TWENTY TEENS FASHION

TWENTY TEENS FASHION

Twenty teens is the era we are in now. Many trends have been expressed during this decade as many teenagers like to experiment and change up their looks a lot. Grunge and hipster styles were popular a lot these past years along with the complete opposite trends such as neon colours were being seen obsessively. 
Due to all these trend changes, all the high street fashion stores have to keep up to date with the current styles and trends people are following, to insure they get the optimum sales.
Popular international shops this decade include Topshop, Topman, H&M, Hollister, River Island, Marks & Spencers and Forever 21. All these well known stores are always keeping up with whats new. 

In early 2010, a lot of the clothes being sold were whats known as 'recycled fashion'; fashion and clothes items that have already been around in previous decades, such as Vintage Fashion. Topshop was one of the stores to replicate vintage clothing.

One thing I find really interesting that we see a lot of now a days is online shopping. Online shopping is constantly being advertised every wear you look and has become increasingly popular now then ever before. It encourages people to spend more money as sales and discounts are constantly being spread around too. 

In conclusion, today's trends aren't really as dramatic as previous trends have been, however its all down to how you wear it and your personally style. But who knows,in 20 or 30 years from now we will look back and ask ourselves why were we wearing that?

THE 00'S

THE 00'S
The 2000's was the year of the 'Gregorian Calendar' that began on the 1st of January 2000. It was also the year for many bizarre fashion trends. The fashion choices were often referred to as a 'mash-up' as it was a mixture of old and new trends and was a very experimental year when it came to fashion. A lot of young teens followed the hip-hop fashion trend in this era and the fashion was manly influenced by technology due to the growth of the internet.
Throughout this decade the women's fashion trends went through dramatic changes in this decade. Denim was a favourite fashion item in the early 00's as the 00's feature a lot of denim mini skirts.
The 2000's had many famous style icons showing off their own unique style in the 'mash-up' way.



http://stylecaster.com/2000s-style-10-girls-who-define-decade-in/

Mary Kate Olsen is a well known fashion icon and also has two fashion lines. In the 2000's she wasn't afraid to play around with a mixture of items and textures. She's seen wearing a hippy headband, oversized clutch, heels and a fur jacket to express herself through fashion. The 00's also started using more eco friendly fabrics in fashion making items using fabrics such as faux fur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Singer Rihanna was a fan of the hip-hop fashion trend in this era and wasn't scared to change her look throughout the years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



THE 1990'S

THE 1990's
In 90's is where a lot of famous people we know very well know a days first appeared on our screens. A lot of them were considered fashion icons in the 90's but things how certainly changed in fashion since then. I looked at some well known celebrity style icons that inspired the fashion choices of many women.

THE SPICE GIRLS
The spice girls at the time seemed to be every girls fashion inspiration. Each of them had there own style which is why they influenced so many. They were always seen as 'trendy' back then wearing tiny mini skirts, crop tops and Adidas trackie bottoms, they inspired everyone girls fashion choices in this era and that is what made them different.




BRITNEY SPEARS
Britney Spears is still a well known person today! Her single 'Hit me baby one more time' that was released in 1998 had everyone talking. Her outfit choice in this video had every girl wanting to be her! She wore a sexy school outfits and had her hair in pigtails. This outfit just screams 1990's fashion as it became very very well known as a fashion style icon.




CHER FROM CLUELESS
This film is now almost 18 years old and the outfit choices in this film are still being referred back on! The matching jackets and skirt and interesting choice of pattern is what makes this outfit and style so memorable. It is even being mimicked in music videos today. For example by Iggy Azalea.




From the film 'Clueless'





From Iggy Azalea's 2014 music video for 'Fancy'



THE 1980's

THE 1980'S
The 1980's was full of fashion style icons! It is considered one most experimental eras in fashion. There was a style icon for everyone and people were not afraid to express their personality and individuality through their style. Here a few famous faces from the eighties who started some of the popular fashion trends.

Madonna
Madonna became well known on the pop scene in 1983. She was very revealing with her stage outfits wearing things that were never seen before at this time. Madonna loved to wear leather pieces, tutus and conical bras to show off her individual style.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/549946/1980s-fashion-icons-eighties-fashion-80s-style-moments.html

MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael's outfit choice in his well know music video 'Thriller' became a well known item of clothing in the 80's. It show cased Michael Jackson's signature style and become one of the most copied cuts of the decade. The jacket worn in the video sold for $1.8 million at an auction in 2011.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/549946/1980s-fashion-icons-eighties-fashion-80s-style-moments.html

BOY GEORGE
Boy George was the leader of London's peacock punks and loved to express his personality through fashion. He saw 1980's fashion as art. He says that 'anything goes' and isn't afraid to mix it up with his look. He made many headlines for his unusual style choices.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/549946/1980s-fashion-icons-eighties-fashion-80s-style-moments.html

1970 FEMINISM

1970 FEMINISM

Feminism is a period of feminist activity that first began in early 1960's in the US. It later spread beyond United States. The movement lasted through the 1980's. There was many fashion and celebrity inspiring women during the feminism movement.


