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1930–1945 in Western fashion. The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses and ...
Many girls' and young women's dresses were styled after those of the older women. Originally everyday workwear in the Southwestern US, Western clothing comprising jeans, Stetson and checked shirt was worn by many young boys during the 1950s in imitation of singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
1940s fashion. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940s fashion. Fashion during the 1940s — clothing designed and/or popular in the 1940s. Also fashion designers and clothing companies active during the decade. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s.
Jantzen Knitting Mills, a manufacturer of sweaters, coined the term "swim suit" in 1915 and introduced the Red Diving Girl swimwear line. [10] The first annual bathing-suit day at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1916 was a landmark. [11] The swimsuit apron, a design for early swimwear, disappeared by 1918, leaving a tunic covering the ...
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Italian fashion for both men and women was extravagant and expensive, but the fashion industry declined during the industrialization of Italy. Many modern Italian fashion brands were founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and in the 1950s and 1960s, Italian fashion regained popularity worldwide.
Later, during the eighteenth century in London, crossdressing became a part of the club culture. Crossdressing took a part in men's only clubs where men would meet at these clubs dressed as women and drink. [44] One of the most well known clubs for men to do this was known as the Molly Club or Molly House. [44]
Bobby soxers were a subculture of young women in the mid-to-late 1940s. Their interests included popular music, in particular that of singer Frank Sinatra, and wearing loose-fitting clothing, notably bobby socks. [1][2] Their manner of dress, which diverged sharply from earlier ideals of feminine beauty, was controversial. [3][4] As a teenager ...
During the early 18th century the first fashion designers came to the fore as the leaders of fashion. In the 1720s, the queen's dressmaker Françoise Leclerc became sought-after by the women of the French aristocracy, [4] and in the mid century, Marie Madeleine Duchapt, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Le Sieur Beaulard all gained national recognition and expanded their customer base from the French ...