Fashion History Ms. Collishaw HNC3O
Fashion History
Ms. Collishaw
HNC3O
The Earliest Fashions
Neanderthals wore feathers (Discovery News 2011)
American Natural History Museum
Earliest garments made from
•Softened skins
•Sewn together with sinews and bone needles
•Or laced grasses, bark and feathers
Ancent Egypt
Pharaoh Ahkenaton and wife Nefertiti Egyptian farmer wearing loincloth
•Egyptians developed linen
•Men – loincloth
•Women – long straight dresses
•Wide bead collars
•Slaves naked
Bead-net dress (Petrie Museum)
Greek Fashion
Kouros sculpture showing colours
Chlamys – Men’s cloak for travelers
Chiton for women
Himation – cloak for men or women
Roman FashionToga – formal wear for noble men
purple border = kings
Tunics – common clothing, worn under toga
Caligae – Soldier’s shoes
Stolla (dress) and Palla (shawl)
Qin Dynasty
Terracotta army – detailed fashion record
Emperors wore embroidered silk •Simple shape
•elaborate silk embroidery to mark beliefs and status
Women’s wedding dress
Europe in the Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages wedding
Late middle ages wedding
High Middle Ages
Renaissance Dress
King Henry VIII England
How is it different from medieval dress?
Seventeenth Century (1600-1700)
Eighteenth Century (1700-1800)
Neoclassical look
Early Century
Nineteenth Century (1800-1900)
Frock coat
Twentieth Century
1900-1920
The hobble skirt
The Gibson Girl 1920s
Flapper fashion
Sports and leisure wear
Twentieth Century continued
1930s
1940s
Twentieth Century cont’d
1950s1960s
Twentieth Century cont’d
1970s
1980s – Cast of Dynasty
Twentieth Century - end
1990s
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