2000-2009

Posted by FIT Student | Last updated Aug 14, 2020 | Published on Sep 12, 2017 | 2000-2009, 21st century, decade overview

OVERVIEW

Womenswear

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Burberry Brit

Fig. 1 - Mario Testino (Peruvian, 1954-). Burberry Brit, Autumn 2009. Source: Pinterest

Menswear

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CHILDREN’S WEAR

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Historical Context

Wikipedia: 2000-2009

Political map of the world, April 2007. Source: Library of Congress

Events:

2003 – The first season of reality contest America’s Next Top Model premieres on US television.
2004 – The group Designers Against Aids is launched to promote awareness of the disease. Designer Marc Jacobs and clothes store H&M go on to collaborate with the charity.
2005 – The Istanbul Cevahir Shopping Centre opens. It is the largest mall in Europe, and the sixth largest in the world.
2008 – First Lady Michelle Obama wears a dress by Jason Wu at the inaugural ball for President Barack Obama.

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In this 1783 painting, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun d

In this 1783 painting, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun depicts the extremely fashionable Queen Marie Antoinette wearing late 18th-century French aristocratic costume (a robe à la française)–a face-saving portrait after the shock of an earlier fashion faux pas. Read more at the link in bio!

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This lush purple velvet dress designed by Elizabet

This lush purple velvet dress designed by Elizabeth Keckley for Mary Todd Lincoln features both an evening and day bodice paired with a wide crinoline skirt. The ensemble, worn in 1861-62 while Lincoln was First Lady, reflects fashionable dress trends of the time. Read more at the link in bio!

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The late 16th century’s fashion is characterized

The late 16th century’s fashion is characterized by its Spanish influence, and as a Spanish Prince, Don Carlos exhibits the height of the time’s fashion. Read more about Prince Don Carlos and the fashions he wore at the link in bio!

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Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761-1802) was the daught

Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761-1802) was the daughter of one of the most famous court painters at the end of the 18th century, but was also an accomplished painter herself. Her painting debut was at age 30 when she chose this self-portrait and one other painting to represent her work at the Salon. Her clothing represents popular 18th-century styles including the robe à l’anglaise and the taste for stripes while also representing the importance of ‘artistic appreciation’ that followed Enlightenment ideals of the century. Read more about the artist at the link in the bio!

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Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1984 corset dress exemplifi

Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1984 corset dress exemplifies his ability to draw inspiration from fashion history while simultaneously making something fashion forward. This piece from his Barbès collection is a play on the 1950s bullet bra rendered in a golden orange ruched velvet material with lacing up the back. Off the runway the design was further popularized when it first appeared in Madonna's “Vogue” music video in 1990. Most famously, her various stage costumes for her blonde ambition tour were versions of Gaultier's cone bra and brought his designs to a wider audience. Read more at the link in the bio!

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Nicola Bowery created this outfit for Johnny Rotte

Nicola Bowery created this outfit for Johnny Rotten (Joseph Lyndon) to wear at the first Love Ball AIDS Benefit in 1989. The ensemble is made using a repurposed Gap denim jacket and Levi’s jeans and represents an approach to fashion that was utilized by many subcultures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Groups like Punks and New Romantics would repurpose garments to showcase the wearer’s individuality and creativity. Read more at the link in bio!

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In this late 18th-century painting, Agostino Bruni

In this late 18th-century painting, Agostino Brunias depicted a range of colonial Dominican fashions from the wealthy elite to the poorest people whom they enslaved. Brunias organized the painting by skin tone as an attempt to soothe white European fears of class mixing and the breakdown of social stratification in the colonies. Read more at the link in bio.

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In the 1930s, fashion was profoundly influenced by

In the 1930s, fashion was profoundly influenced by Hollywood films. Men’s, women’s, and children’s styles were based on fashions seen on screen with stars like Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Greta Garbo affecting trends. Bias-cut dresses and a return to the natural waist became exceedingly popular. Read more at the link in bio!

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Spring by Édouard Manet is a breathtaking, youthf

Spring by Édouard Manet is a breathtaking, youthful portrait of French actress Jeanne Demarsy, who exemplifies the title through her soft facial features and floral dress and bonnet. As one of the last paintings done by Manet before his death, the portrait emphasizes the beauty of nature. Read more at the link in bio!

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