COCO CHANEL

 

 

 During this time where women was expected to wear skirts and dresses, Chanel dressed them in the complete opposite. Women were dressed in trousers and suits. Coco's designs helped to liberate women through fashion during this movement.

 

 

GLORIA STEINEM

 

http://www.babble.com/entertainment/happy-birthday-gloria-steinem-whats-the-state-of-feminism-today/

Gloria is one of the most regonised women during this movement. She led the womens liberation in the 60's and 70's. She was also the co founder of the feminsist themed magazine MS. She was also the founder of several female groups. She was in the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 because of all her efforts.

POSTMODERNISM AND THE 1970'S

Postmodernism & The 1970's
Postmodernism is a late 20th century movement in the arts that was a departure from modernism. It is often associated with deconstruction and post-structuralism because it gained significant popularity at the same time as the 20th century post structural thought.

The 70's fashions were becoming part of mainstream culture. In the 70's everyone wore flares, platforms and fringe. These trends are now making a re appearance on the runways. Modern day designers were inspired by the original icons of the era such as Cher, Bianca Jagger and many more. 
There are now many brands such as Gucci and Laura Ashley are making 1970's fashion their own back in the day.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/548954/1970s-fashion-moments-that-defined-seventies-style.html

Diane Von Furstenberg and the Wrap dress (1974)
This dress became one of the most famous inventions ever in the 70's. Diane made her now iconic wrap in 1974 after setting out to create a jersey dress that was made out of silk and had a relaxed feel about it and that would fit well on every women's body type. She was then quickly given the cover of Buisness Bible Newsweek and was named 'The most marketable designer since CoCo Chanel.' Diane had sold over 5 million of the dresses worldwide.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/548954/1970s-fashion-moments-that-defined-seventies-style.html

Joni Mitchell (1972)
Joni Mitchell was the poster girl of hippy chic. She was one of the most popular 70's style icons. She became well known for wearing tie-dye blouses that keeps making a come back now a days as the trend is being sold in stores on the high street to this day.

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/548954/1970s-fashion-moments-that-defined-seventies-style.html

Cher (1973)
Cher was everywhere in the 70's. She released a total of 10 albums in the 1970's. From more-is-more prints to perms, Cher followed every trend that the decade had to offer but she became a true inspiration.

Photography In The 60's

Photography In The 60's
The 1960's 
The rise of photography especially Photojournalism and Street Photography.
I decided to research 10 Photographs that defined the 60's. 




Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe (The Bed And The Wine, Sipping) From The Last Sitting, 1962.

Bern Stern was known for his pictures in vogue during the 1950's and 60's, he was an art and fashion photographer. He became well known for his photographs of Marilyn Monroe known as 'The Last Sitting.' These photographs he took two months before the actress passed away. 




This photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono shows the two jesting protest against the Vietnam War that took place not long after the couple exchanged their vows in 1969. They knew that their new marriage would attract attention so the two deliberately sought friends in television to announce they would stay in bed for 2 weeks as a strategy of peace activism. 




The execution of Nguyen Van Lem
Nguyen was a soldier for the Viet Cong and was executed on the streets of  Saigon by a South Vietnamese officer. This offence interrupted a truce during the Tet lunar new year celebrations, jolted global perceptions of what the communist 'guerrillas' that are in Vietnam are capable of.

BRITAIN - ART IN THE 60'S

BRITAIN - ART IN THE 60'S

The art movement was started by artist Richard Hamilton and was one of the pioneers of Pop Art. Since this revolution everything seemed to evolve.
Music seemed more popular in the 1960's especially British Pop Groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as in 1964 The Beatles had the top 5 singles in the chart and they also had alot of bestselling albums.

There also seemed to be alot of Fashion Icons around in the 1960's, as fashion started to become bigger in this era. The 60's Fashion era is often coming back into trend each year! Twiggy was a big name in the 60's! (see last blog post) but since being The Face of the 1966 she is now instantly recognizable! She has been on everything and everywhere such as on some of Andy Warhols Screen prints, and Marks and Spencers shopping bags.

Edie Sedgwick was the original IT girl! Popular in the New York art scene she became very popular. She was know for her 'good girl gone bad' vibe and her dark eyeliner. Her mini mod dresses and sheer black tights also made her a iconic women in the fashion world.

