
Fashion and Textiles at the Wiener Werkstätte
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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What Are You Wearing on the Street Today?
In the early twentieth century, especially when women were freed from the corset, which had reigned supreme for hundreds of years. This period surrounding world wore one witnessed a new era in fashion,. The point of support for a woman's garment moved away from the waist, where it had been for centuries, and really moved to the shoulder. Designers like paul parey, n pacin and lucille were some of the first to introduce these ideas into the upper echelons of aucotur. For others, their advocacy for ress orm was a call for clothing that promoted greater health and hygiene.
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