The Styling Project
By styling with two garments in her closet, Lauryn reimagined her Marciano and Oh Polly dresses by encentuating the ruffles of the garments. In addition, she did research of where the silhouettes and finishes of the garments originated from.
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Bandeu dresses were worn as early as Roman times, founded in Çatalhöyük, Anatolia in the Chal- colithic Era. This was approximately 5600 BC and a deptiction of the mother goddess wearing a bandeu inspired swimwear was founded in this period.
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▪ The strapless dress was born in the 1930s. Designers like Christian Dior and Mainbocher adopted the new style, creating evening strapless evening dresses. Libby Holman popularized the trend, and it was coined as the “naked look.”
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▪ In the 1500s, the ruffle was born in Spain. Created by soldiers who slashed their sleeves to create a ruffle. It was also worn by those high in the social class. Later in the 1700s, ruffles were designed into sleeves and ties. The lower class began to adopt the style through the Trickle Down Theory. Now in the modern day, ruffles are no longer seen as unisex; however, are used to emphasize a womens’ dainty nature.
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▪ In 1775, the rhinestone was created. Both jewelers Joseph Strasser and George Friedrich Strass are credited for their invividually crafted rhinestone cre- ations. It was 1891 when Daniel Swarvoski changed the jewelery business. His invention of a glass cut- ting machine that revolutionized the jewelery in- dustry. With this invention, he created rhinestones with a lead content exceeding 30%. In 1918, Czechoslovakina glass began to be used for other functions and was applied to the creation of rhine- stones.
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▪ The bodycon or tight-fitting dresses were created by Hervé Léger in the 90s. The first form of the bodycon dress was the bandage dress, becoming a classic in the 90s and early 2000s fashion. The dress- es were made out of elastic strips of fabric to create a tight fit, and this method was also applied to tops.
