world wars

flappers

flappers

nude stockings, short hair, makeup, below knee skirts, drank, smoke, drove, danced

undergarments

slip, panties, garters/garter belts

20s women

boyish, drop waist, one piece dresses, skirts go from ankles to 18” from the ground

coco chanel

casual knits, practical, moved paris postwar, costume jewelry, suntanned look, active lifestyle aesthetic

handkerchief skirt

asymmetrical hem, several corners hung down as points

bobbed

to get a hair cut

shingle

very short in the back, tapered like a mens cut

marcel wave

deep waves all over head

rayon

made from cellulose, artificial silk, 20s,

acetate

first called rayon, different manufacturing process

nylon

strong, durable, used for womens underwear and millitary

30s women

ankle length skirts, natural waistline, showed off curves, wide shoulders

30s daydresses

patterned, mid calf to ankle, large exaggerated shoulders, suits, fuller skirts, defined waists

madeline vionnet

bias cut, unadorned, well cut dresses. master draper

20s evening

slinky, bias cut, curvy, halter tops, backless

wwii

rationing fabrics, no stockings, limits on labor into clothes, below the knee, fuller skirts, broad shoulder pads, suits, trousers

suits

tailored, emphasized waist, single and double breasted, long jacket, lapels became narrower

eisenhower jackets

slightly bloused and fitted belt at the waist, military style

boxer shorts

30s underwear, inspired by pro athletes

jockey shorts

fitted and knit, y shaped opening added 1942

tshirts

knit, worn by servicemen, brought back from the war

20s men

natural shoulders, wide lapels, slim waist, show at least 1/2'“ cuff, wider trousers, white and colored shirts, necktie bowtie or ascot

30s men

plaid, pinstriped, lighter color suits, fitted at hips, zipper fly

mens daywear

polo shirts, cowboy western, hawaiian

walking shorts

british colonial soldier uniform shorts

zoot suit

extreme oversized jacket and pants, jitterbug style, popular w mexican americans, illegal due to wartime restrictions, used to justify police violence

art deco

commercial/fine arts, metallic finishes, craftsmanship, expensive materials, chrysler building

bauhaus

german design school, began modern architecture, chrome, rounded corners and walls

curtain walls

non structural glass/metal wall, purely aesthetic border

international style

commercial, 20s/30s bauhaus principles of functionality, no ornament/color, modular steel frames, flat roofs, high rises, glass curtain walls

prairie style

frank lloyd wright, horizontal line, wide flat, landscape integration, craftsmenship

brutalist

civic, bare materials, concrete, small windows

modular design

subdivides systems into modules, costs less, standardization and customization

framing

uses long vertical 2x4s, nails to hold together, studs

brechtian

antisentimental, artifice, confrontational realism, lack of names, minimalist, never forget watching a play

new wave

films, anti need for studio, experimental, ultra realism, small budget, downtrodden

abstract expressionism

anti pictorial representation, first american movement to have international influence, put NYC at center of art world

pop art

50s england, comic books, mass produced