![]() ![]() People are inside their homes, masks, gloves, and sanitizers have become essentials and maybe even fashion. Quarantimes: The onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic led locked the entire world down. With millions of followers on social media and followers resonating with their style, this trend is for sure to stay. Minimalistic style and athleisure came into fashion with ‘less is more’ and being fit ideology on people’s minds, as opposed to extravagance in the past.īlogger Bandwagon: With the surge in usage of social media, bloggers and influencers became, and still are fashion icons. Sustainability and Minimalism: Amidst global warming and climate change concerns, people became more conscious of what they consumed and brands shifted to greener value chains. Hashtags like ‘#effyourbeautystandards’ and ‘#celebratemysize’ gained popularity on social media while more plus-sized models walked on the runway. This trend still continues, more evidently with collective responsibility by brands on and off the runway. Plus Size Movement: As the Wall Street crashed and numbers on the stock market dived deeper, plus size fashion rose its voice with limited retailers and e-tailers representing them. The more ‘real’ and basic style of the public began catching people’s eyes than just the Avant-Garde shimmery celebrity styles. Street Savvy: The new decade of the 21st century began with street style. Followed by hipster trends where bright colors and prints were all around, followed by hip-hop styles that were revolutionized by Dapper Dan. Minis and more: As the feminist movements grew more popular, mini skirts became a symbol and icon of women’s freedom and rights. Minis and more Street Savvy Plus Size Movement Sustainability and Minimalism Blogger Bandwagon Quarantimes This reinvented the way people consumed fashion as standard sizes were invented and fashion for the masses became a thing. Prêt-à-porter: The French term for ‘ready-to-wear’ set in as everything became made to order. Darker colors and fewer prints were seen. World War II: With the onset of the second world war, everything lost its luster, materials became rare and even illegal, and clothes were being made from whatever materials were found at home. This influenced the trends to become more narrow and conservative, but with Hollywood being idolized sparkle, velvet, fur, and everything luxury was in demand. The Great Depression: As hemlines grew higher, the market fell lower, with the stock market crash in 1929. World War I: As men went to war and women moved out of homes to work, comfort became a priority and long skirts moved out to make way trousers for workplace, with Coco Chanel being the revolutionary designer who borrowed her boyfriend’s suits and wore sailor pants as she began designing trousers for women. Genes of Jeans: Jeans and overalls were used by workers or miners because of the durability of fabric and pockets to store tools until Levi Strauss in 1871 commercialized it and as of today literally every person owns a pair of jeans! But as the French Revolution came to an end, traditional corsets faded and shapewear became more popular until very recently, they made a comeback on the runway. The onset of Corsets: With narrowed waistlines and hourglass figures trending throughout the middle ages, corsets did more damage to the female body than add beauty. The onset of Corsets Genes of Jeans World War I The Great Depression World War II Prêt-à-porter ![]()
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