This document summarizes fashion trends over several decades from the 1930s to today. In the 1930s and 1940s, hats were popular for both men and women and men wore jacket suits. The 1950s saw the rise of comfortable teen clothing with colorful prints and pleated skirts. The 1960s was defined by original and extravagant styles for teens along with short haircuts and cotton shirts. The 1970s brought retro and flower power styles along with lycra replacing cotton. The 1980s was a period of liberty for women with a scruffy, disordered look dominating. Tattoos and piercings became common in the 1990s alongside jeans, jackets and graphic tees. Current fashion mixes styles from the

2. CONTENTS
• Trends in the 30’s & 40’s
• Fashion in the 50’s
• Trends in the 60’s
• Fashion in the 70´s
• Vogue in the 80’s
• Trends in the 90’s
• Current fashion
• Sources

3. TRENDS IN THE 30’s & 40’s
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shoes.
Hats used by men and women.
Jacket suits in
men.
Marked silhouette

4. FASHION IN THE 50’s
• Comfortable and
teen clothing.
• Colourful prints of
butterflies and
flowers.
• Pleated skirts
became popular
and trendy.

5. TRENDS IN THE 60’s
• Teen, original, funny
and extravagant styles
predominate.
• The hair was short with
geometrical cuts.
• Men and women wore
cotton shirts & blouses
and mini skirts began to
spread.

6. FASHION IN THE 70’s
• Retro.
• Revolution of
flowers.
• Cotton was
replaced by lycra.
• Heeled boots and
flared trousers.

7. VOGUE IN THE 80’s
• The scruffy and
disordered style
triumphs.
• This period is
called «fan
phenomena»
• Totally liberty of
women.

8. TRENDS IN THE 90’s
• Variety
• Main clothes were
jeans, jackets and
T-shirts with
messages.
• Tattoos, piercings
and dyed hair
appeared.

9. CURRENT FASHION
• People are interested
in wearing designer
clothes.
• Casual, flamboyant
and elaborated style.
• We return to the
fashion of the 70’s and
80’s. We tend to mix
styles. Our
imagination
dominates.

10. SOURCES
www.clothes.com
www.thepeoplehistory.fashions.htm
www.fashion.about.com/cs/historycostumers/a/fashionflashbac.
htm
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