Survey of Western Dress, Fall 2014 Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Moore

Ximing ChenWorks Selected form Fall 2014 to Spring 2015

20 Fashion Images& Their Historical Referents

1

Christian Dior Fall 2014Couture

The silhouette of this dress with an widened lower part is supported by a inner structure. Also with its relatively short length, the dress looks back to women’s fashion in the late 18th century, when dress became simpler and less elaborate than earlier eras.

2

ChanelFall 2014Couture

This last piece of show was especially worn by a pregnant model Ashleigh Good. The long white gown combines simple texture with exquisite embroidery in front and on the cloak. Although the decoration is more complicated and the volume is wider due to the special situation, the silhouette and the high waist references to the “Empire gown” in the early 19th century.

3

Ulyana SergeenkoFall 2014Couture

Miniskirt emerged as a fashion trend in late 1960s . This miniskirt dress with a translucent lace texture makes it sexier.

4

ValentinoFall 2014Couture

This Valentino silk contour paired with gladiator sandals clearly rep-resents a theme of Roman togas.

5

Gareth PughSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

Gareth Pugh’s design are always avant-garde and have some-thing to do with arts. This piece of clothes is sculptural and experimental. It maybe not wearable and practical in daily life. However, this single piece definitely helps to make the whole collection very impressive.

6

GucciSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The form of this denim jacket references military uniform with its double-breasted large buttons.

7

Issey MiyakeSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

Issey Miyake as a brand keeps its own tradition of giving clothes this kind of creative three-dimensional profile. On this particular piece, not only is the contour line three-dimensional, but also the basic pattern.

8

J.CrewSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The looseness, the stiff collar, and even the color of this piece of clothes make peo-ple think of Chinese traditional men’s clothing in the early 20th century.

9

J.W. AndersonSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The black leather hatgear reminds the bonnet which was popular throughout the 18th century, while the middle part of the body also made of leather references to com-monly used corset in 19th century.

10

Jason WuSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

This long garment without button but a belt at the waistline reminds the disco style day-to-night dress in the 1970s.

11

Ji OhSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

A short hair model in a black shirt, white suit with short pants references the very beginning of the La Garçonne style in 1920s, when women’s dress began to adopt men’s wear style.

12

Lisa PerrySpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The simplicity of the texture and the white and transparent color express a minimalism statement. However, the asym-metric geometry brings out more interest.

13

Louis VuittonSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The linen-like texture and the simply and straight silhou-ette recalls women’s chemise in history. The irregular per-forated pattern makes it more fascinating and also become wearable as outer garment.

14

Marc by Marc JacobsSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

For youth, a slogan t-shirt is always an efficient way to express viewpoint on the street. A tight under layer adds a sporty tone to the design.

15

Marc JacobsSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

Multiple large pockets on both the jacket and pants noticeably suggests that the inspiration of this design comes from hunting clothes.

16

Saint LaurentSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

This shiny mini skirt dress is undoubtedly sexy. Although this is a modern silhouette only can be found in recent fash-ion history, the naughty way of showing half-seen nipples do have a long history that can be derived from the 18th century French fashion.

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Stella McCartneySpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The long and flat shape of the dress recalls the simple slip dress in 1920s.

18

Tom FordSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

Both the tight long sleeve t-shirt and the bell bottom trousers are rendered with a shimmering texture. The look, including the platform shoes reflects a taste of 1960s fashion.

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Vivienne WestwoodSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

The busy and golden classical paint-ing pattern printed on the dress dec-orates a simple silhouette and salutes to Gianni Versace’s works.

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Yohji YamamotoSpring 2015Ready-to-Wear

One of the influences brought by Japanese Design-er is that they made deconstruction an accepted concept to the fashion world around 1990s. It can be found that Yohji Yamamoto is still practicing this idea on this irregular but harmonious combination of indigo and white color cloth and threads.