YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Fashion During the 1950s Fashion
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they were originally called the Atome. Association with the atom bomb did not seem very appropriate, hence the quick name change....
Cliff Hollenbeck, author of the book entitled Swimsuit Model Photography, discusses the importance of specific elements when one i...
consumerism bred upon itself (Finkelstein, 2004). It attracted mainly young men who were educated by the state "into believing in...
so. Hence, designers went right along with the war time ideology of cutting back. The aura went to uniformity and drabness, a tren...
provocative clothing was acceptable. For perhaps the first time ever, people dressed to reflect what they were feeling. In doing ...
such as Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1976) who catered primarily to the Parisian aristocracy (Bourque et al, 1986). However, even Vion...
satisfy certain criteria laid down by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Each year a list is drawn up by the commission wh...
padded shoulders, which seem to emulate a very masculine appearance (Daily News Record, 1999; 64). Fashions began to incorporate b...
fashion that exists within a single country, indicating the vast social divides that exist all across the world. Even within my ow...
Artistic fashion often has an influence on photographic fashion. This paper examines the artistic Cubism movement and how it affec...
In seven pages twentieth century fashion is examined in a consideration of nylon's invention, how the Second World War liberated w...
interpreted as obsolescence these may be lead socially or as a result of the fashion industry. Blumer (1969) argued that there we...
entire American work ethic. Many books over the years have discussed the way in which American companies express support for famil...
own life. The tradition and style of Versace lives on and now his sister, Donatella, runs the company which is as successful as e...
up slightly in the back in order to show a little bit of ankle or even the calf of her leg when flirting with a gentleman. Swim...
Cinema was dominating mens fashions as businessmen sought to dress like Gregory Peck in The Man with the Gray Flannel Suit while t...
the social elite where the yuppies of the 1980s went quite the opposite way, showing off their designer suits. Steindorf suggests ...
womens opportunities were quite limited. Secondly, the miniskirt also made the suggestion that the newer generation were not goi...
U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007 - and its going to be a long while before it goes away....
A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 books on literature and writing. Stephen Greenblatt, in his text Self-Fashioning, Fro...
at somewhat of a juxtaposition with a positions that may be interpreted as contradictory. The shop is clearly placed in the discou...
to adorn the body. Yet, at the time that the sewing machine was developed, the nation was readying itself for war. In fact, the ma...
certain physical appearance is quite easy to trace over the past one hundred years; however, one might readily argue the fact that...
home for everyone, as everyone has a mother. Even people who do not know who their mothers are perhaps have a gut feeling about he...
goods. Today, they are almost part of everyday life: the facilitated communication and movement of people has made it possible. At...
be the source of media attention and speciation. The products were seen on a range of television programmes and gained value publi...
the future. It is true that many science fiction writers and producers of sci-fi films dress their characters in classic, monotone...
is not possible to write a paper that is based on error. I will, therefore, make a case for ego needs and drop in the possibility ...
once in a while, car show of sorts or other male oriented type of presentation takes over the malls of America. One sees an array...
2003). Todays designers must take into account the preferences of consumers, and must provide fashions to meet these needs....