1. The Pageant of Western Fashion from Antiquity to the Present

2. Amaze

3. Amaze

4. Shock

5. Shock

6. Allure

7. Audrey Hepburn “ Breakfast at Tiffany's”

8. Merchandising

9. Fashion as Art

10. Fashion as Art

11. Fashion as Social Statement: Anti-consumerism

12. Fashion as Social Statement

13. Getting the Public's Attention

14. London, Spring, 2008

15. Everyday Clothes

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17. Gothic Fashion

20. Fashion from Grecian times (500 BCE) to the Edwardian era (1910 CE) was primarily the result of Material Circumstances

21. Fashions for a Mini Ice Age

22. Greater Concentration of Wealth: The Black Plague (1100 – 1700 CE)

23. Middle Eastern Fabric: Paisley Velvet and Chenille

24. Chinese Silk

25. Poulaines

26. Hennins: Cone-Shaped Caps

27. Conspicuous Consumption: The act of accumulating possessions as status symbols

28. Venice, Italy

29. Venetian Carnevale Costumes

30. The Scarcity Of Resources The smaller the quantity of something desirable, the more valuable it becomes.

31. Sumptuary Laws Sumptuary Laws dictated who could wear what in society; for example, from Roman times (750 BCE) to the Elizabethan period (1600 CE) only royalty could wear purple because the materials used to produce this color dye were so scarce.

32. Roman Purple: Mosaic

33. Royal Purple

34. Sumptuary Laws Sumptuary Laws were intended to limit the consumption of luxury goods in order to prevent the noble classes from from going bankrupt in an effort to create an ostentatious display of wealth. They were also intended to lessen jealousy among the classes.

35. The Corset

36. The Corset The corset was a garment that painfully constricted women's waists into various shapes. It was never used again after World War I because the materials required in its construction were needed for the war effort.

37. Corset Cartoon

38. Victorian Chivalry (1840 - 1890)‏

39. “ Rosie the Riveter”

41. Royal Purple

43. Ro

45. Chinese