Historical & Artisitic styles

1. American Underdress

American Underdress, ca. 1827. White cotton and broderie anglaise trim. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

This underdress is poised between a period of classicism, with its columnar silhouette, and eclectic romanticism, with its burgeoning skirt forms. Made of plain white cotton with an applied hem of broderie anglaise, the dress has been trimmed with fine self-piping along the seamlines of its bodice. Originally catalogued as a finished dress because of its fully constructed sleeves and the fineness of its detailed workmanship, it was more likely intended to be worn under another dress of some transparency.

2. Memento Mori Necklace

Simon Costin. “Memento Mori” Necklace, 1986. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The necklace is a black synthetic tulle with jet-bead and rock-crystal embroidery, two bird claws, carved black wood beads, and three rabbit skulls with hematite eyes. Simon Costin inspired by decadent literature of the late nineteenth century. His used of taxidermy, seemingly retrieved from some obsessional collector’s cabinet, and his incorporation of materials evocative of the late Victorian cult of mourning are poised between poetic morbidity and necromantic glamour.

3. Chinese Garden

Designer-Philip Treacy for Alexander Macqueen, Spring 2005, Chinese Garden.

Philip Treacy’s hat is exquisite sculptures. His work is characterized by the virtuosity of his technique and imagination. This Chinese garden refers to the popularity of Chinoiserie in the eighteenth century and to the 1770s fashion for elaborate landscapes constructed in the topography of a woman’s heroically sculpted hair.

4. Crorodile Rock

Designer- John Galliano for Christain Dior , Spring/ Summmer 2003.

Red silk tulle with crocodile appliqué. In this garment, from his ready-to-wear collection at Christian Dior, Galliano inspired by the late 1920s, when the knee-baring chemise was transitioning into the bias cut languor of the 1930s.

5. YSL dress

Designer- Yves Saint Laurant, 2002 collection, Mondrain's artwork 1960s.

Yves Saint Laurant sack dress was inspired by Mondrain's artwork. He created the ideal field of color blocked. He was a master colorist, able to mix green, blue, rose and yellow in one outfit to achieve an effect that was artistic and never garish.

6. YSL dress

Yves Saint Laurent fashion headquarters, Paris in 2004. Photograph: JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP/Getty Images

Yves Saint Laurent inspired this dress by Andy Warhol art, which is colorful and focusing on pop art. The dress is mix of violet contrasting with women shape in pink color like the Andy Warhol art.

Geneology Of Heels

1970s

Platform shoes become popular in 1970s and the era of John Travolta’s Cuban-heeled. The 1970s in general were a time of experimentation of drugs, sex and, of course, fashion. Cynicism abounded as various cultures and subcultures vied for public attention. Men as well as women would dress to shock, often wearing platform shoes reminiscent of the ancient kothorni.

The late 18th century
Trend toward lower heels had much to do with the French Revolution. During the revolution, high heels became acquainted with the luxury. As a result, most people wished to avoid a symbol of wealth, which was remarkable in the elimination of heels from the common market for both men and women. In the French Revolution heels become lower than at any time in the 18th century.

1660

In the early 1700s, the heels represented wealth and symbol status for both men and women. France's King Louis XIV (The Sun King) would often wear intricate heels decorated with miniature battle scenes. Called “Louis heels,” they were often as tall as five inches. The king decreed that only nobility could wear heels that were colored red and that no one's heels could be higher than his own.

1533

In 1533, the first women's heel designed to lengthen the legs. They were most notably worn by Catherine d'Medici for her wedding, at age 14, to make her appear two inches taller. Also around this time Mary Tudor began to wear high heels.The high heel may have been invented by Leonardo da Vinci.

Approximate 200 BC

In 200 BC the heel made the way into the world of fashion among Roman actors with the arrival of wood and cork platform soles called kothorni. The kothorni give the advantage of height.

Approximated 4,000 BC, Ancient Egyptian

Some of the earliest pictures of shoes were seen on ancient Egyptian around 4,000 BC. These were pieces of leather laced onto the feet or sandals made of woven rushes. It is thought that Egyptian butchers would wear a heeled shoe to keep their feet away from the gore involved in their job.