tbb fashion

  • Gabrielle Chanel died
    1971 BCE

    Gabrielle Chanel died

  • 1960 BCE

    designers found inspiration in factory work clothes --> led to ready-to-wear

  • Paul Poiret dies
    1944 BCE

    Paul Poiret dies

  • Poirest house was closed
    1929 BCE

    Poirest house was closed

  • Canel's little black dress
    1926 BCE

    Canel's little black dress

  • 1925 BCE

    Poiret had begun to sound like a curmudgeon, holding forth against chemise dresses

  • channel opened her own jewelry workshop,
    1924 BCE

    channel opened her own jewelry workshop,

  • Chanel's first perfume: Chanel Nr 5
    1921 BCE

    Chanel's first perfume: Chanel Nr 5

  • Poiret introduced his lean, high- waisted silhouette
    1908 BCE

    Poiret introduced his lean, high- waisted silhouette

  • The Poiret rose (reduced to its simplest elements of overlapping curving lines) may have appeared for the first time
    1907 BCE

    The Poiret rose (reduced to its simplest elements of overlapping curving lines) may have appeared for the first time

  • Poiret opened his own couture house
    1903 BCE

    Poiret opened his own couture house

  • Poiret joined the House of Worth
    1901 BCE

    Poiret joined the House of Worth

  • 1890 BCE

    Late 19th cent. french fashion again powerful

    sewing skills
  • Gabrielle Chanel was born
    1883 BCE

    Gabrielle Chanel was born

  • Paul Poiret was born
    1879 BCE

    Paul Poiret was born

  • 1805 BCE

    Jacquard loom for weaving patterned fabrics was invented

  • 1804 BCE

    Napoléon proclaimed himself emperor

    neoclassical style was a thin, low-cut white muslin sheath with a high waistline and low neckline, imitating the clinging drapery of classical statues
  • 1799 BCE

    Napoléon Bonaparte staged a coup d’état

    accessories resemble those worn in Egypt and the Middle East
    encouraged sartorial allusions and comparisons to the Greek and Roman empires as a way of legitimizing and glorifying his own reign
  • 1793 BCE

    1793 - 1814 France was at war with its European neighbors

    France was at war with its European neighbors 1793 - 1814 french power of fashion
  • 1789 BCE

    french revolution

    Previously, men had dressed as ornately as women, wearing lace, embroidery, high heels, bright colors, and elaborate wigs. The Revolution introduced a new spirit of austerity, transforming men from strutting peacocks into sober, serious citizens of the new order. Neoclassicism played an important part in this transformation.
  • poirets 1,002-night ball

    poirets 1,002-night ball

  • Martine, named after one of Poiret's daughters, opened 1 April 1911 as a school of decorative art

    Martine, named after one of Poiret's daughters, opened 1 April 1911 as a school of decorative art

    Martine, named after one of Poiret's daughters, opened 1 April 1911 as a school of decorative art
  • vogue wrote

    vogue wrote

    "When Chanel, the sponsor of the straight, chemise dress and the boyish silhouette, uses little, rippling capes on her fur coats and a high waist-line and numerous ruffles on an evening gown, then you may be sure that the feminine mode is a fact and not a fancy"