Danzon (1870s)
1 Why is it that, in the 1800s, fashion mostly stayed the same, but in the 1900s, it changed each decade? John Dewar Glessner It was because of (1) print media such as magazines, books, newspapers and other methods of spreading knowledge of clothing, (2) urbanization, where people competed in how they looked, (3) increasing wealth and social mobility, allowing the means to buy new clothes, (4) the efforts of clothing designers, manufacturers and sellers to promote clothing sales, and (5) more modern machinery that could mass produce textiles, thread and sewing machines, making cloth easier to obtain and cheaper. 2 Fashion by Decades https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-that-in-the-1800s-fashion-mostly-stayed-the-same-but-in-the-1900s-it-changed-each-decade 3 Alejandro van Rooy Fashion in the 1800s did change every decade too! The speeding of fashion started in the XVIIIth century with the popularity of “fas...
