2008 seems have gone, and now for greeting a new year of 2009, supposed to be we come with new spirit and of course new style too. Many brand has showed up their newest collection, even runway this time was being busy to prepare for launch their new fashion. Come on girls. I bet you don't want to miss the show, aren't you?
Imagining, several famous and fancy designer put their collection together into one stage, and you are there as their part to be the witness to see their magical mode of fashion. I can't imagine it that would be awesome!
Well, it is no more secret that most women love to wear cloth made by some world class designer like, let's say Versace, Dolce & Gabanna, Chanel, DKNY, YSL, and many more. Women fashion clothing seems never end. There will be something new, not just every year but also for each season. Just like winter clothing for women, fall trend clothing, summer choices, spring collection and many more. But you must underline that you were not drive by the trend, what makes you comfortable is your best choice ever. And to be more save up your money, it’s okay if you were shop into wholesale clothing in the end of the season.
Corsets have probably been worn for erotic purposes during all that time, even while they had been gone from fashion. Only in the 1980s, Madonna brought them back into public attention with the help of her favorite designer, Gaultier – as top garment. Her version, however, was more like a tight bodice than a proper corset. Nowadays, real corsets are only rarely worn. Sometimes a celebrity or lover of historical fashion may wear it visibly as a fashion statement, but mostly, it still is worn underneath for erotic reasons. Whether they be waist-cinchers, under-bust, half-bust or full-bust: The basic shape is still the same as 1860-80, only that they usually don't compress the waist nearly as much.
Sometimes even apparently trustworthy sources spread wrong or at least highly doubtful statements about corsets. Some of them are based on wrong interpretations of contemporary sources, some on contemporary sources that exaggerate for some reason.
Most legends of course are about impossibly small waists. The "oldest" and most extreme one is the one that asserts that Katerina de' Medici, Queen of France in the late 16th century, required her ladies-in-waiting to have 13 inch waists. Someone who doesn't use inches in everyday life will first try to convert that into centimetres and then start to wonder which inch they should use since there were so many different units of that name. Someone must have written about it in Katerina's time – which inch did they use? Did the author (19th century, I think) that spread this legend know or even think about the fact that there were different inches about? Did they convert them to modern inches, and if yes: To which one? And did they have proper information about how long a contemporary inch was? That's a lot of questions already. And the 19th century author may well have invented it all, because as far as I know, no contemporary source for the statement has been found. Well, let's just say we're talking about 13 British Imperial inches. Even the most extreme modern-day exponent of tight-lacing, Cathy Jung, only manages 15 Imperial inches in an hourglass corset. With a 16th century conical corset, this would be impossible even if one takes into consideration that women used to be smaller then.
The waist of Empress Sisi of Austria is sometimes given as 40 cm, sometimes as 47, and even as 50 cm. That variance alone should engender doubt. However, it is well known that she was a victim of her own vanity.
Some early photographs show women – mostly actresses – with extreme waists. In some cases, the rigid, artificial-looking posture shows that this was not their normal state. Retouching was used extensively in those days and brought forth masters of the art. Porn photographs of the time show women who would not be considered slender by modern standards. Contemporary patterns of the 1880s quote waist measurements of 58-64 cm, those of the 1890s (the height of tight-lacing) 54-60 cm. With an average height of 160 cm, this seems realistic.
Sometimes you find quotes from late 19th century magazines reporting that a lady died after having taken a fall in the street. A broken rib was pressed inwards by the tightly laced corset, causing it to puncture a lung or the liver. I have even seen a contemporary magazine which reported the story and therefore believed it – until I found the same story, slightly altered, quoted from a different magazine, from a different year. I am now convinced that we're dealing with an urban legend.
source : marquise.de
Fashions most startling move this season is the high waist line. This trend started off with a catwalk shock and initial resistance followed by head-long rush, at present we are rushing towards a belted high waistline trend. Fashion world has not one, but various waistlines; it changes its position here and now to evoke new comprehensions of emphasis. Designers are hiking the waistlines this season, so if you are in the mood of showing your pretty thongs, curtail the idea till another season. The waistline is returning to womans fashion after T-shirt dresses and empire tops.
Designers such as Alex Perry, Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karen and Valentino have garnished their fall 2008 collections that exploit true waistlines. Even brands such as bebe, BCBG, Isaac Mizrahi for Target and Banana Republic are following trends set by the designers and are coming up with high waist and nipped waist versions. Brazil Summer collection 2008 saw high waist trend in pants, skirts, denims with nervures and draped blouses. Anastacio JR revisited 80s with super high waists, shine and wildcat skins.
High waistlines are especially suitable for hourglass figure, or if you wish to portray that figure then grab this waistline trend before the line slips away. New York fashion week spotted Bill Parcell on the runway wearing pants above his navel with an easy furry. Gucci Head Tom ford said The low slung hip hugger look was just waiting to be cast aside. The fashion world is rapt with how high Bill Parcells wears his pants and it's time to raise waistlines for men and women." Whereas Womens Wear Digest Senior writer Noah Sensahuma said We are firm believers that the Parcells Waistline is here to stay, not only does the look juxtapose maturity with sexuality, it also creates an accessorizing renaissance. Sales of belts, sashes and braces are poised to rise as quickly as waistlines."
High waistlines were in glorious fashion during the early 1990s. During 1940s and 1950s modern glamour in the form of tightly fitted cigarette skirt showing nothing but womanly seduction was being flashed by fashion houses such as Dior, Chanel, Vionnet, Louis, Lanvin, Fath and Givenchy. Farah Fawcett and Charlie's Angels accentuated the high-rise, wide-leg jeans during the late '70s and early '80s. In spite of the earlier acceptance and popularity of high waist in the fashion circuit, it has taken quite a while for the trend to catch up again. SJP and Tom form, head of Gucci said they would be happy that finally the high waist trend has been embraced by the masses. In May 2002 fashion bible Vogue declared low-rise styles as dclass.
This season waistline will be emphasized by a belt, a bow, a tied sash, or just nipped in. Belts will be narrow unlike last seasons corset belts, giving slender and sleek effect to the high waist. Cigarette skirts, dresses cut drum tight with narrow knees, dolly skirts with belted waistlines, belted evening gowns in silk and chiffon will explore the womanly waist this season.
source : fibre2fashion.com
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