Description may include factors such as the women's movement, immigration, American migration, segregation, war and disasters, economic cycles, movies, pop-culture figures, and demographic phenomena.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Who in the entertainment industry has influenced fashion trends? What influences have these individuals had on fashion?
- How did economic factors influence fashion in the 1920s? During the Great Depression? During World War II?
- What is the hemline index?
- How do economic conditions affect fashion?
- Which recent films have influenced the fashion industry through visual effects?
- How have lifestyle changes and changes in social convention influenced fashion?