UNIT B

EVOLUTION AND
MOVEMENT OF
FASHION
2.03 Recognize the relationship between historical
events and fashion evolution.
Mood of the decade

• Y2K—The Millennium Bug

• Unclear winner in the
United States Presidential
Election
• Firestone recalled tires
• Microsoft ordered to split
• September 11, 2001 attack
on the Twin Towers
• Taliban regime
 Mood of the decade (cont.)
• Anthrax scare
• Invasion of Iraq
• Stem cell research
• Number of AIDS victims rises
• Arnold Schwarzenegger became
Governor of California
• Recording industry cracked
down on people who illegally
swapped more than 1,000 songs
over the Internet
Mood of the decade (cont.)
• Saddam Hussein
captured December
13, 2003
• Street wear
– Low-rise jeans
– Slashed T-shirts
– Overtly sexual
clothes
– Bling bling (big
jewelry)
– Ugg boots
People who are influencing
fashion
• Valentino
• Paris Hilton
• Rappers and Hip
Hop artists in
music videos—
baggy pants, big
jewelry (bling bling)
and urban wear
(Enyce, Rocawear,
Baby Phat, Phat
Farm)
People who are influencing
fashion (cont.)
• Rappers and Hip Hop
artists
– Sean “P.Diddy” Combs
– Lil Kim—increased the
popularity of wearing
weave and wigs
– Camron—increased the
popularity of males
wearing the color pink
– Jay-Z—wearing earrings
in both ears
 People who are influencing
fashion (cont.)
• Film and
popstars
– Britney
Spears—bare-
midriff tops,
skimpy skirts and
shorts
– Janet Jackson—
bare, sexy,
metallic, urban
streetwear
People who are influencing
fashion (cont.)
• Celebrities who have
clothing lines
– Beyonce Knowles
– Jennifer Lopez
– Sean Combs
– Russell Simmons
– Jessica Simpson
– Reba McEntyre