The First Clothes What were the early clothes

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The First Clothes

The First Clothes

What were the early clothes of these civilizations:

What were the early clothes of these civilizations:

Egypt:

Egypt:

Minoan

Minoan

Greece Wrapping, draping & pinning rectangular pieces of fabric • Chiton – 2 fabric

Greece Wrapping, draping & pinning rectangular pieces of fabric • Chiton – 2 fabric rectangles joined at the shoulders – held in place with pins – folded to fall in pleats • Himation – worn as a cloak • Woolen first – then silk and linen – red, purple, yellow and blue

Roman Empire

Roman Empire

Japan

Japan

Influences on Fashion

Influences on Fashion

How did trade influence fashion? • exchanged ideas & fabrics • trade routes opened

How did trade influence fashion? • exchanged ideas & fabrics • trade routes opened • barter – trading without money – goods – fabrics

Politics & Power • Kings/Queens – Royalty set the styles • Fashion trends spread

Politics & Power • Kings/Queens – Royalty set the styles • Fashion trends spread slowly • Louis XIV – France – fashion leader • Middle class emergence – royalty and wives lead fashion – Queen Victoria – full skirted dresses

Religion

Religion

Technology Uses scientific knowledge to develop something new

Technology Uses scientific knowledge to develop something new

Industrial Revolution • Rapid changes that resulted from the invention of power-driven machines •

Industrial Revolution • Rapid changes that resulted from the invention of power-driven machines • Weave fabric & sew garments a hundred times faster than by hand • Buy clothes from catalogs & stores • Middle class businessmen wore darker colors & sturdier fabrics = working in new factories with dirty smoke

Factories • 1790 = New England in US – Textile Mills – dark, noisy,

Factories • 1790 = New England in US – Textile Mills – dark, noisy, dirty, unpleasant & overcrowded • First women were hired to make garments at home from fabric created – then factories developed • Sweatshops – worked in garment factories – dark, airless, uncomfortable & unhealthy • Textile Mills in South – shipped to NE to garment factories • Ready to Wear – Clothing made in advance for sale • Men took off quickly – Factories created a new middle class • First women – capes and shawls – women fashions changed quickly – more intricate sewing • Shirtwaists factories – 1890’s – easy to manufacture • Led to growth in stores – 1850’s first department store

Cellulose • Main components of plants – cotton, flax – forcing through fine holes

Cellulose • Main components of plants – cotton, flax – forcing through fine holes (silkworm) – produced long threadlike fibers • 1910 – introduced in US • 1924 – Rayon – 1 st Synthetic fiber ( artificial silk)

Cotton Gin:

Cotton Gin:

Spinning Mule produces as much yarn as 200 hand spinners

Spinning Mule produces as much yarn as 200 hand spinners

 • 1845 – Elias Howe – 1889 – singer added motor (during Industrial

• 1845 – Elias Howe – 1889 – singer added motor (during Industrial Revolution) home sewing

Paper Pattern • Ebenezer Butterick – used to make shirts – 1865 – sold

Paper Pattern • Ebenezer Butterick – used to make shirts – 1865 – sold by mail • 1870 James Mc. Call –drafted patterns – manufactured