France is a country full of artistic atmosphere, and the French people are famous for their love of beauty. French fashion has always enjoyed a high reputation in the world, with rich and excellent selection of materials, bold design, and superb production technology, and has always led the world fashion trend. The slogan of the owners of the fashion stores in Paris is: "Fashion does not sell the second piece". On the street, it is almost impossible to see two women wearing identical clothing. As the romantic fashion capital, France has led the world trend more than once or twice.
Stills from the last of her generations
Prehistory and Gaulish period (before the 5th century AD)
In ancient times, the land of France was inhabited by humans. Around 1000 BC, the Celtics migrated here from the mountains of Central Europe. The Romans called the area Gaul and the local inhabitants The Gauls. At that time, the Gauls had mastered the technology of weaving and dyeing, so their costumes were colorful and beautiful. As far as the clothing of the Gauls is concerned, they usually wear loose robes, belts around the waist, trousers under them, and shawls with pullovers on the upper body. The Gauls preferred to use metalwork as ornaments, which, in addition to decoration, had the function of displaying personal status and wealth (and it was for this reason that the progress of craftsmanship was promoted).
Knights of Gaul
Later, the Romans and barbarians (including the Franks) invaded, and in 481 the Franks occupied all of Gaul except the Kingdom of Burgundy and the Mediterranean coast, and moved to Paris to establish the Frankish Kingdom. The costumes were still very influenced by the Romans.
5th to 10th centuries
The period consisted of two dynasties: the Merovingian dynasty and the Carolingian dynasty. The demand for culture in this period was still at a low level, and there was no obvious development in clothing, mainly following the late Roman-Byzantine style of clothing. Large cloaks and tunics remained the main clothing styles of the period.
Member of the Frankish royal family in the twelfth century
10th to 15th centuries
The development of the city ushered in a new era of Western European clothing. Clothing and materials have complicated the fact that women have also begun to participate in various industries related to the garment industry. The division of labor has been refined, and there have been professional departments such as lace decoration, hair accessory production, cutting and garment, fur sewing, belt buckle and needle making, dyeing industry, footwear processing and glove making. Clothing also began to tend to be more complex and refined. We know that the exterior features of Gothic architecture are towers with sharp angles and spire arches. The clothing of this period was influenced by this architectural style, such as the high crown wear, pointed shoes, and the sharp angle of the lower end of the placket such as pointed and serrated teeth. The lustrous and vivid tones of the fabric or clothing are in line with the effect of stained glass in Gothic churches.
Beginning at the end of the 14th century, a new type of clothing became the main style of clothing of the period, the houppelande. This is arguably the last unisex style of cylindrical clothing in Western Europe. It was not until the late 15th century that the barrel coat completely withdrew from the mainstream development of men's clothing and became a specialized form of women's clothing. In the Middle Ages, when religion dominated the mind, women at the time not only wore robes, but also liked to remove all their foreheads so that they could show holiness with a smooth forehead, and then put on a pointed barrel-shaped towering headdress, even with pointed shoes. This sharp barrel shape was the most common element in the Middle Ages, and we can see it in Gothic buildings such as Notre Dame cathedral.
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Arnoni (1434), Jan. every. Ike
16th to 18th centuries
In the 16th century, it was affected by the Renaissance, the clothing fabrics were colorful, the patterns were dignified and beautiful, the fabric style was biased towards thickness, the shape was exaggerated, and the molding such as filling, corseting, and braces was widely used. There are a variety of dresses, long-distance running hats and headwear, to handkerchief stockings. As a whole, the upper body of women in this period is tightly fitted, and the long drag skirt elongates the entire line, emphasizing the curve of the hips and the fullness of the thighs and breasts. The style of the open chest is very popular, laying out the sexy curves unique to women.
Stills of Queen Margot
There was also a raf collar also known as a wheel-shaped crease collar, which is said to have been pioneered in France and was widely adopted by European men and women during the Renaissance, and this collar is looped around the neck, and its wavy folds are in the shape of an "8".
The Baroque art of the 17th century changed the art form and expression of the Renaissance, pursuing intense sensory stimulation, showing the phenomenon of weirdness and absurdity, luxury and mannerism in form. In music, sculpture, painting and clothing, gorgeous colors and numerous curves are used to increase the sense of worldliness and humanity, contrary to the previous gray and straight art style, and to shift the attention from the human body to the connection between man and nature.
The costumes of the Baroque period have a vain mannerism, especially in men's clothing. The history of clothing divides this period into two stages, the first stage is dominated by the Dutch style, focusing on the fat and loose shape as a whole, and the color of the costume is dark tones as the main body, with white lace and cuffs, in order to be eye-catching. Men's clothing uses weak draped collars, fat shorts, bucket-shaped boots, collars, cuffs, the rim of the top and pants, hats and the inside of the boots to reveal a lot of ribbons and lace.
