tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15609496843307265912024-09-01T21:41:46.687-07:00Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashionalexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560949684330726591.post-75255301710695233372010-01-22T07:28:00.000-08:002010-01-22T07:48:10.095-08:00Jean PatouJean Patou (1880-1936) was born in Normandy in northwestern France in 1880. His father was a prosperous tanner who dyed the very finest leathers for bookbinding, and his uncle, with whom he went to work in 1907, sold furs. In 1910 Patou opened a dressmaking and fur establishment that foundered, reportedly due to insufficient funding, although he was able to open a tailoring business in Paris the alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560949684330726591.post-27324682705106294772010-01-22T07:01:00.000-08:002010-01-22T07:02:51.099-08:00Tea gownThe tea gown is an interior gown that emerged in England and France in the 1870s at a time when increased urbanization affected social behavior. The growing number of etiquette manuals and lady's periodicals produced at this time contributed to the revival of teatime by the middle classes and to the adoption of a whimsical type of gown worn by hostesses in their homes at five o'clock tea. Marked alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560949684330726591.post-22783450232926542292010-01-12T16:47:00.000-08:002010-01-12T16:53:27.839-08:00SpanglesSpangles, also known as sequins or paillettes, are small, flat, circular ornaments usually made of metal, metallicized plastic, or other light-reflecting materials. Their primary use is to embellish apparel and accessories. Whereas beads are three-dimensional, spangles are essentially two-dimensional and can be overlapped to produce linear patterns. The word "sequin" derives from the name of a alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560949684330726591.post-22662989818575729252010-01-10T06:51:00.000-08:002010-01-10T06:57:27.775-08:00Social class and clothingDisplay of wealth through dress became customary in Europe in the late thirteenth century. Therefore, a person's class affiliation could be assessed with relative ease. Because dress was recognized as an expressive and a potent means of social distinction, it was often exploited in class warfare to gain leverage. Dress was capable of signifying one's culture, propriety, moral standards, economic alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560949684330726591.post-30052995568897537252010-01-10T06:00:00.000-08:002010-01-10T06:06:42.274-08:00Wedding costumeA wedding dress is apparel used in conjunction with wedding ceremonies, including accessories that may differentiate nonmatrimonial dress from that worn specifically for weddings.Contemporary OverviewAs of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the global, urbanized standard of wedding apparel has followed the Western tradition of a bride dressed in white or off-white, with a alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591247473271966798noreply@blogger.com1