. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion Akiko Fukai, 2011 |
| 20th century fashion: 20th-century Fashion John Peacock, 1993 A detailed history and sourcebook of 20th-century fashion. From the styles of the early 1900s to those of today, John Peacock charts the development of women's fashion in all its aspects: couture wear, day wear, under-wear, leisure wear, evening wear, bridal wear and accessories. |
| 20th century fashion: A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries Bonnie English, 2013-08-01 This new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in 20th century fashion history. Accessibly written and well illustrated, the book outlines the social and cultural history of fashion thematically, and contains a wide range of global case studies on key designers, styles, movements and events. The new edition has been revised and expanded: there are new sections on eco-fashion, fashion and the museum, major changes in the fashion market in the 21st century (including the impact of new media and retailing networks), new technologies, fashion weeks, the rise of asian fashion centers and more. There are twice as many illustrations. In its second edition, A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries is the ideal introductory text for all students of fashion. |
| 20th century fashion: Icons of Fashion Gerda Buxbaum, Andrea Affaticati, 2005 'Icons of Fashion' is a graphically exciting exploration of the history of fashion in the 20th century. Together with entertaining and insightful texts, double-page layouts divide the century into eleven stylistic periods. |
| 20th century fashion: The Guinness Guide to 20th Century Fashion David Bond, 1981 |
| 20th century fashion: Nineteenth-century Fashion in Detail Lucy Johnston, Marion Kite, Helen Persson, 2005 A glorious companion volume to Historical Fashion in Detail- The 17th and 18th Centuries and Modern Fashion in Detail, this book captures the opulence and variety of nineteenth-century fashion through an authoritative text, exquisite colour photography and line drawings of the complete garments. From the delicate embroidery on neoclassical gowns to the vibrant colours of crinolines and the elegant tailoring of men's coats, the richness of the period is revealed in breathtaking detail. The garments showcased here, drawn from the V&A Museum's world famous collection, were at the height of fashion in their time. They display a remarkable range of colours, materials and construction details- from the intricate boning on women's corsets to the patterned silk of men's waistcoats. Seen in close-up for the first time and further illuminated by detailed commentary and line drawings that show the ingenuity of the underlying construction, these carefully chosen garments illustrate some of the major themes of nineteenth-century dress. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion Accessories John Peacock, 2000 A companion volume to 20th Century Fashion and Men's Fashion offers more than two thousand drawings surveying the men's and women's clothing that has mattered in this century, as well as all the accessories. |
| 20th century fashion: Dressing the Decades Emmanuelle Dirix, 2016-01-01 Includes Paul Poiret, Jeanne Paquin, Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix, Maison Lucile, Coco Chanel, Jacques Doucet, Jean Patou, Callot Soeurs, Jeanne Lanvin, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Adrian, Christian Dior, Madame Gr{grave}es, Charles James, Crist{acute}obal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Balmain, Pierre Cardin, Emilio Pucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Halston, Ralph Lauren, Kenzo, Christian Lacroix, Thierry Mugler, Yohji Yamamoto, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Martin Margiela, and others. |
| 20th century fashion: Vogue Linda Watson, 1999 Vogue is the leading international fashion magazine. With this book, ex-Vogue writer Linda Watson examines the evolution of fashion, from Parisian haute couture, the improvisation of the war years, to the New Look, psychedelia and punk. |
| 20th century fashion: Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color Leatrice Eiseman, Keith Recker, 2011-10-19 Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of 100 transformative years. From the Pale Gold (15-0927 TPX) and Almost Mauve (12-2103 TPX) of the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris to the Rust (18-1248 TPX) and Midnight Navy (19-4110 TPX) of the countdown to the Millennium, the 20th century brimmed with color. Longtime Pantone collaborators and color gurus Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify more than 200 touchstone works of art, products, d cor, and fashion, and carefully match them with 80 different official PANTONE color palettes to reveal the trends, radical shifts, and resurgences of various hues. This vibrant volume takes the social temperature of our recent history with the panache that is uniquely Pantone. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion François Baudot, 2006 A leading French fashion writer spotlights the achievements of Chanel, Nina Ricci, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Prada, and many other top designers. 300 photos. |
