Dorothy perkin
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Yes, I do love me some of those collars. But, I wouldn't
call it a trend for me, but more like an obsession. I am obsessed. They make my
outfit a bit more dressed up, sophisticated, and it just helps cover me up more
(yeah, I'm a bit insecure about showing skin on certain parts of my body).
Anyways, I've noticed that this collar trend has been going
on recently with us teenage folk, but I have you know that collars have been here for years. Just
like your eyebrows on your face, the collar frames your head and neck area.
Dating back from Shakespearian times and even earlier than that, collars have
been around as a fashion statement on various articles of clothing. The origin
of today's shirt collars descend from the ruffle created by the drawstring at
the neck of the medieval chemise ( a simple garment worn on the skin to protect
clothing from sweat and body oils). But collars were most popular in the
Elizabethan era with a collar known as a ruff. It was mostly a small fabric
ruffle at the neck of the shirt or chemise and held in place with a drawstring.
Even though they look nothing like todays collars that are mainly made for
fashion, these collars served a purpose as well as a stylish garment. They
helped with keeping sweat and body oils off of clothing that was worn daily and
couldn't be washed that often. Instead, they made these ruffs detachable in
order for it to be washed more often then the rest of their garments. Sort of
neat, eh? Anyways, in the early sixteenth century, bands or falling bands were
introduced. These bands were referred to the shirt neckband under a ruff. They
are known as formal neckwear (usually worn by lawyers and upper classes) and
take form in 2 long pieces of cloth that hung from the center of the neck down.
Sort of like 2 white tongues hanging on the front of your shirt. Hehe, gross.
Now, back to the future. Collars have evolved so much
throughout the ages and no one has even the slightest idea of how today’s
collars came to be. Even though people wear collars for a sense of
sophistication and trying to be in trend, I believe there is so much more to
just wearing something just because everyone else is wearing. Knowing where and
when certain articles of clothing originated from help one to appreciate how
much fashion as evolved from the past to today. I know there are so many people
who will disagree with me, but fashion is an art, and knowing the history of
how fashion came to be will help build a grand portfolio of ideas, experience
and such a wide range of knowledge! It helps SO much with coordination and
balancing history with this art form. And if you love fashion (or even history,
for that matter) as much as I do, you'll understand where I'm coming from.
Plus, in order to be on trend or even a head of the game,
you will have to do some research of past fashion. And I don't mean fashion
from last year; I mean fashion from hundreds to even thousands of years ago.
Who knows? You may learn about how your favourite dress evolved from thousands
of eras ago to now.
Hopefully my little history lesson wasn’t too boring, but
some people have to understand what it is to be an individual and educate them on
what interests them the most. For me, that would be MY own style sense J
Thankyou! TTFN!
-Aine Lasagna
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