A Fashion Source Book

A fashion source book is made up of images, articles, and point of views. The purpose of a source book is to compile a range of material into one place, a place that will spark interest and inspire future projects.

In general, this fashion source book will cover topics of 20Th century fashion arts. Each post will be dedicated to a specific topic in fashion history and will include images and other resources to illustrate points. This source book is like my own little reference book, I hope you enjoy what I put together!

I want to start this blog off by showing an example of how fashion recycles itself. Below are two Christian Dior garments. You will most likely recognize the top image as Dior's 1947 "New Look." The image on the bottom shows a garment in Dior's fall 2008 Couture show. By bringing in the waist and exaggerating the hips, head designer John Galliano is clearly making a tribute to the famous Dior look. This happens often in fashion history, past looks continue to influence the present.