| 20th century fashion: The Hidden History of American Fashion Nancy Deihl, 2018-02-08 This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely forgotten. Focusing on female designers, the authors reclaim a place in history for the women who created not only for celebrities and socialites, but for millions of fashion-conscious customers across the United States. From one of America's first couturiers, Jessie Franklin Turner, to Zelda Wynn Valdes, the book captures the lost histories of the luminaries who paved the way in the world of American fashion design. This fully illustrated collection takes us from Hollywood to Broadway, from sportswear to sustainable fashion, and explores important crossovers between film, theater, and fashion. Uncovering fascinating histories of the design pioneers we should know about, the book enlarges the prevailing narrative of fashion history and will be an important reference for fashion students, historians, costume curators, and fashion enthusiasts alike. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion, New Edition DK, 2019-09-03 Is fashion your passion? Unlock the language of clothes with this ultimate fashion show that traces people's dresses over the past 3000 years. Fashion is a visual feast, packed with stunning illustrations of 1,500 costumes from around the globe. It celebrates famous trendsetters, designers, and fashion icons from Queen Henrietta Maria to Jackie Onassis and Jean Paul Gautier. Fashion endlessly reinvents itself, reflecting society's trends and innovations. Discover why different looks caught on, from the elaborate ruffs, wigs, and farthingales of the 17th century, to Dior's new look in 1947 and shoulder pads in the 1980s. Find out why for centuries people's dress was regulated by governments' sumptuary rules and how the invention of new textiles from velvet to spandex that influenced clothing design. Whether you're part of the fashion industry, a student, or you just love clothes, Fashion is both a glorious visual treat and a treasured history. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion, Desire and Anxiety Rebecca Arnold, 2001 Rebecca Arnold presents a fast-paced yet comprehensive study that provides surprise connections between fashion and the wide culture on every page. |
| 20th century fashion: Men's Fashion in the Twentieth Century Maria Costantino, 1997 Traces the evolution of men's clothes from the conventions laid down by the Victorians to the textile developments that determine fashion today. |
| 20th century fashion: The Impossible Collection of Fashion Valerie Steele, 2011-08-01 In this limited edition, Ultimate Collection format linen clamshell and handmade oversized book, Valerie Steele flexes her curatorial muscle by showcasing the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century. From Poiret to Pucci, Doucet to Dior, Vionnet to Valentino, Steele selects one hundred dresses that caused a stir either on the runway or entering a room and ultimately inspired new directions in fashion. Steele’s selections include Paul Poiret's figure-liberating 1907 gown, Madame Grès’s sublimely draped goddess creation from 1938, Jean Paul Gaultier's shockingly exaggerated cone-bust corset dress circa 1984, and Hussein Chalayan’s awe-inspiring remote-control fiberglass Airplane dress from 2000. The compilation, while certainly subjective, is sure to receive nods of recognition along with a gasp or two of surprise. |
| 20th century fashion: 100 Years of Fashion Cally Blackman, 2012-05-16 This book documents in pictures the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 to today, covering high society, uniforms, sportswear, streetwear, and couture. It will appeal to everyone with an interest in fashion as well as students Over 400 photographs and illustrations, many published for the first time, tell the stylish story of a fashion revolution. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion Through the Ages Margaret Knight, Kim Dalziel, 1998-01-01 A history of clothing and dress through the ages, including loincloths, corsets, handbags, miniskirts, and bustles. Lift-the-flap feature reveals undergarments beneath many of the outfits. |
| 20th century fashion: Vogue History of 20th Century Fashion Jane Mulvagh, 1988 |
| 20th century fashion: McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion Colin McDowell, 1984 Traces the history of fashion, offers brief biographical profiles of top artists, photographers, and designers and shows a variety of modern fashion. |
| 20th century fashion: Skirts Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, 2022-09-06 In a sparkling, beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era’s most iconic and influential dresses. While the story of women’s liberation has often been framed by the growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most important and influential female fashions of the era featured skirts. Suffragists and soldiers marched in skirts; the heroines of the Civil Rights Movement took a stand in skirts. Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe revolutionized modern art and Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes in skirts. When NASA put a man on the moon, “the computer wore a skirt,” in the words of one of those computers, mathematician Katherine G. Johnson. As women made strides towards equality in the vote, the workforce, and the world at large, their wardrobes evolved with them. They did not need to wear the pants to be powerful or progressive; the dress itself became modern as designers like Mariano Fortuny, Coco Chanel, Jean Patou, and Diane von Furstenberg redefined femininity for a new era. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell's Skirts looks at the history of twentieth-century womenswear through the lens of game-changing styles like the little black dress and the Bar Suit, as well as more obscure innovations like the Taxi dress or the Pop-Over dress, which came with a matching potholder. These influential garments illuminate the times in which they were first worn—and the women who wore them—while continuing to shape contemporary fashion and even opening the door for a genderfluid future of skirts. At once an authoritative work of history and a delightfully entertaining romp through decades of fashion, Skirts charts the changing fortunes, freedoms, and aspirations of women themselves. |
