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   Women's Fashion Through the Ages

Throughout history, women's fashion has reflected the values, customs and moral beliefs of the society they lived in. In addition, clothes were a badge identifying  the social class a woman belonged to, thus announcing to the world how she should be treated and how she should behave.

In this unit, you will explore how economic and political events affected what women wore. You will also examine the relationship between the values and fashions of a particular time period.

 

 

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

        make inferences about values that have affected the popularity of fashion styles at various times in history.

        describe the effect of technological developments and discuss how fashion is a reflection of the available technology.

        become familiar with period clothing and understand how it reflected the social and economic status of the wearer.

        compare fashion trends of two time periods and analyze fashion standards in light of changing women's roles.

    draw conclusions about the relation between fashion and social values.

 

 

 

 

New York State Social Studies Standards addressed:

     1. History of the United

         States

      2. Global History

      3. Economics

      4. Geography

            

 

 

 

Prerequisite: you should have a basic understanding of United States and Global History.

 

 

Tasks: before you begin look at the grading rubrics for each task.

Grading Rubrics for each task:

 

 

 

Task One:

   On a piece of drawing paper, design an outfit you would like to wear. The outfit can be for any purpose - party, work, sport activities, play, sleep, or just for "hanging out". You can use your own drawing skills or make a collage of pictures  from fashion magazine.

When you are done, consider the following questions:       

        What gave you the idea for this particular outfit?

        Why do you like its style?

        What material(s) would you use to make it?

        What would be the price tag you would put on your creation?

        What does your choice of design say about you and your values?

 

 

 

 

Task Two:

    Explore each of the time periods listed, by using the links provided. As you examine each site, think about the political, social, economic and technological conditions that influenced what women wore in each time period.

      Describe and identify what you liked about the fashion of each time period and what you did not like.

      Identify one item of women's wear that is no longer in use today and explain why it is not (feel free to find other links using various Search Engines).

 

Greek / Roman

www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/CLAB52/Clothing/clothingIV.html

http://home.pacific.net.au/~chrisandpeter/radical/female/female.htm

           

Middle Ages

http://www.geocities.com/MedievalWorld/LinksClothing.html

www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/middleages2000/fashion/fashion.html

www.tkukoulu.fi/WindMills/en-pukeutuminen.html#naisen

           

Renaissance

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/womensfashion.html

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/rendressbook.html 

www.art-estherbrassac.com/anglais/themes_a/cloth_r1.html

 

Imperial China

www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/China/ancientciv/arts/fashion/fashion.htm

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/whatson/exhib/fabricasians/china/ 

http://www.phm.gov.au/exhibits/archive/ev&rev/ 

http://www.costumes.org/pages/asiancostlinks.htm#China

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/clothing/11qipaos.htm

http://www.phm.gov.au/hsc/evrev/chinese_dress.htm

           

Victorian / Edwardian

www.sitesbysheridan.com/webquest/resources/html

 http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/fashion19th/

www.costumes.org/pages/victlinks.htm

http://www.fashion-era.com/the_victorian_era.htm

 

Post WWI

 http://www.costumegallery.com/1960.htm

http://www.costumes.org/pages/fashiondress/WW1toWW2.htm

www.fashion-era.com/1914-1955.htm

                 

Revolutionary China

www.phm.gov.au/hsc/evrev/mao_suit.htm

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/clothing/11maosui.htm

http://www.phm.gov.au/hsc/evrev/cultural_revolution.htm

               

General

http://members.aol.com/nebula5/history-ren

http://costumes.org/pages/timelinepages/timeline.htm

http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/fashion/

www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html

http://users.rowan.edu/~SHONTZ/THINGSWEWEAR/oNLINE%20sOURCES.HTM

www.teacheroz.com/fashionhistory.htm

www.costumegallery.com

 

 

Task Three:

        From the time periods you have just examined, choose the two you found   particularly  interesting.  Take notes.  While taking notes, consider the following questions. Be aware that, depending on your choice of time periods, not all questions will be relevant. 

      How much do the clothes reflect the women's lifestyle and /  or occupation?

        How do the clothes reflect the women's social class?

        What was the impact of technology on the manufacturing and style?

      Is there any evidence of political influence on women' such as laws that would directly influence the materials or style used?

        Based on the fashions you have examined, what can you       infer about the values of each time period?

        That changes have taken place in the roles women played in society?

 

Note: Remember you might have to do some research of your own to find out what class differences existed in the time periods you choose.

Here are some examples of paper dolls and their costumes to help you get started:

http://www.pastpatterns.com/doll.html

http://www.paperdollparade.com/

http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Paper_Dolls.html

 

 

Putting it all together:

From the two categories of projects listed below, choose two from different groups.

(Press the Picture for Directions)

                                                               

           Power Point Presentation

Video Tape

Web Page

Audio Tape

 

 Play

Song

Debate

News Article

Interview

 

The 51% Minority- Fashion Through the Ages

Schenectady High School
Ms. Lohmann- lohmannn@schenectady.k12.ny.us
Ms. Albers- albersk@schenectady.k12.ny.us

          

                

Credits and References

 Online Images

“18th cent. clothes.” Online image. St. Vincent College. 12 Mar. 2003.
http://facweb.stvincent.edu/academics/english/el240/Images/clothes178090.jpg

 “Botticelli’s Primavera.” Online image. European Blind Union. 12 Mar. 2003.
http://www.euroblind.org/images/botti280.jpg 

“1920’s image.” Online image. Vintage Vixen Clothing Co. 1997 – 2002. 12 Mar. 2003.
http://www.vintagevixen.com/imagesTEST/historyImages/1920eve.jpg

 “1830s, 1850s, 1870s, 1920s, 1930s patterns.” Online images. Sandra Ros Altman’s: Past Patterns. 1979 – 2002. 12 Mar. 2003. http://www.pastpatterns.com/1930.html

 “Woman with Ruff.” Online image. Regina Martino. 12 Mar. 2003.
http://regina.martino.free.fr/liens/liens.htm

 “Medieval woman.” Online image. George Glazer Gallery. 1997 – 2002. 12 Mar. 2003
www.georgeglazer.com/prince/aanda/fashion/fashion.html

 “Piero Della Francesca, Marquise De Pompadour.” Online images. Lady Elizabeth’s Closet Through the Ages. 12 Mar. 2003. www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/7863/

 “Paper doll.” Online image. 1 Sept. 2000. Paper Doll Parade. 12 Mar. 2003. http://www.paperdollparade.com/legacy/

 “Paper dolls.” Online image. 2002. Caboose, Inc. 12 Mar. 2003. http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Paper_Dolls.html

 Online Sound

Number ~ 9 Productions-Canoga Park, C. “Betty Boop Songs.” Boop Bimbo. 13 March 2003.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/7773/Basement.html-