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Fashion of the 80 takes the fashion of the decades prior and maximized it. The shoulder pads on power suits doubled, no color was too bright to wear, the hair was BIG, and no silhouette was too risky for the '80s. The 80's brought about a time where the grandiose and the kitschy were embraced. The eighties were about being the more grandiose and exciting versions of ourselves. The ordinary and the plain were non-existent. The amount of neon people wore was blinding.  Acid wash jeans, shoulder pads, Vans, the eighties brought a totally tubular way of looking good. A lot of 80's fashion experiments with the styles and silhouettes of decades prior. With fishnets stockings,  layered necklaces, and ripped shirts punk rock encouraged teenagers to question authority. The bangers of the 80's such as  Bad Reputation  by Joan Jett and  Another One Bites the Dust  by Queen encouraged a rebellion against what was perceived by designers. Trends were created by ordi...

A continuation of Seventies Fashion... Do you know that feeling where your stomach drops because it feels like your missing something? That's how I felt when obsessively reread my post from last week. I thought " This is okay, but I can do better than this." so I decided to do a second post on fashion in the 1970s because I felt like I briefly spoke about issues Women's Liberation,  the breakaway from heteronormativity and the prominence of cultural appropriation.   Furthermore, in my research I found out that a lot of fashion in the Seventies was influenced by African Culture yet, these fashions were not accredited to people of color, so I thought that it would be important to speak about Black Culture and African Fashion and it’s influence on the fashion of this decade. Hence, my decision to write a second blog post on  70s fashion.  The Seventies is a decade that is filled with fashion influencers from the stars that attended Studio 54 to the...

The Seventies was a period in which the fashion was as passionate as the change-makers that wore them. During this time designers looked back at fashion from the 1930s and 1940s for inspiration for the style of the 70s. Ease and comfort were the hallmarks of seventies fashion. Hippy culture continued throughout the early seventies as the protests of the Vietnam War became louder and more rambunctious. The hippy counterculture was a way to for people to break away from the convention.   Flares also are known as bell-bottoms flowed in the wind as hippies flamboyantly shouted their pleas for peace. Hippies completed their rebellious ensembles with headbands, floppy hats, oversized glasses, homemade jewelry. Bo Rhap In continuity in the seventies brought appropriated the style of Roma Gypsies of central Europe. Today, we refer to this style has Bohemian or Boho for short. Bohemian style is known for its effortless look.  Bohemian fashion in the seventies inclu...

Fashion in the 1960s was a rebellion against the formality of the 1950s.  During this time, there was a population of nine million young adults (those who are 24 and under). This brought about time where fashion had embodied the free, experimental,  and passionate spirit of young people. Young people were the leading authority at this time this was referred to as the "Youth Quake" (because young people disrupted fashion). The embodied a deviation from the 1950s' focus on Haute Couture and a shift to ready to wear clothing. Looking good did not come at a high price, fashion became more affordable; allowing innovation in personal style.  Mod Fashion vs. Hippie Culture Mod Fashion and Hippy culture reminds me of the West Coast vs East Coast dispute between rappers of the '90s.  They were at opposite sides of the spectrum yet they shared some commonalities. Mod fashion was radiant in the way that embraced the boldness of the young people it repr...

Fashion in the 1950s' was centered around individualism and catering to the body types of clients. The creation of a dress was focused on hugging the curves of a woman's body rather than hiding them. Fashion before 1950 was created for utility to facilitate the work that women had to do during WWII. Post-WWII Society allowed Americans to indulge in consumerism.  Fashion in the 50s is a result of the rejection of the masculine and rigid clothes of WWII.  Designers like Christian Dior, Givenchy, and Chanel introduced new designs that would set the precedent for this decade. Women ditched their jumpsuits for the “New Look”. Christian Dior introduced his collection called the “New Look” in 1947. Fashion in the 50s' was a rebellion against the over masculine fashion of the 40s. This collection featured cinched-waists, exposed shoulders, mid-length skirts, prints, and the hourglass silhouette. Squared shoulders of coats were smoothed out for a more feminine look. Full ...

Dripping throughout the decades. Key terms: Drip: immense swag (Urban Dictionary) Iced-out: an intense display of material wealth (Urban Dictionary)  Fashion is cycle. Trends and designs can easily make a comeback. Throughout the next couple of weeks, I will discuss what means to look good in reference to innovation within fashion. I will start my timeline from the 1950s and end in the present. Fashion of the past and fashion today are intermixed, my blog posts will show what trends have made a resurgence. Fashion is dependent on culture.  Groups like the Black Panthers wore leather jackets and berets, indicative of their militant and passionate approach to achieving the rights that they feel African Americans deserve. Or the rising importance of separates in the '70s and '80s as more women entered the workforce. Furthermore, I  will talk about counterculture in the late '60s through the '70s that brought looser silhouettes as the hippy culture grew. The ...