The Fashion Status - Possession And Pride

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Nishtha Sharma
Jun 16, 2019   •  37 views

Fashion was an immediate statement when it entered the house of royalty and wealth. It took a new turn when more and more women started participating and showing up their gracious gowns , fur coats and this turn potentially made a change in the considerations of clothing and styling. The moment fashion was introduced into the royalty line, it took the entire world with awestruck remarks and people were head over heals with this concept of styling and dressing up. Fashion took many turns in between. The industry started growing with artisans, jewellers, tailors , workers, labour and designers coming together, providing world class styling statements and changed the meaning of "day to day" wear. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures, clothing indicated the social status of various members of society.

The development of attire and fashion is an exclusively human characteristic and is a feature of most human societies. Clothing made of materials such as animal skins and vegetation was initially used by early humans to protect their bodies from the elements. The usage of clothing and textiles across the ages reflects the varying development of civilizations and technologies. Sources available for the study of clothing and textiles include material remains discovered via archaeology; representation of textiles and their manufacture in art; and documents concerning the manufacture, acquisition, use, and trade of fabrics, tools, and finished garments.

Jewellers and artists came together to create fashionable clothings and auctioned them at great prices. This lead to the growth of fashion industry and business in a better direction than ever before. Gems were selected with the concerns of dress women used to get designs for occasions.

Although aware of other materials, the ancient Egyptians most commonly used linen, a product made from the abundantflaxplant.Due to a belief that animal based fabrics were impure, wool was rarely used and was forbidden in places like temples and sanctuaries. Other animal based products such as pelts were reserved for priests and eventually were adopted by only the highest class of ancient Egyptian citizenry. Linen is light, strong and flexible which made it ideal for life in the warm climate,where abrasion and heat would wear and tear at clothing. Thus, most ancient Egyptians usedlinenas their primary textile.

The material quality of garments differed between the classes, where those of the upper class used finerlinens, depicted in statues and paintings by their translucency.They also used more complex drapery, designs and patterns that included dyed threads and feathers. These materials were expensive and the wearer showed greater status by wearing them. On the other hand, cheaper and thickerlinen was used within the lower class, where shorter garments were worn by the working class for better mobility in the fields.

Fashion managed to seek attention towards the career opportunities too. Students started learning cloth and jewelery designing. Many students from warrior background, specially girls , started working and designed the best art pieces of that time. The orientation of everyday fashion changed a lot .

Big countrymen, Kings , queens , princes, princess and so many other people invested in huge amounts of jewelry and fashion accessories of that time. Scarfs, robes, capes and head crowns were the first ever fashion accessories made. They were made to differentiate between regular and extravagant styling in the best way. Fashion became a class standard during this time. Fashion became a new word and styling of a new era began.

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Shruti Sinha  •  4y  •  Reply
But try to minimize the capitalization, it looks as if someone is shouting the sentence out :P
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Shruti Sinha  •  4y  •  Reply
Great one! :)