Veruschka is a unique German model who landed her first cover in 1963. She became popular because of her 'sexy' attitude and look. She exuded sex because of her style of fashion, showing of alot of leg and flirty facial features. She lead a new direction of fashion in the 60's by pioneering a new skinny chic ideal.

  

THE 60'S

THE 60'S

The 60's is a popular culture and era know often called the 'Sixties.' Alot of great things happened in Britain and around the world during the 60's. For example, the first man inspace happened in 1961, 1966 England won the world cup and virtually all houses had electricity at this point. 

What I really like from the 60's were all the fashion trends. Even the way people styled their hair was completely different in the 1960's. One big inspiration from the 60's was Twiggy. 

Lesley Lawson, popularly known as Twiggy, is an english actress, model and singer. Mid 1960's she became a well known British Teenage model of Swinging Sixties London. 

Twiggy was especially known for how she looks. She was a very thin model and had very unique features such as large eyes and long eyelashes. In 1966, she was named 'The Face Of 1966.' By 1967 Twiggy had appared on covers such as Vogue and her fame had spread world wide.  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/twiggy-leather-ms_n_4141708.html

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34832597087912095/

The 60's fashion is always coming back into trend, especially the Mod Style. Many celebrities have been seen sporting the 60's style and here are a few...

http://www.whowhatwear.co.uk/1960s-fashion-trend-celebrity-2014/slide6

AMERICAN MODERNISM - POP ART

POP ART
Pop art is an art movement that became popular in the mid 1950's in Britain. The movement then emerged in the late 1950's in the United States.
One of the popular artists who shaped the pop art movement was an American artist called Andy Warhol. Andy's work usually consists of very bright colours and his work was very recognisable. He would often draw/get influence from popular media and products, advertisements and celebrities. Andy Warhol understood the allure of celebrity and understood shopping, so these obsessions helped drove the economy. Andy captured an 'authentic American aesthetic.'


     

POP ART FASHION
Pop art has become one of the most influential art movements and most of the artists of this movement has influenced fashion design.

Andy Warhol is one of the very first icons of pop art. Warhol's most famous piece of work was his Cambells soup can. In the 60's, this well known art was made into a dress named The Souper Dress, marking the beginning of the influential connection Warhol had with fashion.

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/79778

                     
Also, well known names such as Christian Dior released a collection of dresses and accesories with sketches of shoes drawn by Warhol.

http://www.buro247.me/fashion/trends/five-pop-artists-who-influenced-fashion.html

 

AMERICAN MODERNISM - FASHION

American modernism is an artistic cultural movement in the United States.
It started in the early 1920's when the ready to wear fashion started to spread and become popular in America. More women started to earn their own wages and didn't want to waste time and money on fittings. This is because people, especially women called for expensive fashion. Several designers of this fashion made a stage pose, including Jane Derby.
JANE DERBY- is a top of the line ready-to-wear American fashion designer from the 1930s to 1965.

http://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/derby-jane/
A label from a Wool Suit, 1939

In this time period, men's fashion was more conservative. For example, trousers widened to 24 inches at the bottom. The fashion also changed depending on the season. In summer, white linen was popular while in the winter, an American coat (the raccoon coat) was in fashion. They also had things such as the 'slouch hat' which was made of felt, that meant it can be rolled up and can fit in a bag.
       

In the 1920's the role of American women changed. This was a result of the work they did during the war. Also the number of working women increased by 25% and this resulted in women wearing clothes that was more convenient for certain activities. So many women stopped wearing skirts and corsets. Even though alot of things did changed, most women were stuck at home as housewives and were still not as free as men.

BAUHAUS AND WW||



Bauhaus Poster 1923
 


BAUHAUS
The Bauhaus was founded in Weimar, Germany, 1919 by architect Walter Gropius. It was combined of crafts and fine arts. It existed in three Germany cities, being in Weimar from 1919 - 1925. The Bauhaus was well known for its innovative approach to design and this changed the course of Modern Art in the 20th century.
WALTER GROPIUS
Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus school in Germany, in 1919. Along with Le Corbusier is known as one of the pioneering masters of Modern Architecture.

WW||
WW|| was a global war from 1939 - 1945, although related conflicts started earlier. It included a vast majority of the worlds nations. War changed fashion dramatically. It didnt matter about being the best dressed or wearing designer clothes but it was about practical clothing. Everything at this time has to be rationed, including clothes. So the slogan 'Make do and mend' was made to encourage people to repair and adapt their own clothes.


