Plastic T-shirt - Project

This T-shirt is a project I made for a subject of Esdemga. This project was about all possible materials you can use to make a piece of clothes.

In this case, I used plastic bags because the world is full of plastic bags that pollute the environment and I thought that recycle was a good idea. Beside, this material, polyethylene high density, has many good properties.

First, I collected a few blue and white plastics bags, I cut the handles and tops and I folded them into small squares. Then I covered with cooking paper to ironed them. Finally, I cut and joined the pieces of plastic to define the T-shirt and I glued a card with the chemistral name of this material.

I made a video for explain the properties of this material, but it is in spanish. If you want to see it click the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd4R1mASCzU

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Elsa Schiaparelli

A pioneering Parisian fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890, in Rome, Italy. She was the great niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, who discovered canals on the planet Mars.

Hailing from upscale stock, Schiaparelli, at a young age, seemed to be driven to upset her aristocratic mother and scholarly father. After high school, she enrolled at the University of Rome, where she studied philosophy, and soon published a book of poetry that was deemed so sensual by her parents that they directed her to a convent. To expedite her release from the convent, Schiaparelli went on a hunger strike; once released, she dashed off to London for a job as a nanny.

In London, Schiaparelli met and eventually married her former teacher, Count William de Wendt de Kerlor, who was a theosophist. The couple soon relocated to New York, where they had a daughter, Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor.

New York proved to be an enlightening experience for Schiaparelli. There, she began working at a boutique specializing in French fashions, and soon cultivated her own taste in clothes and accessories. After her marriage failed, Schiaparelli returned to Paris, where she continued her work in the fashion industry. She soon began designing clothes of her own, and in 1927, opened her own business.

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Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France. With her trademark suits and little black dresses, Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today. She herself became a much revered style icon known for her simple yet sophisticated outfits paired with great accessories, such as several strands of pearls. As Chanel once said,“luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.”

Her early years, however, were anything but glamorous. After her mother’s death, Chanel was put in an orphanage by her father,  who worked as a peddler. She was raised by nuns who taught her how to sew—a skill that would lead to her life’s work. 

Her nickname came from another occupation entirely. During her brief career as a singer, Chanel performed in clubs in Vichy and Moulins where she was called “Coco.” Some say that the name comes from one of the songs she used to sing, and Chanel herself said that it was a “shortened version of cocotte, the French word for 'kept woman,'” according to an article in The Atlantic.

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Fashion of 30's

The 1930s decade in fashion has an unforgettable aura to it. The Great Depression and its ripple effect around the globe, a British Prince marrying an American divorcee, new ways with fabrics, and the beginning of the Second World War shaped the clothing styles of the 1930s. The neckline of the eveningwear was plunging. The gowns were intended to show off the tan resulting from the newly popular sunbathing in much more open swimsuits.

The style icons associated with 30s clothing style include Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Rita Hayworth, William Saroyan, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, the Duke of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, and Bette Davis.

Fashion of 40's

1940s clothing styles were constrained by the Second World War. European countries and the US had limits on the fabric that was available for clothes manufacturing. Some materials, like wool and nylon, were used almost exclusively for military purposes and as a result nylon stockings became extremely difficult to come by. The same went for certain dyes that were used for uniforms, thus even the palette of clothes was defined by the needs of the army. Japanese silk was banned outright from the US after the Pearl Harbor bombing.

The elaborate trimmings of the 1930s were out, and garments had few buttons, small contrast collars, and patch pockets.

Fashion of 50's

Several important socioeconomic trends defined the 1950s style clothing. Firstly, the improved post-war economy led to boom in spending and consumption of goods, fashionable clothes among them, at a grand scale. Secondly, new clothing market niche opened as youth culture of the forties grew into a completely new societal stage: a teenager. Lastly, technological innovations allowed development of new textiles and manufacturing techniques, removing the stigma associated with pre-war shoddy ready to wear clothes. With the tumults of the war and postwar shaking up the entire society, novel, edge-pushing trends were not the trademark of the 50s clothing styles. In fact, conformism and stability were the ‘it’ trends. In fashion, this translated into a rather limited range of silhouettes, especially in garments for women.

                                                                                                    

Fashion of 60's

1960s style clothing is a fashion treat for those with a discerning taste. It stayed on par with social tumults and broke many fashion traditions, especially in women’s wear. The decade ushered in bikinis, miniskirts, pillbox hats, drainpipe jeans, as well as polyvinyl carbonate (PVC) and paper dresses, go-go boots, paisley prints, and tie-dye.

The decade has also fostered a slew of stalwart couturier and fashion icons: Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent, Mary Quant, Pierre Cardin, Oleg Cassini, Jacqueline Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Lee Radziwill, Vanessa Redgrave, Diana Ross, Jane Fonda, Anouk Aimee, Sophia Loren, and Catherine Deneuve to name a few. The sub-niches of 1960s clothing styles include the city gent look brought into existence by the Modernists, the androgynous hippie look, the space look, and, in the late 1960s, the skinhead fashion.

Fashion of 70's

Platform shoes, bell-bottom jeans and pants, Angel Flight suits, tube tops, disco, andglam rock made 1970s clothing styles very memorable. Trends influenced by the androgynous hippie look and miniskirts of the 1960s were a constant presence throughout the decade. The hippie look, with its frayed jeans, tie-dye clothes, and peasant blouses, was particularly popular in the early 70s. Clothing styles influenced byglam rock were in vogue in the first half of the decade, whereas disco defined late 70s fashion for both sexes.

Frayed, flared, hipster, or straight jeans were worn with custom t-shirts or tucked-in shirts and platform shoes. Lee, Levi’s, Wrangler, Jordache, Gloria Vanderbilt were very popular brands.

Fashion of 80's

The 80s style clothing trends split into numerous diverse sub-niches: Valley girl, New Romantic, Preppy, Power dressing, Punk, and Casual wear to name a few. The 80s style clothing for men brought change to the cut of the business suit and return to the pinstripes of the earlier decades, although in a much wider version.

As for the bright palette of the 80s, one look at Christian Lacroix’s kaleidoscopic bodysuit can cure even die-hard color-avert connoisseurs of style. The exuberant, luscious colors of the 1980s are back to being in fashion, as seen from the 2012 collections of Prabal Gurung, Erdem Moralioglu, and Mary Katranzou.

Brands that retain the best of 80s style clothing vibe include Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Benetton, Girbaud, Jordache, Sergio Valenti, American Apparel, Brooks Brothers, and Gap.