| 20th century fashion: How to Read a Suit Lydia Edwards, 2020-02-06 Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Suit is an authoritative visual guide to the under-explored area of men's fashion across four centuries. Each entry includes annotated color images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers will learn how garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history – as well as how menswear has varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the wearer. This lavishly illustrated book is the ideal tool for anyone who has ever wanted to know their Chesterfield from their Ulster coat. Equipping the reader with all the information they need to 'read' menswear, this is the ultimate guide for students, researchers, and anyone interested in historical fashion. |
| 20th century fashion: Exploding Fashion Alistair O'Neill, 2021-09-13 - Unprecedented insight into the role of innovative pattern-cutting in contemporary fashion design - Written by a professor at the world-renowned art and design college Central Saint Martins, and developed in collaboration with the fashion programme there - Includes over 200 illustrations, including key dress designs, photo-collages, innovative pattern-cuttings, pencil drawings and installation viewsExploding Fashion examines the impact of innovative pattern-cutting in several key examples of 20th century fashion design. With over 200 illustrations, it 'explodes' designs by 6 game-changing fashion designers from the world's leading fashion houses, and reverse engineers them in order to understand how they work. Written by a curator and professor at Central Saint Martins, London's premier college of art and design, this is the first comprehensive exploration of how a traditional design process can enter into a dialog with new concepts, illuminating haute couture and prêt-à-porter methods for a visually-driven digital age. |
| 20th century fashion: 20th Century Fashion Valerie D. Mendes, 1999 Examines a century's developments in fashion for both men and women and discusses the relationship between style and socioeconomic, political, and cultural issues. |
| 20th century fashion: History of 20th Century Fashion Elizabeth Ewing, 1978 |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion and Fiction Lauren S. Cardon, 2016 During the twentieth century, the rise of the concept of Americanization--shedding ethnic origins and signs of otherness to embrace a constructed American identity--was accompanied by a rhetoric of personal transformation that would ultimately characterize the American Dream. The theme of self-transformation has remained a central cultural narrative in American literary, political, and sociological texts ranging from Jamestown narratives to immigrant memoirs, from slave narratives to Gone with the Wind, and from the rags-to-riches stories of Horatio Alger to the writings of Barack Obama. Such rhetoric feeds American myths of progress, upward mobility, and personal reinvention. In Fashion and Fiction, Lauren S. Cardon draws a correlation between the American fashion industry and early twentieth-century literature. As American fashion diverged from a class-conscious industry governed by Parisian designers to become more commercial and democratic, she argues, fashion designers and journalists began appropriating the same themes of self-transformation to market new fashion trends. Cardon illustrates how canonical twentieth-century American writers, including Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Nella Larsen, symbolically used clothing to develop their characters and their narrative of upward mobility. As the industry evolved, Cardon shows, the characters in these texts increasingly enjoyed opportunities for individual expression and identity construction, allowing for temporary performances that offered not escapism but a testing of alternate identities in a quest for self-discovery. |
| 20th century fashion: Classic Fashion Patterns of the 20th century Anne Tyrrell, 2010-03-01 Working from surviving garments and contemporary tailoring books and patterns, Anne Tyrrell has put together a pattern book of key 20th-century costumes with fascinating historical details on dress. A decade for each chapter, the book features garments such as war uniforms, a 1930s evening gown, a Teddy Boy outfit, a 1960s maxi coat and many more. Wonderful illustrations of period dress are accompanied by information on notable features, underwear and accessories for each period. Scale patterns follow for each outfit shown, complete with detailed notes on making up, using techniques appropriate to the period. A grid for enlargement of the pattern pieces is provided together with full instructions. This is an essential book for any dressmaker interested in recreating period dress, especially film and theatre costume-makers, but also fashion designers looking for inspiration in authentic historical dress of the recent past. |
| 20th century fashion: Patterns of Fashion 4 Jenny Tiramani, Santina M. Levey, 2008 No one interested in the history of dress, from art historians to stage designers, from museum curators to teachers of fashion and costume, can function effectively without Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion series. Since her untimely death in 1998, admirers of her work have been waiting, with increasing impatience, for the promised volume devoted to the linen clothes of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods, a companion to her previous volume on tailored clothes of the same era. Planned and partly prepared by Janet herself, and completed by Jenny Tiramani, Janet's last pupil, no other book exists that is dedicated to the linen clothes that covered the body from the skin outwards. It contains full colour portraits and photographs of details of garments in the explanatory section, as well as patterns for 86 items of linen clothing, which range from men's shirts and women's smocks, from superb ruffs and collars to boot hose and children's stomachers. Beautifully produced, it is an invaluable guide to both the history and the recreation of these wonderful garments. There are 178 black and white illustrations and photographs, 86 patterns and detail, 433 color photographs and well as the patterns and details.--Amazon website. |