Vogue ran articles about having 'your one and only dress'. Meaning that you have one dress that would be your going out wear. Vogue also made many slogans, including one saying 'Dig for victory'. This basically meant that the women had to produce their own food to save resources.

http://fashionthroughtime1.blogspot.co.uk/2013_01_01_archive.html

1925 - 1939 SURREALISM

SURREALISM
Surrealism is a literary and artistic movement of dream-like expressionism. The authors and movers of this movement were specifically obsessed with capturing imagination and solving the mysteries that lie beneath the subconscious matters of the human mind.
SALVADOR DALI
Dali was a draftsman who was best known for the bizarre images in his surrealism work. Dali's artistic repertoire includes film, sculptor, and photography, in collaboration with a range of other artists in a variety of media. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/most-iconic-surrealist-paintings

MAN RAY
Man Ray belonged to both Dadaist and Surrealist group. He created pieces that are still questioned today. Ray is also known for creating his own type of photograph, which he names after himself, 'Rayographs.'

http://www.invisible-design.it/en/stories/art/rayograph/

SURREALISM FASHION
I went onto a article on www.elle.com, that was all about Surrealism inspired fashion. This article showed many fashion moments, and garments that were designed by well known fashion designers that were influenced by the movement Surrealism.

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

                        
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN,1997
Alexander Mcqueen spring 1997 show  'La Poupee' was dedicated to surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer. Although there was no literal references to Hans Film, McQueen did explore notions of the manipulated body on the runway.

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

                 
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, 2006
Here is Jean's version of Schiaparelli's skeleton dress for his Fall 2006 collection. He titled it 'Les Surrealistes.' The hat seems to be made from the model's own hair.

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

                 
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, 2012
Diane's fall 2012 show is titled 'Rendezvous.' She says her work is bold, daring, strong and it's humour. The humour came courtesy of surrealism, with lips and clock accenting handbags. Dresses with beaded eye embellishments and trompe l'oeil hands placed in weird places.

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1914 - 1925 DE STIJL

DE STIJL
De Stijl (also known as neoplastic-ism) was a Dutch artistic movement. It was found in 1917 by artists Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. They attempted to create a utopian ideal by turning objects into a abstracted image that utilized horizontal and vertical lines as well as the use of primary colours. De Stijl artists were not concerned with representing the true form of the object. 

PIET MONDRIAN
Piet Mondrian was a Dutch artist who helped establish the De Stijl movement and developed his own style of painting. His abstract way of painting depicted bright primary colours blocked of by black bars.

 

http://www.totaldesign.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/de-stijl.jpg

Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930

Piet Mondrian's well-known work soon mixed with the fashion world, even during his life as an artist. Mondrian allowed his work to be featured as back drops of fashion shoots in popular magazines, so the aesthetics began to be quite recognisable in the fashion world. 

http://artingeelong.com/2011/12/20/recalling-mondrian-and-de-stijl/

Yves Saint Laurent released a iconic A-line dress inspired by Piet Mondrian during the Autumn season of 1965, called the 'Mondrian Dress.' It was a well known piece in the 60's because of the graphic white lines, spaces and primary colours. 

This dress featured on the cover of French Vogue in September 1965 and since then many copies have been made and produced.

http://mynamesgucci.tumblr.com/

1900 - 1914 FAUVISM

FAUVISM
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves, a short-lived group of early 20th century modern artists whose work showed use of strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. Fauvism began around 1900 as a style and continued beyond 1910, the movement actually only lasted a few years. (1904-1908)

HENRI MATISSE
Henri Matisse is a french painter and sculptor who is known for his use of colours and fluidity in his artwork. He is also one of the leaders for the Fauvism movement.


http://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/portrait-of-madame-matisse-green-stripe-1905

He did this painting of his wife as a way to show his independence to use abstract colours for line and shape.

Henri Matisse inspired many designers to create evening dresses influenced by his artwork. They do this by using bright colours and interesting patterns. I went onto vogue.com and they had an article about Henri Matisse inspired fashion pieces.

 

http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/1658291/aquilano-rimondi-matisse-moma-show/

The cover of vogue back in April 1949, was inspired by Henri Matisse. It was photographed by Cecil Beaton and featured Jean Patchett and Carmen Dell'Orefice.

 

http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/1658291/aquilano-rimondi-matisse-moma-show/

Also his famous patterns were featured in many Autumn/Winter Collections. This blouse worn by Annette Stai is a Matisse inspired blouse featured in Yves Saint Laurent's collection in 1981. 

http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/1658291/aquilano-rimondi-matisse-moma-show/

                   

http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/1658291/aquilano-rimondi-matisse-moma-show/

Here are some more garments featured in other collections. You can see that they are inspired by Henri Matisse's work as they are similar in terms of patterns, as he is known for his fluidity in his work. The colours are very different on each dress, but the colours the designers have chosen for their garment compliment each other so the patterns can stand out. The dress on the left was featured in the Tata Naka pre-fall collection in 2014. The dress on the right is featured in Issa London, resort 2015.