Victorian fashion

Welcome to 514 Fashion! I am from Kansas City, a wife and mom of two boys and a girl 10,12 & 18. I worked in the fashion industry for 15 years when I decided that I wanted a little less travel and more time with my family. I have always had a huge passion for making my own home decor, jewelry (a woman can never have enough), clothing and gifts but I never considered myself “crafty” and certainly didn’t think I had a creative bone in my body until I started designing (yes, that is my word for crafting

The idea of an empowerment brand is not completely new to the fashion world. Today, there are many companies who all have similar ideas on how they want to use fashion to change the world and empower those in other countries, or here in the United States. They sell a variety of products to clothing, shoes, jewelry, and household goods. Some of these companies have people in other countries making this products, therefore, they are providing them with jobs to help lift them out of poverty. There are

Seventeen magazine was the teen magazine to be published back in September of 1944. The goal of the magazine was to inspire teen girls to empower themselves and that they to can accomplish anything. Seventeen just a few years later, it took a more fashion and romance-oriented approach in presenting their material, while still maintaining their model of promoting self-confidence in young women. Seventeen is a magazine that has a target audience that is teenagers. The magazine usually puts celebrities

Fashion is a major part of today’s history. Throughout the years, clothing has made the generation. During the 1920’s fashion was fabulous, risqué, and modern. As for this time period, fashion is nothing like it used to be. The 1920s is known for the all night partying in stunning clothing. Fashion has and always will be a tremendous part of history. To describe this topic, fashion is what individuals wear, and what they look like. During our generation now, many enjoy wearing a pair of blue jeans

Fashion In the 1960’s The novel, The Outsiders, written by S. E Hinton is set in the 1960’s. The plot is based on two social groups, the Greasers and Socs. The Greasers don’t have a lot of nice clothes. On the other hand, the Socs have all the new fashion. They are never out of date. Fashion was different in the 1960’s than it is now. The clothing worn in the past can tell a lot about culture of the time. Just like the youth of the time period, the fashions during the 1960’s included clothes that

Fashion in ancient Rome has little to do with fashion in modern day Rome. Fashion in ancient Rome was unique to their culture. Fashion in ancient Rome was very different than fashion in modern day Rome, but there are a few similarities. There are more differences than similarities between fashion in ancient Rome versus fashion in modern day Rome. Since fashion in ancient Rome is so uniquely different from fashion today, it is interesting to learn about and explore how it has changed over time. Fashion

like if it weren’t for Coco Chanel, a very famous fashion designer. One of the things Chanel is well known for is her little black dress. In the 1920s Coco Chanel changed the way the world thought about the color black when she introduced the “little black dress” to her collections, originally the color black was worn by people in mourning and it was considered extremely uncouth for people to wear

the 1400’s or the 21st century, fashion has always had a huge impact on our culture and daily lives. Renaissance fashion is similar to modern fashion but at the same time it is also extremely different due to style, price, and meaning. During the time of the Renaissance there were laws prohibiting who wore certain clothing, due to the prices. Today, modern fashion, depending on social class, determines what designers or different brands you wear. Renaissance fashion is very costumey. There was a

Gloria Sabri 20s 60s 80s Fashion Trends Social The end of normalcy brought on many new fashion trends that has changed society. Fashion plays an important role in society and it has changed greatly over the last twentieth century. Fashion in the 1920s consisted of a dramatic change in style. After World War I, the flapper movement occurred. Dresses became a lot lighter, bright, and shorter than they were before. The tremendous changes in style gave women the confidence to do things that they

In this article written by April Vickzo is about the conditions costume designers work in and how they still have to provide and take care of themselves and their health. This article describes how most designers are overworked and underpaid and designers will often ask themselves, “is this worth it?” and “am I coming back tomorrow?”. The industry is cut throat and very competitive and one may never know if their talent that is being used is enough. The article implies that not only does one have