| 20th century fashion: 20th-century Fashion John Peacock, 1993 A detailed history and sourcebook of 20th-century fashion. From the styles of the early 1900s to those of today, John Peacock charts the development of women's fashion in all its aspects: couture wear, day wear, under-wear, leisure wear, evening wear, bridal wear and accessories. |
| 20th century fashion: What People Wore Douglas W. Gorsline, 1978 Visual history of dress from ancient times to twentieth-century America. |
| 20th century fashion: Handbook of English Costume in the Twentieth Century Alan Mansfield, Phillis Cunnington, 1975 |
| 20th century fashion: Twentieth Century Fashion Linda Watson, 2008 This volume takes a fresh look at the fashion industry from 1900 onwards, celebrating the most significant designers, developments and movements of each decade. |
| 20th century fashion: Women of Fashion Valerie Steele, 1991 Explores the increasing prominence of women in the fashion design and examines their contributions to twentieth-century fashion. |
| 20th century fashion: Twenty-Five Dresses: William Vintage William Banks-Blaney, 2015 Through his selection and description of 25 iconic vintage dresses, William Banks- Blaney tells the history of 20th century couture, the fashion designers who created the dresses and the women who wore them. Each dress is looked at in forensic detail for its design and construction, its cut and embellishments, in order to evaluate the artistry of the individual couturier. The inspiration behind each dress is considered - whether that be Classic statuary, Secessionist architecture or fetish wear - as well as its legacy, thus determining each dress's place within fashion history. William spends his life sourcing vintage couture, unpicking the history of each piece - how they were made, who wore them and where they fit within the story of fashion. Accompanied by exquisite photography of what are arguably the finest examples of each of these landmark designers, and bolstered by fashion plates contemporary to the selected pieces, this book is the distillation of the knowledge and skill that William employs every day when fitting the world's most beautiful dresses to today's women. |
| 20th century fashion: 20th-Century Fashion Illustration Rosemary Torre, 2013-07-24 This captivating retrospective explores the social context of fashion with informative text and over 70 striking images. Profiles include flappers, glamour girls, flower children, and the modern obsession with celebrity styles. |
| 20th century fashion: Fashion Game Book Florence Müller, 2008 A compendium of intrigue, lore, who's who and what's what of fashion. |
| 20th century fashion: History of Twentieth Century Fashion Elizabeth Ewing, Alice Mackrell, 1997 Fashion in this century has ceased to be the domain of the wealthy. This book looks behind the scenes for a deeper understanding of the social, economic and technical changes which have caused this revolution in our attitude to dress. The author tells the story of fashion shocks: two world wars, the impact of new fibres and manufacturing techniques, the influence of radical new designers, and a succession of post-war youth explosions culminating in the punk and new wave looks of the last decade. |
| 20th century fashion: 20th Century Fashion Ernestine Carter, 1944 |
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“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language & Usage ...
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are. …
20st or 20th – Which is Correct? - Two Minute English
Apr 11, 2025 · The correct form is 20th, not 20st. This is because ordinal numbers in English follow specific rules for their endings. Numbers ending in 1 use “st” (like 21st), those ending in …
20th or 20ᵗʰ Century – Should “th” Be In Superscript? - Grammarhow
When writing about centuries (or using ordinal indicators like 20th in other ways), it would help to know where the “th” goes. There are two options. It can be on the baseline next to the number …
20nd or 20th? - Spelling Which Is Correct How To Spell
Jul 7, 2022 · The correct way is 20th, as the regular ending for the ordinal numbers is th. nd is only added to ordinal form of number two, so second and every number that ends with second …
Ordinal Numbers | Learn English
This page shows how we make and say the ordinal numbers like 1st, 2nd, 3rd in English. Vocabulary for ESL learners and teachers.
20th century - Wikipedia
The 20th century was dominated by significant geopolitical events that reshaped the political and social structure of the globe: World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic, World War II and the …
20th - definition of 20th by The Free Dictionary
Define 20th. 20th synonyms, 20th pronunciation, 20th translation, English dictionary definition of 20th. Adj. 1. 20th - coming next after the nineteenth in position twentieth ordinal - being or …
TWENTIETH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TWENTIETH definition: 1. 20th written as a word 2. one of 20 equal parts of something 3. 20th written as a word. Learn more.
How To Write Ordinal Numbers | Britannica Dictionary
When writing ordinal numbers such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. you should use the last two letters on the word as it would be if you wrote out the whole word. Below are the ordinal numbers both …
20th - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Jun 7, 2025 · DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘20th'. Views expressed in the examples do not …
