Week 21

Well this will be a short blog I think, as I’m having to do a bit of research at the moment . Also having relayed my own personal history, I’ve already introduced some of the themes I will be exploring. Therefore I apologise if I repeat myself.

When I began this blog back in January I was aware that some people would think that it was frivolous and self indulgent. That writing about my personal interest in fashion can be viewed as vain,trivial and vacuous. Ps this isn’t me putting the line through this paragraph. Don’t ask why but it’s refusing to let me change it!!!!

But clothing has been important throughout the ages as a barometer of history and society. It has reflected the highs and lows of history . For example after the Second World War, Dior introduced the New Look which catered for the need for pleasure for the sake of it after the austerity of the war. Fashion has always been on the leading edge of changes to, and how we view others around us.

In the beginning we were born naked but after our initial entry into the world we spend most of our lives clothed . Society will allow us to starve to death but not go naked in public!!

Ps listened to the fashion designer Paul Smith on Radio 4 this morning . He has run his independent fashion company for 50 years. He declared how challenging times were, and suggested that he thinks after COVID there will be a return to a longer fashion cycle. Collections both in designer and the high street, will be paired down along with an even greater emphasis on being conscious of our environment when purchasing. Again,fashion reflects and adapts to major historical events.