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They are now widely worn on every continent by people of all ages and social classes. Along with mass-marketed informal wear in general, blue jeans are perhaps American culture's primary contribution to global fashion. [4] Other fashion trends started in the US include sportswear as fashion along with athletic shoe wear like Converse or Nike.
This style remained dominant in high-fashion menswear through 1978 [376] [377] and then menswear again followed womenswear's lead and adopted the new big-shoulder looks for 1979. The Soft Look's pushed-up jacket sleeves and turned-up collars, though, would continue into the 1980s in bigger-shouldered, more colorful form.
Eastern High School, Washington, D.C. - Circa 1899. School dress codes have changed significantly over the years. Back in the late 1800s, women were expected to wear full-coverage blouses and ...
Bettina Ballard, Fashion Editor at Vogue, had returned to New York a few months earlier after 15 years spent covering French fashion from Paris: "We have witnessed a revolution in fashion at the same time as a revolution in the way of showing fashion." [17] British women shopping at Woolworths, 1945
A look back at the Battle of Versailles, the runway show that put American fashion on the map as it marks a historic 50th anniversary milestone.
This exhibit highlights stylistic narratives and histories of the American Wing Period. Each immersive period rooms reflect America from the 1700s to the 1970s and captures men's and women's fashion. The rooms also display America's domestic life and the influences of cultures, politics, and style at each period.
The Ivy League style of dress evolved on the campuses of elite universities from the 1920s through the 1940s, and became mainstream in the 1950s. It was a casualization of traditional formal menswear and characteristically adapted the sporting attire of the British and American upper classes (most students at these universities being, or ...
In response, the dancer found a floor-length dress to wear and started a fashion craze. [18] Another apocryphal origin story had an old woman wearing such a dress on a tour of "night spots" in Los Angeles. [19] The woman's youthful vigour "attracted attention" and a designer, believing her style of dress helped her stay active, copied her dress ...