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Era↕ | Defining Look↕ | Style Icons↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
1920s — Roaring Twenties | Flapper dresses, drop waist, fringe | Coco Chanel, Josephine Baker | Women liberated from corsets, Chanel introduced casual elegance, Art Deco influenced everything, jazz age glamour |
1950s — New Look | Full skirts, cinched waists, pearls | Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe | Dior's New Look post-war femininity, poodle skirts, James Dean's rebel leather jacket, Breakfast at Tiffany's little black dress |
1960s — Mod & Space Age | Miniskirts, go-go boots, geometric patterns | Twiggy, Jackie Kennedy, Brigitte Bardot | Mary Quant invented the miniskirt, Courrèges space-age fashion, Woodstock hippie counter-culture, Carnaby Street revolution |
1970s — Disco & Bohemian | Bell bottoms, platforms, wrap dresses | Diane von Furstenberg, David Bowie, Bianca Jagger | Studio 54 disco glamour, Halston's minimalism, punk emerged with Vivienne Westwood, DVF wrap dress liberated working women |
1980s — Power Dressing | Shoulder pads, neon, Dynasty glamour | Princess Diana, Madonna, Grace Jones | Bigger is better — hair, shoulders, jewelry, MTV created fashion TV, fitness wear became streetwear, Versace excess |
1990s — Grunge & Minimalism | Flannel, slip dresses, combat boots | Kate Moss, Kurt Cobain, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy | Anti-fashion rebellion, heroin chic vs glamazon supermodels, CK One unisex everything, Gap khakis normcore, Marc Jacobs grunge collection got him fired then famous |
2000s — Y2K & Logomania | Low-rise everything, velour tracksuits, logos | Paris Hilton, Destiny's Child, Carrie Bradshaw | Juicy Couture tracksuits, Von Dutch trucker hats, bedazzled everything, Sex and the City made fashion TV, denim-on-denim Britney and Justin |
2010s — Athleisure & Streetwear | Sneakers with everything, oversized, Supreme | Rihanna, Kanye West, Virgil Abloh | Streetwear invaded luxury (Off-White, Yeezy), athleisure killed dress codes, Instagram fashion, fast fashion explosion, sustainability backlash began |
2020s — Quiet Luxury & Dopamine Dressing | Old money aesthetic, bold colors, gender-fluid | Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Bella Hadid | Succession's stealth wealth, Barbiecore pink explosion, Y2K revival, TikTok micro-trends cycle faster than ever, thrifting is cool |
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