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By 1900 all major industrial countries had become aware of the importance of the consumption of goods by their citizens as well as production. As a result a "culture" of consumption emerged, which played an important role in the shaping of a country's social, economic and cultural identity. Read More
The controlled type of center, especially the larger ones, holds for its tenants a number of advantages. Some of these are obvious from the foregoing description of characteristics and reasons for growth. One is the convenience of adequate free parking. A second consists of the balanced shopping attraction which affords the consumer an opportunity for a one-stop buying expedition. Read More
The small, luxuriously appointed theatres where reserved seats ranged in price from one to three dollars had become the home of a relatively exclusive amusement. Every city had its fashionable playhouses. Writing of New York, Henry Collins Brown speaks of the friendly social atmosphere of Wallack's, Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre, the Madison Square ("most exquisite theatre in all the world"), and the Union Square. In Chicago there were McVicker's and Hooley's; Boston offered the Museum and the old Boston Theatre. Read More
Sportswear, the artistry of the great dress designers, and the ideas of clress reformers combined to create a new esthetic of dress to match the evolving new style of beauty. "Reform dress" had long been preached, and sometimes wom, in radical and artistic circles.
Dress reformers objected to corsets, and to fashions such as the erinoline and the bustle which distorted the figure, for they believed that dress should follow the natural...Read More
Poiret functioned as a kind of one-man cultural scene. He collected art, gave lavish costume parties and made astute use of the press while laying the groundwork for fashion design as a modern art and a modern business. His clients included Sarah Bernhardt, Nancy Cunard, Isadora Duncan, Colette and Helena Rubinstein. Man Ray photographed Peggy Guggenheim in a Poiret gown and turban. Edward Steichen’s first fashion photographs were taken of models in Poiret’s atelier. Read More
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