Hussein Chalayan, winter 2000 collection.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Wearable Art
Fashion is a form of unlimited art expressions.Wearable, Portable Architecture.
Hussein Chalayan, winter 2000 collection.
Hussein Chalayan, winter 2000 collection.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Geneology of the Jumpsuit
A jumpsuit refers to a form-fitting one-piece garment with sleeves and legs,which covers the whole body.
As aviation and parachuting developed during WWI the need for garments designed to insulate the body from the cold of high altitudes and minimize risk of covering important handles and grips quickly became apparent.Jumpsuits were first introduced around 1913 by the H.D. Lee Mercantile Company and primarily sold as military uniforms or flightsuits during WWI. Other industries soon caught on to the one-piece coverall garment and soon they were showing up everywhere from farms to factories.
From the first trans-Atlantic flight to man’s first steps on the moon, the one-piece garment provided the protection to make bold moves. Early on, the one-piece design became associated with emerging freedoms and was adopted as the ideal garment by futuristic-thinking early modernist artists and designers. Its egalitarian association with the common worker and its unisex uses imbued the jumpsuit with utopian ideals. It is often prophesied as the universal uniform of the future and is an iconic costume for science-fiction movie characters. By the late 1960s, the jumpsuit trickled up through society into high fashion.
1900s
Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker from Columbus, Ohio in fur lined flightsuit standing next to a plane he flew during World War I in France, ca. 1914-1918.
As aviation and parachuting developed during WWI the need for garments designed to insulate the body from the cold of high altitudes and minimize risk of covering important handles and grips quickly became apparent.Jumpsuits were first introduced around 1913 by the H.D. Lee Mercantile Company and primarily sold as military uniforms or flightsuits during WWI. Other industries soon caught on to the one-piece coverall garment and soon they were showing up everywhere from farms to factories.
From the first trans-Atlantic flight to man’s first steps on the moon, the one-piece garment provided the protection to make bold moves. Early on, the one-piece design became associated with emerging freedoms and was adopted as the ideal garment by futuristic-thinking early modernist artists and designers. Its egalitarian association with the common worker and its unisex uses imbued the jumpsuit with utopian ideals. It is often prophesied as the universal uniform of the future and is an iconic costume for science-fiction movie characters. By the late 1960s, the jumpsuit trickled up through society into high fashion.
1900s
Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker from Columbus, Ohio in fur lined flightsuit standing next to a plane he flew during World War I in France, ca. 1914-1918.
1940s
Initially designed for men, it wouldn’t be until women took jobs in the factories during WWII.
In 1942 Vera Maxwell,American sportswear designer, designed a cotton coverall uniform for world war II workers at the Sperry Gyroscope Corporation that was a forerunner of the jump suit.
Thousands of women participated not only on the home front making the planes but also as Air Force pilots and trainers, all wearing one-piece suits.
This image from the archives of LIFE magazine, which first appeared on July 19, 1943 Shirley Slade Pilot Trainee in Women’s Flying Training Detachment Sporting Pigtails GI Coveralls Posters.
During the wartime Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who wore coveralls like these became the symbol of working American women and caused a fashion sensation of her own.
Initially designed for men, it wouldn’t be until women took jobs in the factories during WWII.
In 1942 Vera Maxwell,American sportswear designer, designed a cotton coverall uniform for world war II workers at the Sperry Gyroscope Corporation that was a forerunner of the jump suit.
Thousands of women participated not only on the home front making the planes but also as Air Force pilots and trainers, all wearing one-piece suits.
This image from the archives of LIFE magazine, which first appeared on July 19, 1943 Shirley Slade Pilot Trainee in Women’s Flying Training Detachment Sporting Pigtails GI Coveralls Posters.
During the wartime Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who wore coveralls like these became the symbol of working American women and caused a fashion sensation of her own.
1960s
The exploration of space led to a new interest in the future, and in a new design aesthetic: Space-Age Fashion. In 1968, the first images of astronauts walking on the moon in one-piece space suits created a fashion for the style in shiny, synthetic fabrics.Futuristic style jumpsuits both by André Courrèges 1968.
Emma Peel was a fictional television spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure series The Avengers. Emma Peel dressed in tight but comfortably fitting outfits of black leather and other assorted colored jumpsuits.Her outfits came to be known as "Emma Peelers."
The exploration of space led to a new interest in the future, and in a new design aesthetic: Space-Age Fashion. In 1968, the first images of astronauts walking on the moon in one-piece space suits created a fashion for the style in shiny, synthetic fabrics.Futuristic style jumpsuits both by André Courrèges 1968.
Emma Peel was a fictional television spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure series The Avengers. Emma Peel dressed in tight but comfortably fitting outfits of black leather and other assorted colored jumpsuits.Her outfits came to be known as "Emma Peelers."
1970s
Up until this point, jumpsuits generally ranked high in utility and low in fashion,but in 70s one-piece suit was adopted by performers such as Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and Diana Ross,Liza Minelly and became a fashion statement during disco nights at Studio 54.
Nancy North In Halston jumpsuit at studio 54, New York,December 2,1977.
Mick Jagger's jumpsuit, first worn in 1972.
King Elvis Presley a man of many jumpsuits made the white rhinestone embellished jumpsuit style iconic. Famous 1973 white Elvis "Aloha" Eagle jumpsuit costume designed by Bill Belew.
Up until this point, jumpsuits generally ranked high in utility and low in fashion,but in 70s one-piece suit was adopted by performers such as Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and Diana Ross,Liza Minelly and became a fashion statement during disco nights at Studio 54.
Nancy North In Halston jumpsuit at studio 54, New York,December 2,1977.
Mick Jagger's jumpsuit, first worn in 1972.
King Elvis Presley a man of many jumpsuits made the white rhinestone embellished jumpsuit style iconic. Famous 1973 white Elvis "Aloha" Eagle jumpsuit costume designed by Bill Belew.
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