Historical Influences on Today's Fashion
Throughout the years, fashion designers have taken inspiration of historical dress from previous centuries. Whether it’s specific textiles, or patterns on the fabric, or the style itself, designers everywhere take inspiration and create a more contemporary version for the runway. They say that history repeats itself, and this is particularly true with fashion trends, as specific fashion items make a comeback. Alexander McQueen is a famous fashion designer known for his wearable art and his designer clothing. In many of his fashion lines, he creates an upgrade from historical fashion (specifically from the Victorian and Romantic Eras) to contemporary pieces that are known on the runway as high fashion. In Autumn of 2008, McQueen created a line that was inspired by the Directoire Period (1790-1820) of dresses with a straight skirt and a square neckline. Similarly, This type of style is used in every day life with dresses that become popular ...