There was a return to lady-like glamour in the Thirties. Dresses were designed to show off the curves of women. The clothes accentuated the waist, but not in an extreme way like the corset wearing years of previous decades. Eveningwear was more glamorous, taking inspiration from the film st...
The 1980s featured a post punk gothic style carried on from the seventies that was popular in Europe and America with the ‘LA Scene’. The style featured black clothing made out of unusual materials such as leather, fishnet material and lace. Women wore corsets while both sexes still sawDoc...
How Department Stores Liberated Victorian-Era Women Here’s a timeline of innovations and events that helped define the Victorian Era. May 24, 1819: Alexandrina Victoria is born inKensington Palace. As a royal princess, she is recognized as a potential heir to the throne of Great Britain. ...
While fashion remained simple in the 1200s, embroidery and dyeing became symbols of status. Blue dyes and silk imported to Europe from the Byzantine were popular among the wealthy. Since religion was of great importance, women dressed modestly but restrained their looser garments with narrow belts...
One of the fashion industry’s most iconic dresses is the bandage dress, the form-fitting dress that was the uniform of ’90s models. It was created by designer Hervé L. Leroux, who went on to become Hervé Léger. Leroux, who was actually born Hervé Peugnet...
"Taylor is writing for the universal woman and for the man who wants to know her," Knicks said. "The female rock 'n' roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business." ...
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women’s stretch denim now being available on the High Street with embroidered patterns being popular embellishments. The jerseywrapdress was designed byDiane von Furstenbergin 1971 and became incredibly fashionable; it could be worn to work, discos and nightclubs as the flattering cut of the ...
‘Pucci, the print maestro’. After being photographed by Harpers Bazaar skiing, wearing his own design, the magazine asked him to design winter clothes for women. Pucci’s prints came to symbolize Italian colour and the post war movement, contributing to the Sixties trends of the palazzo pant...
community theater before making his TV debut on an episode of CBS' 1985 revival of "The Twilight Zone." Other TV credits followed on series including "21 Jump Street," "Matlock" and "The Wonder Years." Tate appeared in Oprah Winfrey's high-profile miniseries "The Women of Brewster Place...