beauty is only skin.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Saturday, August 04, 2012

Ideas of Body Image & Fashion in my work.

These are one of my works that I find relevant towards my ideas of body image.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Chosen Time Period

After researching on the few early time periods after World War II,
I have decided to write my essay based on the 1960's Female Fashion.

This is because I found that time period the most interesting and also it consisted of several different styles and changes that were quite significant and influential to the world of fashion and also the attitudes towards the body image in society.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

70s Male Fashion

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadAttachment.asp?GroupId=1002805&AttachmentID=1367667

http://www.70sfashion.info/70s_fashion_pics/70s%20fashion_10.jpg

http://knoji.com/images/user/That%2070's%20Show.jpg

http://www.foreignmego.com/plaid/plaidstallions.jpg

Monday, July 23, 2012

70s Female Fashion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1eD2JIbq6k

This film showed an idea of how an average street of London looks like

& most importantly, how women dressed back then.

By 1970 women chose who they wanted to be and if they felt like wearing a short mini skirt one day and a maxi dress, midi skirt or hot pants the next day - that's what they did.

For eveningwear women often wore full length maxi dresses, evening trousers or glamorous halter neck catsuits. Some of the dresses oozed Motown glamour, others less so.

One frequently worn style was the Granny dress with a high neck.

http://www.fashion-era.com/1970s.htm

http://wolfandwillow.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a6a93724970b0128760a240b970c-800wi

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwVYE74t7Ysw79XPvj6ywHAtR78zWwyHlqglM06GHCyfZphlplKImjbRDG0CsTCIgfem1BWn97N82Y1UgJ6ocpUcYaSQhq24T1xQo5LBk6LpkgxOcjKmkMpDuNR7aRJ9EcyXcL8jH3Zsy/s1600/1970's%2520Group%5B1%5D.jpg

http://woodstockwardrobe.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/1970s-college-fashion.jpeg

http://fashionbloglife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/70sfashion-bell-bottoms.jpg

http://www.plaidstallions.com/images/spacehooker.jpg

Saturday, July 21, 2012

70s Female Body Image

Consider some recent changes in the US. In the 1960s and 70s, beauty ideals for women shifted from the mature curvaceous body of stars such as Marilyn Monroe to the stick-thin, flat-chested figure epitomized by supermodels such as Twiggy or Kate Moss.

http://thebodyproject.bradley.edu/standards/index.shtml

Ever since the 70s, body image has always influenced teens. Trying to fit in and look skinny has always been a problem. Media has played a big part in this by showing what they think being beautiful means. The majority of fashion models are size zero, or double zero.

http://ffpkci.com/?p=375

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0rruvPhp_-op2W2OJfPcrJYbF0bHsY58UilOSlw-mUxEWQ75v4_csLDEP89T3EXKV-sMifFf5nBKiuX81pMNG7WoTqOHb3vy3tAa7tJUS8t5l0kiRD4WSNeKb_WKq5hI5uvgzrqmW7s/s400/abba.jpg

http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/office-girls-in-the-park.jpg

Thank You for the Music - ABBA

Friday, July 20, 2012

60s Male Fashion

1960s fashion for men was not as revolutionary as it was for women.
Changes took place. Ties, belts and lapels got wider, collars got longer and wider.
Modified version of the bell bottom called "flared" became popular.
The conserative men's suit took on some geometric design along with the flare in the pants leg and wider lapels.
Sport shirts were the norm for causal wear with the polo style being the most popular.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/mens-fashion.htm

One of the biggest influences in 60's males were the Beatles.
Their image were inspiration to others from their hairstyle to their fashion.