Culture
fashionable, and their fashions had only the barest influence on most people. Before the 20th century, we all had our daily clothes and our "Sunday best". For most people, it was probably a struggle just to have clothes, and probably a victory just to have clean clothes. Now, ordinary people can not only wear fashion, they can start fashion, as seen in everything from the punk movement, with torn clothes and safety pins to the hip hop movement with hoodies and low slung pants.
IT: Who is your favorite designer? Why
V: My favorite designers are the ones that work best with my body. I love the work of many designers, but the ones I wear are Issey Miyake, Norma Kamali, and Krizia, because they fit me and I like their materials and tailoring. I would wear Jean Paul Gaultier if I could afford him. I miss Gianni Versace, Gianfranco Ferre, Claude Montana and Thierry Mugler. In shoes I miss Diego della Valle and Maud Frizon. I wish I had a closet full of Paul Poiret and Mariano Fortuny. Kedem Sasson has done some very interesting work in Israel, but we don't get to see the full range of it here in the US.
.happen primarily because we all get tired of seeing the same thing. Trends don't have to be new - they just have to be different from the current thing. In WWII, skirts got short to save material. After the war, they got long to celebrate the end of rationing. Then long skirts had the look of luxury, although in the 1920s long skirts looked like the ancien regime. In the 60s, once again long skirts looked old fashioned, so flapper lengths came back, and flapper bodies. But right around 1970, the midiskirt came back, so it didn't take very long for skirt lengths to come full circle.
IT: What era has had the biggest impact on fashion?
V: I don't know what ERA has had the biggest impact, but I'd say the 20th century in general has had the biggest impact on fashion because very large quantities of clothing became available at affordable prices to very large quantities of people for the first time in history, thanks to mass production and pret a porter. Before the 20th century - and even into the 20th century - it was probably true that only the very wealthy could be said to be fashionable, and their fashions had only the barest influence on most people. Before the 20th century, we all had our daily clothes and our "Sunday best". For most people, it was probably a struggle just to have clothes, and probably a victory just to have clean clothes. Now, ordinary people can not only wear fashion, they can start fashion, as seen in everything from the punk movement, with torn clothes and safety pins to the hip hop movement with hoodies and low slung pants.