Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s

Posted on March 18, 2015 by xid382

Yves Saint Laurent was one of the most influential fashion designer in Europe after 1960s. Halston was one of the most famous designer in USA during that period. So both of them were the fashion leaders in the world after World War II.

Yves’ design was very elegant, all the garments he designed emphasized women’s body and independence. His career time was so perfect, he almost got whatever he wanted rather than Karl Lagerfeld. But on the other wise, working in Dior helped him grow more mature on designing. After he got kicked out, he started YSL so successfully. “He outfitted women in blazers and smoking jackets, and introduced attire like the pea coat to the runway.” [1]In 1970s, all the fashion world should be Yves’ world, he leaded the fashion trend.

Coincidently, in USA, Halston, who had the similar ideas on fashion, was also very popular in the same time period. Halston and Yves had a lot of similar designs, but Halston’s idea came from his hat. Feminist Movement was really hot during 1960s-70s, all their designs encouraged women to be themselves.

1 Bio.com. Accessed March 18, 2015. http://www.biography.com/people/yves-saint-laurent-9469669#early-years

Sem Garment research

Posted on March 11, 2015 by xid382

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The garment I researched is Bohemian clothes, initially, Bohemian clothes were just the regular clothes for the people. Gypsy travelled abound the world and collect different elements adding to the garments. As time went through, the garment of bohemian becomes the symbol of freedom and nature. Gypsy was a group of people traveling around the world, their steps were all over every single corner in the world. “Generally associated with artists, writers, and intellectuals, bohemian culture incorporates Gypsy, and various ethic clothing styles, as well as historical costume.”

They also came to NYC, Gypsy people adjusted their traditional clothes to the neighborhood. Some people left NY, but some people stayed in the NY, as same as the Bohemian Style. During that time, Bohemian style had some changes, because of the Hippie. Hippie happened about 1960s, people wanted freedom, they hated government, they did a lot of crazy things. “In 1966, Andy Warhol opened the Exploding Plastic Inevitable in the Dom’s upstairs space, installing the Velvet Underground as the house band.” Andy Warhol was one of the art leader in that period. He leaded people to pursue freedom to be whoever they wanted. As the consequence, the garment of Bohemian had certain changes. People started to dress what they wanted to be looked like, people added more elements or remove some elements, further some people redesign everything.

“Boho – The Fashion History of Bohemian Style.” HubPages. Accessed March 4, 2015. http://hubpages.com/hub/BohoTheFashionHistoryofBohemianClothes.

“The Strange History of the East Village’s Most Famous Street.” Curbed NY. Accessed March 4, 2015. http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/04/the_strange_history_of_the_east_villages_most_famous_street.php.