A few days ago, I have visited the Victoria and Albert Museum. I went with the illusion of entering the Hollywood Costume exhibition, but unfortunately I found that the exhibition was sold out.
I wanted to tell you a little story about the most popular costumes in the history of Hollywood and show you some of his designs.
In the end I had to settle for buying the book,
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| Hollywood Costume book. Without losing the chance to learn about the history of fashion, I went to the exhibition of the history of fashion, which has the museum.Spanning four centuries, the V&A’s Fashion collection is the largest and most comprehensive collection of dress in the world. Key items in the collection include rare 17th-century gowns, 18th-century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture. Plus a growing number of pieces from 21st-century designers. I added some pictures of the exhibition, so I also will explain a little about them. To give now new things  Corset, (front),1980. |
By the 1880s the corset had become a very elegant and desirable object in a woman's wardrobe and much attention paid to its design and execution. The rapid growth of the corset manufacturing industries meant that there was greater variety in materials, colour, size and fit. The most expensive might be made of satin, brightly coloured corsets also became more acceptable.
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| Princess evening dress with a boddice of jacquard-woven silk and ruched silk 1878-80. |
When I saw this this dress, I was shocked. is one of the dresses that I liked the whole exhibition.
The Designer is unknown,1878-80.Great Britain.Jacquard woven silk, ruched silk trimmed with machine lace, Given by Miss K. Greaswell
During the late 1870s the fashionable female silhouette changed. It moved away from the exaggerated padding provided by the bustle (a device worn under the skirt to push it out) to sheath-like dresses that emphasised the natural shapely curves of the body.
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| Christian Dior 1960 |
The Golden Age of Couture
The launch of Christian Dior's New Look in 1947 marked the beginning of a momentous decade in fashion history, one that Dior himself called the 'golden age'. Celebrating the end of war and the birth of a new era, it set a standard for dressmaking and high fashion that has rarely been surpassed.
In Paris, couture houses such as Balenciaga, Balmain and Fath attracted worldwide attention for elegance and glamour. London was renowned for formal state gowns by court dressmakers and impeccable tailoring by designers like Hardy Amies.
Dior's death in 1957 brought this golden age to an end. With the changing social and economic climate fashion moved from the fitting rooms and ateliers into the streets and boutiques. Yet its legacy of artistry and craftmanship survives in the remaining grand houses of Paris and the bespoke workshops of Savile Row.
