American Woman Fashioning A National Identity

In Fashion you learn something new everytime, trends, styles, fads everything you can think of. The best thing about fashion is the history of it. Knowledge of fashion from the 1780's to the new century is very important. You can learn how much it has changed from modern times to now and how many fashions has just been recycled. A couple of fashionista and myself decided that we were going to take a trip to New York to visit the Metropolitan Museum to exprience the American Woman exhibit. This was very amazing there was so many things that I didn't know that I know now after visiting.

The American Woman: For the American Woman, physical and fashionable appearance became a primary vehicle through which she expressed social, political, economic, and even sexual emancipation and emerged as a spirited symbol of progress modernity and ultimately, Americaness.

This is the type of clothing that women played sports in golf, tennis, bicycle riding etc. Interesting isn't it?!

The Bohemian girl is Vintage inspired call the "boho-chic" they represented the American woman's demand for greater freedom of personal expression. Favoring dramatic fashions that made bold statements these design are inspired buy the cut of antique clothing that promoted loose fitting.

The Flapper was in the 1920's a new woman was born some called her a risk taker I call it the New Younger Generation. She partied, drank, smoked, danced and voted. She was hip into the scene cut her hair off and wore makeup. She flaunted around glamourously with no cares and worries. Gotta love her!

The Screen Siren :In contrast to the flappers in the 1920's, the screen siren of the 1930's promoted an ideal of beauty that was less youthful and more sophisticated. As a figure of mature, palpable physicality she projected an image that was assertive, self confident, and vigorously independent. Glamour was her defining attribute reflected most forcefully through her fashions, particularly evening gowns. Using drapping, twisting, and wrapping to enhance the natural figure, their fashions was the epitome of glamour. MY FAVORITE