Fanatical tulip stills
In the later period, the French court style was dominant, which prevailed in Europe. The shape emphasizes curves and the decoration is gorgeous. The most prominent thing in women's clothing is to change the previous exaggerated form, abandoning the skirt support, moving on the waist line, and there is a significant waist, which outlines the female figure gently, softly and naturally. The biggest feature is the large number of folds and lace and countless floral ornaments.
Stills from the Versailles TV series
Maria Therese, Queen louis XIV
The biggest feature of menswear is the lace of the big sleeves, the wearing of a curly wig, the square-toed high-heeled boots with spurs have become fashionable (the legendary Louis XIV high heels appeared during this time), as well as the feathered hat and the sword. The most prominent is underwear, underwear that is heavily tied with a large number of ribbons.
Men's wear of this period placed great emphasis on detailed decoration, such as gold rope at the placket and buttonholes of the jacket, and gold and silver embroidery in velvet or brocade fabric tops, which were very luxurious and dazzling. Long coat, densely packed with buttons, the mouth of the coat is only buttoned on the top of a few, and the bottom is all for decoration. The buttons are made of gold, silver, and jewelry, and become pure jewelry. When filigree fabrics were banned, ribbon decoration became popular and became one of the important decorations of clothing. Later, the hem was also padded to make the hem of the clothes tilt outward, and the pants were popular with bloomers, which were also buckled to the knees, and the underside was the long leg tight stockings. In the late Baroque period, shoe buckles appeared instead of decoration. Hair grew longer and triangle hats became mainstream. Fold a piece of muslin around your neck as a collar and buckle it with a lace ribbon.
Palace of Versailles: Stills of the King's Dream
Experiencing the baptism of the Baroque style of the 17th century, the 18th century costume style changed from rough and tough to slender and beautiful. This revolutionary change is known as the "Rococo style" of intricate decoration, luxurious fabrics, fine cuts, is a distinctive feature of the Rococo style, summed up as "elegance".
Rococo-style clothing is more feminine and feminine than the luxury of the Baroque period. Large skirt bras, corsets, low-pitched lines, and many small laces and bows use these intricate decorations to exaggerate the curves of women and emphasize the characteristics of women.
In that era, there were many typical auxiliary artificial beauty similar to corsets, large skirts, and high wigs, which were all exaggerated and aesthetic shaping of female beauty. Elegant and cumbersome, yet palatial, this is the element that Rococo brought to the field of clothing. In the Western clothing industry in the 18th century, it was precisely because of the emergence of rococo clothing styles that they were rendered with a delicate and rich luster.
Goodbye, my queen stills
Men's clothes are elegantly colored with an emphasis on chest trim and exaggerated sleeve designs. Embroidery is a highlight, gold and silver and other colorful silk thread embroidery, making the garment look extremely splendid. Men's shoes at that time would be considered women's shoes today, but in 18th-century Europe, it belonged to men. Clothes decorated with small pieces of metal, embroidery, wigs, square heads, luxurious and stylish.
Revolutionary century
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was an important watershed in French history, ending more than 1,000 years of feudal rule and beginning a period of capitalist establishment and development. In the 19th century, the dress of European men underwent great changes, the court aristocrats' overly extravagant and cumbersome clothing was abandoned, and the comfortable and simple men's clothing that was convenient for work and movement became popular; vests, jackets and trousers were the most common combinations. In order to highlight the figure, men began to use corsets. The main accessories are bow ties, barrel top hats, and civilization staff. At the same time, ready-to-wear was also sold to the masses, and fashion was no longer the preserve of high society.
Traviata 1984 stills
The neckline of the women's skirt is larger, often used to decorate with fabrics such as lace, the skirt can prevent the single-layer skirt from being too monotonous, and the corset and skirt support return to the field of vision, still elegant and bright. Gloves are an indispensable clothing item for women in this era.
Stills of the Traviata
Women's buns are also getting higher and higher, decorated with feathers, ribbons, hats that echo hairstyles, wide-brimmed top hats with lace and artificial flowers. In order to emphasize the so-called upbringing, the ladies of that time carried pills with them and covered their faces with handkerchiefs as a gesture of shyness.
Traviata 1981 stills
20th century
France in the 20th century was an era of inheritance, and in that era, women's needs led the development and trend of fashion to some extent. The most classic and elegant era in the history of clothing has emerged, and there are countless diversified clothing designs. Haute Couture clothing is a seasonal clothing collection created and presented by senior designers of French fashion houses using exquisite handmade craftsmanship. The connotation of haute couture clothing includes: haute couture clothing is tailored for each customer; it is extremely expensive, but at the same time it has excellent service, exquisite workmanship, unique unique design and gorgeous fabrics of excellent quality. There are well-known brands such as Christian Dior, Balenciaga (Balenciaga), chanel, Givenchy and so on.
The shape in Hepburn's "Love In Paris"
Shelley stills