Welcome to week three. Silhouettes.
So this week we're going to be looking at, as Steph just said, silhouettes.
And if we're thinking about what a silhouette means in its very basic sense
it's something
that is outlined against a lighter background.
So you see its shape, you see what it looks like at its very parameters.
But if that's the dictionary definition, Steph, what are we thinking about in terms of fashion?
What does a silhouette mean for us there?
I mean, at its core, the same thing, but it's really sort of the shape that the outline
of the clothes are creating on your body.
Which, of course, brings up very interesting conversations, because most of the time, the
shape that the clothes are creating around our bodies is not the shape that our body
actually is.
Right.
And so we take on silhouettes for any number of reasons.
For our power, to sort of make ourselves maybe bigger than we are, or to think about trying
to change our bodies into some, perhaps, more desirable shape.
Either more desirable for us or for social reasons.
Or to hide our bodies...
Right.
...in some cases.
Absolutely.
So lots of different reasons for changing our bodies through clothings and the silhouettes
that we take on.
And this week we're going to be looking at different themes and areas in terms of silhouettes
through the last century or so.
Right?
Yep.
So to start off the week, we're going to talk about basic ideas around clothes and shape,
and we're going to look at a few examples of the little black dress.
The little black dress is not necessarily something that might first come to mind when
we think about conversations around silhouette and shape, but actually, it lends itself very
well to the evolution of shape throughout the 20th century.
The little black dress is a concept, it's not a thing.
It was a concept that emerged in the 1920s.
What's fascinating about the little black dress is that what remains consistent about
it is its color.
What changes about it constantly is its shape.
So it offers a really nice lens into looking at different silhouettes throughout the times
and throughout the evolution of the little black dress itself.
Michelle: And pretty constant also is just a conversation about silhouettes in fashion.
And so we have here the really wonderful "Are Clothes Modern?"
book that Rudofsky created, actually shortly after his show.
This is 1947.
The show itself was 1944 at MoMA.
But you can see, and there's really a better picture that will come up during the module
itself, the silhouettes he commissioned.
Four of these sculptures, they were meant to show people who came to his exhibition
that silhouettes have really constricted our bodies and changed them.
And when we say "they" and "our," mostly women, actually, he was talking about.
So here you have four different styles of dress, and the bodies that would've had to
have been biologically beneath them to support them.
And even, actually, thinking about silhouettes, he was also thinking about footwear, too.
So not just about the kind of garments that you might use, but accessories too that shape
our body.
So we're going to talk about shape, certainly, but also about conforming, right?
Yeah.
So think about how many times you might have, you know, metaphorically poured yourself into
a garment, right?
You're buttoning, sucking in, etc., and in a lot of examples of fashion items, this is
precisely what we are doing.
A key example of making one's body conform to a fashionable silhouette is the pencil
skirt.
The pencil skirt is essentially a very straight, narrow skirt, often below the knees.
It had a particular moment in the 1960s as a key component of professional workwear.
And we're going to be looking at an example of the pencil skirt that was worn by the character
of Joan on "Mad Men," somebody who very much so had to negotiate her position in the office
place.
And her wearing of a pencil skirt, at once, lent her this sort of degree of power because
of the way it made her body look.
But on the other hand, in a very literal way, it kind of detracted from her agency because
it was something that was sort of difficult to walk in.
So these are sort of the things we think about when we're conforming our body to different
pieces of clothing.
What does it allow us to do, but also, what does it hinder us from doing?
One of the things that we'll look at after conforming is about augmenting the body, and
silhouettes allowing us to be bigger than we perhaps are.
And one of my favorite items, I think, in the course is the Wonderbra.
The Wonderbra was around from the 1960s.
And it sold pretty steadily throughout its lifetime until, in the early 1990s.
Lots of different cultural things came together ] especially in the West, to suggest that
an enhanced cleavage was something that was inherently fashionable at a particular moment.
And their advertising campaign really enshrined this bra as the cleavage-enhancing bra of
the decade and perhaps of all time.
And so to augment a silhouette is also an important conversation we'll have.
We'll finish up by looking at freeing.
So thinking about the ways in which the body has been freed through the silhouette.
Whether it's through capri pants, the idea of women being able to take on a bifurcated
pant, and in the mid-century what that meant to move out of something more constricting
into a garment or a silhouette that allowed them to move more.
We'll look at the caftan for some of the same reasons.
And then also the zoot suit, a really important suit moment in the '30s and '40s in particular,
that gave not only a freedom of movement, but also freedom of expression to the people
that wore it.
And then to conclude, we're going to have a conversation that brings us into the contemporary
moment….
Alexandra Waldman, who is the founder of a brand called Universal Standard, which essentially
looks at sizing through a more realistic perspective.
Lauren Downing Peters, who is a scholar in the area of plus-size fashion and its history,
particularly in the 20th century.
So we hope you enjoy this week's offerings, and that you participate in the discussion
forums.
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Be In Fashion For Less Than What You Think - Duration: 4:32.
