History of Fashion 2010s – 2020s ‘Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment’ Alexander McQueen Arts and Culture Art and culture played a
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History of Fashion 2000s – 2010s The Noughties The beginning of the decade was hit with tragedy in 2001 with the September 11th terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in
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History of Fashion 1990s – 2000s ‘There’s going to be a big change in the nineties and it’s only just beginning. The eighties were a very conservative period, sexually and
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History of Fashion 1980s – 1990s “Five foot ten and long-legged like her mother, it is rather as if a charming young giraffe had wondered into the royal enclosure.” Vogue,
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History of Fashion 1970s – 1980s ‘I don’t care how much something costs as long as it’s beautiful’ Ossie Clark 1970 The Seventies The Seventies saw the progression of the
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History of Fashion 1960s – 1970s “Before 1960, a fashion photographer was tall, thin and camp. But we three are different: short, fat and heterosexual!” David Bailey on himself, Terence
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History of Fashion 1950s – 1960s “My weakness…is architecture. I think of my work as ephemeral architecture, dedicated to the beauty of the female body.” Christian Dior The Fifties In
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History of Fashion 1940s – 1950s “As long as there is a desire for change and sense of fantasy – there will be fashion.” Vogue 1940 The Forties With the
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History of Fashion 1930s – 1940s ‘It is no longer smart to be so boyish. You must be the essence of romance at evening’ Vogue March 1938 The Thirties The
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History of Fashion 1920s – 1930s ‘Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the
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