Fashion changed dramaticaly during the late modern era. After the war everyone just wanted to let loose and be FREE, the women in particular wanted more feminin fashions than the practical and suit-like attire they were wearing during the war. Designers picked up on this and worked with it.
And so the skirts shorter and fuller, the waists got thinner and tighter, the neck line got lower and simpler. the designers wernt afraid to use lots of fabric or barely any, they went from on extreem to the other and the public lapped it up.
One of the Most influential and revloutionary designers of the time was Christian Dior. Dior begun the change and copped some hits for it. many people dissaproved of his use of massive amounts of fabric on one skirt, especialy after a war where they were forced to conserve everything and now dior was using everything, he pushed them to realize that conserving wasnt the top priority anymore, now it was 'celebrating life'.
< This one of Dior's designs is a classic exmple of the exessive use of fabric on one skirt. This dress shows how dior managed to use exess and yet keep it looking simple. though this dress has lots of gathers/ruffles by keeping it one colour, he kept it simple. and the way he accesorised it is good to because the hat and earings are rether large and bolbous which makes it Fun.
This one of Dior's designs shows the other >
side of Late Modern fashion. This dress shows that the minimalistic side of the war still left its mark. Deffinetly the opposite of exess, this dress uses little fabric, and expresses the "post war" relaxed feelings towards the body. With a low neck line and tight fit, it flaunts what has been hidden for ages.
Refferences:
http://myvintagevogue.blogspot.com/2009/07/bettina-graziani-in-dior-1950s.html
http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/vintage_style_files/2009/09/
http://gds.parkland.edu/gds/!lectures/history/1945/latemodern.html
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