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The fashion of the 2010s was heavily influenced by the creation of social media and the increasing popularity of social media influencers. The 2010s was the decade known for logos, athleisure, fashion that transcends gender and size and comebacks. Comfortable style, this is not an oxymoron Athleisure effortlessly combined style and comfort. Athletic wear became a look that was not limited to the gym but has become an essential part of everyday wear. Companies like Lululemon and Fabletics have capitalized on this trend.  Athleisure has become the go-to look for students attending this irrationally early 8:00 am class. A chunky sneaker with leggings, an oversized sweater, and a baseball cap is the standard. Comfort and style are not sacrificed in athleisure. It displays comfortability and perceived athleticism. This signature look for the "healthy girl". In 2016, the Adidas tracksuit made a comeback. Avoid fashion faux pas by matching your Adidas Tracksuits with  Adid...

From boyband fever to an obsession with Brittany Spears, the fashion of the 2000s was dynamic in the way that they built upon trends of the past decades. The 1980s introduced the art of being extra but, the 2000s perfected it. The trends of the 2000s focused on the spread of globalization and the introduction of the internet and that about changes in fashion that would start the trends of the new millennium. Department stores like Macy’s and J.C.Penney allowed the fast-fashion industry to flourish. This spread of fashion made clothes easily accessible making outfits to become more personable. Metallics The fascination with the new world of computers and coding manifested itself in metallic mini skirts, tube tops, and jumpsuits. Pop stars like NSYNC and Brittany Spears made metallics a popular go-to look for a night out. Popped Collars The coolest guys in your class wore not one but two collared shirts and popped the collar of both just to flex. Juicy Couture Tracksuits Juicy Coutu...

The embrace of bold and bright colors was a trend that carried over into the 90s. People still wore their neon windbreakers and their baby doll dresses to complete their outfits  In the early 90’s, people could not resist dawning on all the colors of the rainbow. Their outfits were as florescent as their personalities. Women in the 90s were known for wearing bright colors on sweatshirts, crop tops, and leather jackets with shoulder pads, and denim jackets.   Crop Tops were a go-to for a 90’s summer look. Exposing your belly- button was a trend that I personally I’m no fan of but hey it was the ‘90s. Whether crop tops were worn by Britney Spears, Halle Berry, or TLC  crop tops were a go-to.  Sweatshirts with athletic bottoms were also a trend for athletic wear of the period that was even followed by royalty. Even Princess Diana wore her favorite sweatshirt with her running shorts for the morning grind. Outfits like this are even repeated today by people ...

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...