This article will be slightly different from the others ...
If any of you who are seventh grade now know that there in our English book is
lesson dedicated to clothes and well, I was inspired by it and the article will be devoted to different fashions all around world. I hope you like it :))))))))))))))))))))))
(I know it's related to school but ... anyway, the article will be in English, because of my lesson )
1. Dishdasha
Middle East
Also known as a thwab, besht, kandura or suriyah, the dishdasha is a long robe traditionally worn around the Arab Gulf. In the west, we tend to shed our layers in summer but the loose-fitting thwab actually helps you keep cool in countries with hot desert territory. Image: We love this illustration by Liz Ramon-Prado featured on bsanctuary.com.
Also known as a thwab, besht, kandura or suriyah, the dishdasha is a long robe traditionally worn around the Arab Gulf. In the west, we tend to shed our layers in summer but the loose-fitting thwab actually helps you keep cool in countries with hot desert territory. Image: We love this illustration by Liz Ramon-Prado featured on bsanctuary.com.
2. Miniskirt
London, UK
Mary Quant is responsible for the risqué raising of hemlines in the late 1950s. Yes, yes short tunics had been around for donkeys among the Romans and under armour in the Middle Ages. But it was Quant who put them on the high street and named the design after her favourite car, the Mini. Image: Thanks to mysixtieslove.blogspot.com.
Mary Quant is responsible for the risqué raising of hemlines in the late 1950s. Yes, yes short tunics had been around for donkeys among the Romans and under armour in the Middle Ages. But it was Quant who put them on the high street and named the design after her favourite car, the Mini. Image: Thanks to mysixtieslove.blogspot.com.
3. Lotus Shoes
China
Shapewear gone too far? These barbaric lotus bud-shaped shoes were worn by women in China who bound their feet. Small feet were once considered beautiful and erotic and binding stunted their growth. The practice only died out at the beginning of the 20thcentury but many elderly women today display terrible deformities as a result of this cruel fashion. Image: We found this upsetting photo on shoemethis.com.
Shapewear gone too far? These barbaric lotus bud-shaped shoes were worn by women in China who bound their feet. Small feet were once considered beautiful and erotic and binding stunted their growth. The practice only died out at the beginning of the 20thcentury but many elderly women today display terrible deformities as a result of this cruel fashion. Image: We found this upsetting photo on shoemethis.com.
4. Boubou
West Africa
A billowing wide-sleeved robe most commonly worn in West Africa. The female version is a M’boubou or kaftan (nowadays a favourite beachwear cover-up). Some are beautifully embroidered and passed down through the generations as family heirlooms. Image: Photographer Gavin Sandhu via fuckthemacro.com.
A billowing wide-sleeved robe most commonly worn in West Africa. The female version is a M’boubou or kaftan (nowadays a favourite beachwear cover-up). Some are beautifully embroidered and passed down through the generations as family heirlooms. Image: Photographer Gavin Sandhu via fuckthemacro.com.
5. Espadrilles
Pyrenees
This unisex shoe makes me dream of sun, sea and sand. In other words, holidays! During the most recent revival, travellers rejoiced at the flatpack and space-saving shoe and indulged in an assortment of colours. Prior to this they were popularised by Lauren Bacall in the 1948 movie Key Largo and in the 1980s by Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice. Image: This guy pictured on theurbangent.com just can’t get out of holiday mode it seems.
This unisex shoe makes me dream of sun, sea and sand. In other words, holidays! During the most recent revival, travellers rejoiced at the flatpack and space-saving shoe and indulged in an assortment of colours. Prior to this they were popularised by Lauren Bacall in the 1948 movie Key Largo and in the 1980s by Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice. Image: This guy pictured on theurbangent.com just can’t get out of holiday mode it seems.
6. Denim
Nimes, France
It was the French town of Nimes (get it, de Nîmes) that began producing the fabric. But Levi Strauss sold the hard-wearing jeans to mining communities in California in the 1850s who, along with Jacob Davis, patented the use of copper rivets to reinforce pocket openings. A more recent trend that gives the fabric a worn effect is created by sandblasting. More than 5,000 workers in the textile industry in Turkey have caught silicosis and 46 have died as a result of the sandblasting technique. Image: Thanks to denimology.com.
It was the French town of Nimes (get it, de Nîmes) that began producing the fabric. But Levi Strauss sold the hard-wearing jeans to mining communities in California in the 1850s who, along with Jacob Davis, patented the use of copper rivets to reinforce pocket openings. A more recent trend that gives the fabric a worn effect is created by sandblasting. More than 5,000 workers in the textile industry in Turkey have caught silicosis and 46 have died as a result of the sandblasting technique. Image: Thanks to denimology.com.
7. Cowboy Boots
USA
Yee-haw! These boots – which were in fact not made for walking – are no longer just for cattle ranchers, gun-hoe slingers and toe-tapping line dance groups. Cowboy boots are now worn across the globe. The Spanish brought a version over to the Americas and they evolved in to a type of Wellington boot before decorative stitching appeared in a number of fashion magazines in the 1850s. Image: Photographer Christophe Kutner via noirfacade.livejournal.com.
Yee-haw! These boots – which were in fact not made for walking – are no longer just for cattle ranchers, gun-hoe slingers and toe-tapping line dance groups. Cowboy boots are now worn across the globe. The Spanish brought a version over to the Americas and they evolved in to a type of Wellington boot before decorative stitching appeared in a number of fashion magazines in the 1850s. Image: Photographer Christophe Kutner via noirfacade.livejournal.com.
8. Jandals
New Zealand
A lot of controversy surrounds this most basic item of footwear - I don’t want to step on anybody’s toes. Evolving from the Japanese sandal, the first plastic jandals appeared in New Zealand but this is disputed by the children of an English-raised businessman who owned a plastics manufacturing company in Hong Kong. Other names include thongs, chappal and flip flops. In Texas they are referred to as clam diggers – the way they flick sand on the beach. Image: We spotted these on design-milk.com. Apparently they were first made by Krispy Kreme and then KUSA made them available to the public. Perfect for New Zealanders who, in an ideal world, would probably go around barefoot!
A lot of controversy surrounds this most basic item of footwear - I don’t want to step on anybody’s toes. Evolving from the Japanese sandal, the first plastic jandals appeared in New Zealand but this is disputed by the children of an English-raised businessman who owned a plastics manufacturing company in Hong Kong. Other names include thongs, chappal and flip flops. In Texas they are referred to as clam diggers – the way they flick sand on the beach. Image: We spotted these on design-milk.com. Apparently they were first made by Krispy Kreme and then KUSA made them available to the public. Perfect for New Zealanders who, in an ideal world, would probably go around barefoot!
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