- Designer: unknown.The title of the piece is “Two Girls and a Bird.” It is a printed colour lithography on heavy wove paper in Paris in 1848. The image is drawn and coloured by hand at the time of the publication. According to the time frame, the fashion the two girls are wearing are mid-Victorian silhouette. The piece presents two girls holding hands in a garden with a giant in the back ground. The overall colour story is quite monochromatic which consists of mainly black, dark and lighter grey.
- I gravitated toward the extravagant silhouette and the intricacy of textile design. I just find it interesting that there are so much going on in both dresses with lace, pattern, volume and silhouette, however, everything works in harmony. The picture does not look overwhelming nor over designed.
- This silhouette is the complete opposite of what I design myself. My aesthetics tend to lean toward straighter and more geometric shapes that juxtapose masculinity and femininity. On the contrary, the two dresses shown below are extremely feminine and romantic. However, I do like to study texture and print design, which is the reason that I am drawn to this image.
- Designer: Unknown. It is perhaps an excerpts from an magazine in the 1940’s. These trousers are categorized under the sports wear column. They are all high waisted, lose, wide leg trousers. Vogue magazine clearly showed their opinion on these pants by stating, “we deplore the crop of young women who take war as an excuse for.. parading about in slacks.” Women begin wearing pants while working in the factories in the 40’s as skirts can be easily caught in machines. However, they become more and more popular among the younger generations, and are worn more frequently as daily wear. Unlike the modern day silhouettes, these pants are considerably loose for a female figure. Apparently, they are not specifically designed for a female figure. Rather, they remained the same silhouette as any of the normal male’s pants.
- I remember I used to hate the 1940’s style so much. I though it was unattractively boxy and masculine. The hair and everything just seemed odd to me. But now when I review the style again, all the negative comments vanish and I see the ultimate sexiness. The hight waisted pants synch in the waist while the shirts and blazers create a sharp and clean looking shoulder. This look just really present the female figures wonderfully.
- Once again, this is not sometime I would normally design. It is a style that I appreciate but I would probably not dress myself in. I admire the women who dress like this because I often view them as independent, powerful figures.
- These dresses are designed by McCall magazine in 1902. These patterns are included when you purchase the magazine for 50 cents. The image shows two young female strolling though the garden with small decorative umbrellas and ostentatious hats and neat hair.
- The time for me to appreciate this style of fashion has clearly not arrived. I don’t understand why this period of female would want to have a body of the old women. The extra fabric to create fullness in the front is creating an illusion of sagging breasts. The “s” curve they try to achieve seems to be oddly proportioned to me.
- This is completely different from what I design. I am not very used to this kind of silhouette. Although I do appreciate the prints, mock neck ruffles, hats and especially those umbrellas. I think they are beautifully designed.
