Historical tailored garments

Christian Dior, The New Look, 1947

"New Look" can be represent tailored women's suit of the late 1940s and 1950s. This voluptuous hourglass silhouette could have made by his sharp tailoring skill. Upper body fits very tightly well, and lower body exaggerates the hip line.

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Pair of gloves, 1603-1625 V&A Museum no.1506&A-1882

Thanks to perfect tailored glove, we can protect and comfort hands against cold or heat, damage by friction. This was made by leather and satin, embroidered with silk and metal thread, spangles and seed pearls.

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Riding Habit

engraved plate from The Gallery of Fashion, 1801.
Riding habit was consisted of a tailored jacket with a long skirt and a tailored shirt. This was worn during horseback riding.This was started during the 17th century.

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Elizabeth

Empress of Austria in a Riding Habit, 1884.
Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair' by Grimm.

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Historical Draped Garments

Japanese woman in a kimono, circa 1870

Japanese traditional garment worn by women, men and children.Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes worn so that the hem falls to the ankle, with attached collars and long, wide sleeve. Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the dead for burial), and secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back.


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The Flapper

Influenced by Art Deco Style, the flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to the new jazz music, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers had their origins in the period of liberalism, social and political turbulence and increased transatlantic cultural exchange that followed the end of the First World War, as well as the export of American jazz culture to Europe. This style gave women a sense of independence.

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Ravi Varma-North Indian lady

A sari is a female garment in the Indian Subcontinent. A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine meters in length that is draped over the body in various styles. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff.

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