Fashion Summed Up

Hi, my name is Mariana Aiex de Mattos, I’m a fashion designer and I made this tumblr with the intuit of creating a little encyclopedia of fashion. The blog has been made to provide my study of the book “Enciclopédia da Moda” by “Georgina O’Hara Callan” and of some other sources to anyone who might be interested. For more information on the subjects of the blog, I recommend the making of a deeper search on them, since the intuit of the blog is to summarize its subjects.

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Balaclava

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Small Ruffle

It’s a kind of ornament. It is a smaller, ruffled ruffle that usually adorns necklines, armholes, cuffs, sleeves or hems. Check out: The Post’s Pinterest Board: https://br.pinterest.com/amodaresumida/b/babadinho/ The Post’s Brazilian Portuguese version: https://amodaresumida.com/babadinho/ Bibliography: Callan, Georgina O’Hara; Enciclopédia da moda de 1840 à década de 90 / Georgina O’Hara…

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Azulay, Simão

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Jet

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Azagury, Jacques

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Avedon, Richard

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Augustabernard

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Astrakhan

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Ashley, Laura

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Ashley, Laura

Laura Ashley was a Welsh stylist who was born in 1925 and died in 1985, she started her company from scratch with her husband Bernard Ashley. Bernard and Laura met when she still worked as a secretary and he as a stockbroker. They got married in 1949 and soon had two of their four children. The company was born after a visit by the couple to an exhibition of traditional handicrafts at the…

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Art Nouveau

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Art, Goût, Beauté

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Arrow

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Arruda, Vera

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Fishnet

To talk about the history of fishnets it is necessary to talk about the history of pantyhose.The first record of the use of pantyhose comes from Mesopotamia, where it was used by soldiers and was made of cotton and wool to keep the cold away, with a seam on the back that made it easier for soldiers to ride. Until then, pantyhose were used only out of necessity. The beginning of the…

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Armani, Giorgio

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Argyle

The argyle is the world famous lozenges (or diamonds) pattern. It was inspired by the tartan of the Scottish clan Argyle, from where it took its name. The first known use of the Argyle pattern was made in the 17th century on the fabric of socks and kilts. The pattern gained fame in the USA and Great Britain, where it was knitted by hand, after World War II. The brand “Pringle of Scotland” helped…

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