How Style Took Shape Over The Last Century
Fashion is always evolving based on the trends of the past and what is currently affecting the youth of the current generation. Both females and males alike have seen so much improvement in fashion over the past decades that even seeing someone from a century ago would yield quite outlandish looks.
The 1920′s were an important stage for women, who saw a fashion revolution with the “flapper” style of clothing. This type of clothing made women more bold, daring, and the “flapper” look overall was associated with the energetic “go getter” types that were emerging as equals to men. Women also enjoyed becoming more socially adept by drinking and smoking in public without shame.
After World War II, the United States was just getting out of a horrible depression. Even after the effects of the depression and war, women and men had to dress conservatively to ensure there were enough materials for war efforts. Women often wore basic and durable clothing, as they were the ones running the factories while the men went to war.
The next big mark in the fashion industry came in the 1960′s, with a rebellion in what was considered formal and conformist. The hippy movement brought loose-fitting clothes that valued comfort over how one looked on the outside. While most associate the 1970′s with such fashion styles, it was in the 1960′s where such types of style gained popularity.
A few decades later we come to the 1990′s, where fashion has become a mixture of several styles. While there will always be those who value retro styles, the 1990′s brought a mix of many different types of fashion and combined them. Different sects or cliques easily form as a result of one’s taste in fashion. One thing that was always popular was bright colors and usage of pastels in clothing, along with blue jeans and tennis shoes to match.
Today we can enjoy all types of fashions and styles and not be gawked at while walking down the street. Fashion has become so diverse that anyone following the 1970′s movement of fashion would be just as accepted as 1990′s styles of fashion. As diversity grows, the future will likely hold an even wider acceptance of difference and inequality in fashion.
In Conclusion
The fun part is just about to begin: we get to see new fashions emerge as new and old fashions continue to merge and morph into still yet more fashion styles. As another century passes, we can only guess that what we consider normal now is completely odd to those looking back in time at our current fashions.
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