First of all, culture has different trends in different historical periods, from the earliest Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Sao in the Warring States Period, Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Poetry and novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of which have obvious historical marks.
In terms of clothing, as early as the Warring States period, Zhao's riding and shooting, changing clothes in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even using Chinese surnames and Chinese names were all the rage. Hanfu in the Han Dynasty, Tang suit in the Tang Dynasty, mandarin jacket and robe in the Qing Dynasty, and cheongsam and tunic suit in the Republic of China all have distinct historical characteristics.
Zhao Han Yan Fei's slim waist and Tang Yang Guifei's fat beauty also led the fashion in a historical period.
So different histories have different fashions and are interdependent.
The fashion of every era was created by that era. Fashion comes from the times.
In the 1960s. Because of the Vietnam War, a large number of young people's anti-war phenomena and emotions appeared, which also catalyzed the development of hippie culture, graffiti art and rock and roll. Because of the dispute of slavery, a song named "Floating in the Wind" by Song Like and Bob Dylan was born. Because of the continuous strengthening of social class, young people began to advocate and pursue freedom and passion crazily. Greenwich Village gradually formed, and andy warhol's pop art became popular all over the world.
Nowadays, the prevalence of retro fashion reflects that contemporary youth have avoided the fast-paced and high-pressure life and started to miss and pursue the elegance and simplicity of the past.
Such a good question needs an essential answer. Please don't judge the hero by the length of the article. This answer is not the longest, but it is the most professional (not proud, not humble, just seeking truth from facts)! If you disagree, present strong rebuttal evidence-turn a blind eye if there is no evidence to refute it! The essence of fashion is "desire" 1. Looking back at history, the birth and development of fashion are related to women. And early women-what else should I do besides please men? She has conquered a man all her life. Conquered by what appearance, face, figure, everything related to beauty. Therefore, conquering men's desire-creating fashion. 2. Why is fashion born in Europe and not in any other continent? Of course, we can say that there were fashion fanatics like Maria Antoine in French history, but more importantly, capitalism first appeared in Europe. What is capitalism? Marxism-Leninism was not moved out. Capital-essentially encouraging consumption; No Consumption —— Where does the capital growth come from? So the essence of fashion now is the desire to encourage consumption. How many clothes do you actually need a year? What's the difference between $50 and 1000? What's the difference between 1000 yuan and 10000 yuan? Merchants will tell you beautiful and moving stories (materials, workmanship, inspiration, value, etc.). My conclusion is simple. The difference is-prove that you have money; Prove that you have a lot of identity; Prove your class; Prove that you have good taste. Money, status, class, taste-all belong to the expression of desire. Let's give another example. For example, from 1950 to 1980 in China, why is it not fashionable? Is it because people don't love beauty? Material poverty is only one aspect, in essence, the desire to love beauty and the desire to consume are suppressed (does not mean that you don't yearn for beauty and don't want to consume). Because the love of beauty and consumption were regarded as equivalent to capitalism at that time. The reason why fashion will change: different times. In the 1 and19th century and before, fashion was mainly dominated by court nobles. There is a theory of fashion change in academic circles called "trickle-down effect" (top-down theory). Civilians see what nobles wear, what nobles wear and what they imitate. Of course, you can only imitate the style. At that time, the division of classes was based on cloth and color. Craft is also theoretical, and outsiders can't see it. When a certain style is popular, the aristocratic class will change into a new one (to show class distinction). Then civilians began to follow the new style. This has been going on. Of course, this process of change is very slow. 2. In the 20th century, the merchant class and stars (Hollywood) began to replace the aristocratic class and lead the fashion. At this time, it was still a trickle, and the theory of fashion change was similar to that of the aristocracy. 3. In the mid-20th century, a second fashion change theory, TRICKLE-UP theory, appeared, which was mainly the impact of subculture on mainstream culture. The most typical is black culture. African-American culture has a great influence on fashion (in fact, pop culture). But black people belong to the bottom class at first-so they will be called the "bottom-up" way to influence fashion. So from the1960-70s, there were black models, designers, design styles born in black culture (mainly street culture clothes) and so on. 4. After entering1980s, this theory appeared in the form of "multi-directional influence theory". Because (including now) the factors that affect people are more and more diversified. This is of course related to the easy access to information and the huge amount of information. The consequence of this situation is that the influence of a single message and person will be dispersed (because there are too many choices). Unlike before, because information is blocked, there are only a few people and things that everyone knows, and the sources of information are relatively concentrated. Nowadays, the sources of information and access to information are so scattered, perhaps, the influence of individuals on fashion will decrease, and at the same time, the number of people who have influence on fashion will increase. Simply put-decentralization. So-the speed and specific content of fashion you see-is fast and diverse. It is difficult for you to make a simple introduction. Who can influence fashion the most nowadays? Or what fashion is popular now? So back to the question, is there any force guiding the change of fashion? I used to be, with subjective guidance, such as stars and influential brands. However, now, it is more and more difficult to do it, because the energy sources of this influence are more and more diversified, and it is difficult to concentrate on generating explosive power.
For the understanding of fashion, I think it is also a cycle, a process of continuous improvement.
In fact, many popular elements may have been popular at some time in the last century. Just like the improved version of Hanfu and Qipao, they still have a place in the fashion circle, but they have added some modern elements on the basis of the original clothing.
In addition, bell bottoms, narrow-leg pants, corduroy, polar fleece, and even Hanfu and Lolita have recently become popular again. These are clothes that were popular in earlier years and then rejected, and now they are popular again. So in fact, many fashionable products still learn from and improve historical clothes, and they are also inherited.
Fashion, most people can't understand, but most people can see what is popular in society, because you just need to go to the street to see what people are wearing. Therefore, if you want to understand fashion, you can first understand history, and the two are closely related.
First of all, fashion reflects the development of history. The appearance of every fashion factor is determined by the historical basis. If you see linen as the mainstream clothing culture, then it can be inferred that it was the Han Dynasty and later, because linen was popular on a large scale at that time. If you see silk clothes with tube tops, it's probably women's clothes in the Tang Dynasty, because the style of making clothes with silk and tube tops is so open that it only exists in the open and popular Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the appearance of any fashion element corresponds to a similar historical atmosphere. Fashion is the embodiment of history, and history provides material for fashion.
Secondly, fashion, like history, has an endless cycle. After China's reform and opening-up, due to the opening of the country, we gradually learned from foreign countries open and novel clothes, such as bell-bottoms such as big backs. Now, more than 40 years have passed, and now you go to the streets to see, bell-bottoms have reappeared in the streets. There is also the ancient cheongsam of the Qing Dynasty, which is now more and more loved by people and has become a beautiful scenery. It can be seen that fashionable things will not disappear with the development of history, but develop with the development of history and appear with a new look.
Finally, fashion reflects the production situation. For example, nomadic people need to spend all the year round on horseback, and the climate temperature difference in nomadic areas is large, so robes with large openings are more suitable for them. However, due to the needs of farming, relatively light plain clothes are more suitable for them. Therefore, the appearance of fashion should be practical and meet the needs of production.
Understand history, your fashion talent will be broader, your vision will be broader, and your thoughts will be deeper and more connotative than others! Creativity will be more creative.
Fashion comes from history and is higher than history.
Fashion originates from history, and there is an inevitable connection between them.
Fashion is everywhere in people's lives, and everyone has their own fashion. Fashion is reflected in everyone's understanding of history and expressed in their own way.
Fashion and classics, this kind
History determines fashion.