Category: 1970-1979

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1970-1979

1970-1979, 20th century, decade overview

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David Bowie Is

1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 20th century, 21st century, blog

An exhibition about the internationally acclaimed artist David Bowie (1947-2016) faces its final curtain call at the Brooklyn Museum.

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1973 – Rafael, Denim Leisure Suit

1970-1979, 20th century, garment analysis

Bill Kaiserman (Rafael) was a retail salesman turned hat maker who influenced that fashion world by introducing the leisure aesthetic to the American fashion market in the early 1970s.

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Counter-Couture: Handmade Fashion in an American Counterculture

1970-1979, 20th century, blog

Today’s idea of political support is buying a t-shirt and promoting a specific candidate. However in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea that many clothes were handmade was a political statement on its own.

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Not to be confused with the little green amphibians, Frogging is a type of ornamental braid or cording that can function as a garment closure, or be purely decorative. Frogging lives on today through designers such as Valentino and Rousteing. Read more about this unique closure below!

#frogging #fashionhistory #valentino #fashiondictionary

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/frogging/

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Emile Pingat was a masterful Parisian couture dressmaker whose designs rivaled Charles Frederick Worth. He was renowned for his monochromatic color palettes enlivened with a single accent color, which gave his works elegance without sacrificing any of the opulence of nineteenth-century fashion. Continue reading below!

#fashionresearch #fashionhistory #Emilepingat #hautecouture #19thcentury

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1820-1901-emile-pingat/

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Do you know what a fibula is? No, I don’t mean that bone in your calf, next to your tibia! A fibula is similar to a safety pin and serves to hold up a draped garment. Popular in Greek culture, it displayed the prestige and power of certain individuals in society. Read more at the link!

#arthistory #fashionresearch #fashionhistory #fibula

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/fibula/

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John Singer Sargent’s Miss Elsie Palmer is an intriguing portrait of a young upper class girl who finds herself in between childhood and womanhood as well as in between mainstream fashion and dress reform. Her dress rejects the traditional restrictive fashion of the day in favor of a style that is more unique and freeing. Find out more about her daring fashion at the link!

#arthistory #fashionresearch #fashionhistory #dressreform #19thcentury

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1890-john-singer-sargent-miss-elsie-palmer/

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1880s fashion was defined by an abundance of over-decoration with trims, lace, shirring, bows, etc. and the rigidly structured bustle. The bustle reached its largest size by 1886, “whereon a good-sized tea tray might be carried,” as one writer commented at the time. However, there were dress reformers, such as Oscar Wilde, who protested these ultra-restrictive trends. Read more of our newly published decade overview below!

#arthistory #bustle #fashionhistory #19thcentury

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1880-1889/

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Have you started thinking about what to be for Halloween? What about Cleopatra? In the 1963 film, Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, there were over 60 costumes made solely for Cleopatra’s character! So abandon your preconceived notion that there can only be one Cleopatra this Halloween! Read more about Cleopatra and its incredibly intricate costume design below!

#Halloween #digitalhumanities #fashionresearch #Cleopatra

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1963-mankiewicz-cleopatra/

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Who doesn’t enjoy a good cup of coffee… what about coffee-colored lace? Coffee-colored lace, along with suede, black, and white were tremendously popular colors for at the time. Created in 1887-1889, this stunning silk evening dress was designed by Jean-Philippe Worth for the House of Worth. Continue reading below!

#fashionresearch #fashionhistory #digitalhumanities #coffee

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1887-1889-worth-evening-dress/

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The 1970s- Oh, what a blast from the past! The decade saw a wide range of popular styles: from the early prairie dresses influenced by hippie fashion, to the flashy party wear worn to disco nightclubs, to the rise of athletic wear as the decade looked towards the 1980s; the seventies was a decade that explored fashion, but also looked back. Read more at the link below!

#arthistory #fashionresearch #fashionhistory #theseventies

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1970-1979/

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Did you know that in just one year Gucci’s value increased 66% to $22.4 billion largely due to the “Moonlight Clans,” a group of Chinese millennials who have a soft spot for luxury goods. And unlike some other brands, Gucci has learned to embrace- not caricature- Chinese culture with their floral prints inspired by 18th century Chinese textiles. Click on the link below to read more about Gucci’s success!

#gucci #fashionresearch #fashionhistory #China

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/gucci-strikes-red/

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