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Katharine Polk: Embracing Fashion Diversity - Duration: 4:39.
(upbeat music)
- Growing up in Malibu, California,
Katharine Polk always thought she
would ride horses professionally.
Instead, her father urged her to go
into a more practical direction, art school.
Upon graduating from California's
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising,
Polk moved to New York City to become an assistant
Couture Designer at the mega fashion house,
Badgley Mischka.
She then spent a few years styling celebrities
before in 2012, starting her own label, Houghton.
So named for Katharine Houghton Hepburn.
- It's timeless, but it's modern.
It is sexy without being revealing.
It's comfortable.
- And it's comfortable for more than just
those who can fit into a size zero.
Polk is part of the fashion industries
collective move to embrace more realistic body types.
- I've made dresses for super models, and
I've made dresses for size 20.
(upbeat music)
Everybody needs to be served and accommodated.
- But this commitment to inclusivity
is more than just good business.
For Polk it's personal.
In 2016 she penned an article for Harper's Bazaar
sharing her decade long struggle with an eating disorder.
She says her bold choice to come out
was fairly straightforward.
- If I wasn't able to speak about what I went through
it would feel a little fake for me.
I would be abdicating for something without
being honest about it.
- And in this age of the private brand,
Polk's choice to blur the line between
her private and professional lives was strategic,
like many of her choices thus far.
Houghton made its New York debut in 2012.
Despite the all ivory color palette,
Polk decided against the obvious move
of showing at Bridal Fashion Week.
Instead, she opted for Ready to Wear Week,
where her collection stood out, and captured
the critics' imaginations.
- The clothes would have never changed.
It was purely just a matter of timing of
being shown in February versus April,
which is stupid, if you think about it.
But...
- But it made a difference.
- It made a difference, and they discovered it
as a cool ready to wear collection that
everyone could get married in.
- But typically, I mean both things happen, right?
People do wear this as
both bridal - Absolutely.
- and non bridal.
- Absolutely, and that was always the concept,
and my idea of the brand.
Typically, unless you're lucky, you pick one look,
and that look says a lot about you.
It's a lot of pressure to kind of say like,
what one outfit is gonna represent me.
It's an honor to be part of that day, and have a girl
pick and say like, this is my look,
and this dress represents me.
- And this is who I am. - Yeah.
- For Katharine Polk, staying ahead in an industry
where good ideas spread fast, requires constant vigilance.
Have you seen your stuff ripped off?
- Yes.
- They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
(laughs)
it's also something that's most likely to anger you greatly.
- It is. I mean we find it daily, but like,
I mean you just kinda have to take the attitude
like, we just have to do better.
I know that my patterns are better, our construction is
better, and our customer will come to us
for the real thing.
- Right, the original version.
- I just have to keep staying, you know,
five steps ahead, and create the next trend,
or the next better concept, and the next better design.
- In truth, clothes are as much about how you feel as
how you look.
And Polk wants you to feel hot.
- I want someone to put on a garment and
feel sexy in it.
A garment just isn't sexy.
It's more of a way of being, and a way of feeling,
and more of a spirit.
- A spirit that Katharine Polk is chasing with
every bit of leather and lace that she can find.
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This Korean American Child Model Is Taking Over The American Fashion Industry - Duration: 1:15.
This Korean American Child Model Is Taking Over The American Fashion Industry
Korean-American kids model and actress Ella Gross is taking over the internet with her ethereal beauty.
At just 8 years old, Ella already has an incredibly mature beauty and stunningly beautiful facial features.
Born to a Korean mother and American father, Ella was born with the best features from both worlds.
Not only is she a gorgeous child, but shes also incredibly talented!.
She plays the guitar, does ballet, and likes to to learn urban dance as a hobby.
A post shared by Ella G.
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Airport Fashion 101: Mino of WINNER - Duration: 2:00.
Airport Fashion 101: Mino of WINNER
Thug was a word to describe Mino of WINNER when he was on Show Me the Money in Mnet. Now, probably the word Dummy well explains who he is.
Song MinHo looks tough as zings on leather jackets when he is on stages. However, when he is off the stage or with his friends, the dangerous bad boy seems like an illusion.
The gap between ordinary life Mino and rapper Mino is so big, even fans are sometimes confused. Though we like to see sexy MinHo on stages, we also love seeing him being a cute dummy. .
If he shows so much gap in attitudes from stage and down from stage, will he show a gap in fashion styles as well? . One way to find out! Here is a compilation of Minos airport fashion.
1st – Pulling Off Different Kinds of Jacket. Newsen / [email protected]/ Never Thinks / BRIWANT MINO. 2nd – Different Ways to Pull off Button Down Shirts.
Glass Story / Ya Gamja / bnt. 3rd – The Casual Wear.
Never Thinks / DC Gallery / bnt / PAINTER MINO. 4th – The Jersey Look.
marchsong / Never thinks/ DC Gallery / BLACKMUSE. 5th – Pulling off Casual Vests.
Never Thinks / Ya Gamja / BMINHO.
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