Iq’s Fashion accessories
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A fashion accessory is an item which is used
to contribute, in a secondary manner, to the wearer's outfit.
The term came into use in the 19th century. Accessories are often used to
complete an outfit and are chosen to specifically complement the wearer's look.
Types
Fashion
accessories can be loosely categorized into two general areas: those that are
carried and those that are worn. Traditional carried accessories include and
handbags, hand fans, parasols and umbrellas, canes, and ceremonial swords. Accessories that are worn may include
jackets, boots and shoes,
cravats, ties, hats,
bonnets, belts and suspenders, gloves,
muffs, jewelry, watches, sashes,
shawls,
scarves, socks, and stockings.
History
In Victorian fashion accessories
such as fans, parasols and gloves held significance for how women experienced
gender, race and class. In this era, there was a trend for women to adopt, or
aspire to, a more leisurely lifestyle. Consequently gloves were often used by
women to cover their hands and mask any signs of labor.
Also,
in the early 16th century in Italy hat badges were worn by civilian men of a
higher social status as decorative item, in imitation of the cap badges worn by the invading military.
Hat badges were often worn in conjunction with a decorative sword and hilt. Hat
badges were fashioned after blanquettes and often depicted a scene with
personal relevance to the wearer.
As you
know, Parisian style is
largely based on accessorizing. So, when I saw an exposé of these principles
over the span of the last century, I had to share it. Although, I have to
admit, I never understand why fashion models don’t smile!
Beginning
with the 1920s and following the decades through to 2012, this photo shoot
illustrates how purses, jewelry, glasses, hats, shoes, scarves – accessories –
have shaped and complimented French style for over 90 years.
The
title page of the article introduces the theme:
“The
History of Accessories. The summer of 2012 is holding onto the vintage
effect and retro influences. And because they impose themselves as the key
elements of the silhouette, the accessories themselves evoke, with great
creative energy, the popular trends of the past decades.”
Parisian 2012 summer
fashion appears to be shaping into an interesting combination of
the 1920s’ box-cut shimmer and the high-necked soft pastels
of the 60s, a far cry from the monotone, androgynous 2000s or the patterned,
‘loose’ 1970s.
