How Clothing Changed Over Time

The clothing in the eighteenth century could tell much about you, but was hard to put on. It was tedious to put on and heavy to hot and heavy to wear. I do not think I would like to wear the clothing in the eighteenth

The main reason for the change in women’s clothing was their changing and growing societal roles. Women’s fashion became less restricting and easier to wear as they were entering the workforce and furthering their education. It was no longer a woman’s role to just sit at home and look pretty and their clothing reflected that. A major change was in the skirt hemlines as they rose from the ankles to knee length over the course of the decade (Hanson 51). This was due in large to the fact that more and more women were working, driving, and even playing sports. Their new jobs and hobbies required more freedom to move that was not possible

In “Millennium Dress History: Artifacts as Harbingers of Change” Annette Lynch and Mitchel D. Strauss offers a discussion about the complexities of dress history. They define cultural authentication as “analyzing the process by which an outside aesthetic influence is integrated into and becomes a part of the existing style tradition.” So is cultural authentication and authenticity the same? Is, like authenticity and value, cultural authentication socially constructed?

Ever wonder where the strange fashion choices of society’s favorite Disney movies originated? It might be a bit of an understatement to say that the apparel of men during the Elizabethan Era was odd, but each piece of their outfit had a crucial role to play in their daily life. Clothing worn during the Elizabethan Era was greatly dictated by the Sumptuary Laws, the wealth of the individual, and fashion trend of neighboring countries.

6. How was clothing used to separate genders? Was there a particular hairstyle or a special type of clothing used to separate the genders?

The Clothing of the Ancient Egyptians depended on Social class. Clothing also changed between The Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom. Pleating was known since the Old Kingdom when some dresses of upper class Egyptians were pleated horizontally. Noblemen in the Old Kingdom wore, a short kilt, pleated and belted; shoulder-length hair, and a necklace. A “Middle Kingdom piece of clothing displays three different types of pleating” (Garments, Ancient Egypt: Clothing) One is pleated a few centimetres apart, another with very narrow pleats and the last is chevron-patterned, with vertical and horizontal pleats crossing each other.

“Fashions Fade, but Style is Eternal” American fashion has changed drastically over the past 4 centuries; skirts became shorter, clothes came to be more comfortable and colorful, many clothing options became available for everyone, and fashion became more than just functionality. In the American colonies, colonists wore, and made clothes that helped them with their tasks of the day. Clothing was dirty, dull, and sometimes uncomfortable. At first, clothes were made of silk, wool, linen, leather, and in the late 18th-century, cotton.

Medieval tailors are considered to have truly started fashion, by creating wild and unrealistic clothing. Medieval tailors impacted life forever, but they were just mere peasants, and most were very poor. When you think of the middle ages, you may think of knights in shining armour, castles, and jesters, but life in the middle ages was very difficult. Tailors were very skilled, but they didn’t get much pay. The tailor might not have made much money, but tailors were very important.

People everywhere find self-expression through what they wear. Many people today are judged by what they wear. Although one doesn’t want it to, clothing can place you in a certain group or social class. Even 457 years ago, when the Elizabethan Era was recognized by its profound range of fashion, clothing showed wealth, inheritance, and social class. People today are allowed to wear what they desire, but during the Elizabethan Era many women were restricted from many fabrics or materials, colors, and patterns.

The lord and lady lived in the castle to protect themselves and their family. The upper floors of the castle had the bedrooms for the lord and the family. Servants did most of the day’s work and the knights defended the castle. Greater wealth in Europe during the medieval times were shown by clothes with brighter colors, better materials, and longer jacket length. The lord and the lady would wear clothes made of silk, velvet, or damask (heavy cloth).

Clothing styles have changed drastically over the many years of civilization. From hand made, hand sewn, pieces of fabric, to mas produced, factory made, clothing, through technology clothing has changed. The evolution of clothing is due to technological advances in the making of mass produced clothing. Throughout history clothing has had a big impact of social status.

At the end of the 18th century there was one of the most significant events in the history of dress. Men gave up their right to all the bright, more elaborate, and more varied forms of clothing. They left all that to the women. Men abandoned their claim to be considered beautiful. They, instead, aimed at being useful in society.

Medieval; middle Ages, clothing and fashion was determined by the pyramid of power. Clothing is what separated the status of a person from another. Fashion differed from social wealth and class.

Life in the Renaissance has changed compared to today there is new and upgraded clothing and food , people are getting the education they need now days. Back then they didn't have much to work with but with whatever they could get their hands on

In the middle ages Tailors made clothes for some of the population. They used limited and traditional resources for their work. Many made clothing from silk gowns, underwear, and all types of clothing. They were hired to create diverse types of clothing and used a variety of materials to add to the types of clothing they had in their repertories. Tailors often worked in highly specialized shops.