history

3. What is
Dressmaking?

4. •DRESSMAKING is defined as
the craft of sewing clothes
and dresses.
•Example of dressmaking is
the art of sewing beautiful
dress from fabric.

6. HOW HUMANS STARTED WEARING CLOTHES?

8. Around 650,000 years ago
when our ancestors covered
their bodies with animal fur
and skin as well as barks and
leaves of trees.

12. The main purpose was simply
to protect the human body
against the rain, sun, wind, and
cold.

13. These primitive clothes were
either tied up or wrapped
around the bodies as people
went foraging for food.

15. NEEDLES AND THREADS

16. NEEDLES & THREADS
Some 19,000 years ago,
evidence of needles made
of bones and ivory were
found.

20. Threads-come from plants
or animals and are spun or
twisted into yarns.

22. Around 6,000 years ago,
woven textiles (linen) were
found in Egypt as well as
evidence of silk culture in
China 5,000 years ago.

25. This marked the early
beginning of
dressmaking.

26. Greek and Roman

28. In Greece, clothes were simple
lengths of wool or linen
secured at the shoulders with
sashes used as belts.

30. PEPLOS was a loose
ankle-length robe worn
by women.

32. CHLAMYS was knee-
length robes worn by
the men.

35. HIMATION covered
with a loose cloak that
wrap around the body,
worn by men and
women.

36. CLOAK
•Means "to alter the dress or
appearance of so as to conceal
the identity or true nature," cloak
suggests a means of hiding a
movement or an intention.

38. There had been improvements
on the quality of clothes. The
Byzantines dresses themselves
with richly patterned
embroidered cloths.

40. Peasant men
wore stockings
or tunics.

41. Peasant women
wore long
gowns with
sleeveless tunics
and wimples to
cover their hair.

42. Wimples-
the covering worn
over the head and
around the neck and
chin by women, as
well as nuns. To
provide both
protection from the
weather and modesty.

45. Early medieval
Europeans they
worn short
tunics with
leggings.

46. Later Middle Ages
In 14th century, the beginnings of
European fashion. They can now
used lacings and buttons. Expensive
silk and woven brocade.

47. Later Middle Ages
It was also the time of the beginning
of tailoring. Straight garments were
now replaced by curved seams that
followed the contours of the human
body.

49. UPPER
CLASS
MEN
The upper class or nobility were able to wear richer colors
because dyes were very expensive.

50. UPPER
CLASS
WOMEN
Bright reds and rich deep purples on nobility. Ruffs or high collars,
conveyed a high status.

51. Upper class men and women
also wore layers and layers of
clothing because they could
afford it and it showed off their
wealth.

52. Middle class women
Wear nicer fabrics, better cuts, and richer colors than the lower class.
They could wear certain silk, satin, and brocade.

53. Middle class men
The clothes of the middle
class were much more fancy
than those of the lower class.
Their doublets could have
embroidery, padding, or
boning. Their clothes also
had a tailored fit because the
middle class were able to
afford it.

54. Lower class women and Lower class men

56. •1900s Fashion: 1900-1909