KATY PERRY was left red-faced after suffering a wardrobe malfunction onstage - accidentally flashing her nipple to the crowd. The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker was performing at the Fashion Cares fundraiser for the AIDS Committee of Toronto earlier this month (Nov08), when the embarrassing blunder occurred. And it was during an energetic routine that the strap on Perry's dress snapped - leaving the st ...
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The appearance of Western clothing and fashion during the Meiji era (1868 1912) represents one of the most remarkable transformations in Japanese history. Since the United States' 1854 treaty allowing commerce, negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry, the Japanese have enthusiastically and effectively borrowed and adapted styles and practices from Western countries. Until then, Japan had isolated i ...
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A historical record of Indian clothing is difficult to trace. While there is an abundance of sculpture and literature dating from the earliest periods of civilization in the Indus Valley (which flourished along the Indus River in modern-day Pakistan) around 2500 B . C . E ., scholars have had difficulty dating the changes in clothing styles and naming the variations on certain styles over time. An ...
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Veils Chadar Thecha dar, also spelled chador or chadoor, is a multipurpose garment worn by many people in India since before the third century C . E . Indians and others living in countries of the MiddleEast continue to wear the chadar to this day. Though the size, shape, and color of the chadar vary somewhat in different cultures, it is basically a large scarf, about three yards long and one yar ...
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From 3000 to 300 BC, a fringed shawl was a typical garment.Unlike modern-day shawls that are worn over the shoulders and head, the shawls of Mesopotamia were wrapped around the hips like long skirts or wrapped around the torso with one end tossed over the left shoulder, covering the body to the feet like a dress. Whether worn as a skirt or a dress, shawls were held in place with belts tied in the ...
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The first known humans to make clothing, Neanderthal man, survived from about 200,000 B.C.E. to about 30,000 B . C . E . During this time the earth's temperature rose and fell dramatically, creating a series of ice ages throughout the northern areas of Europe and Asia where Neanderthal man lived. With their compact, muscular bodies that conserved body heat, Neanderthals were well adapted to the c ...
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As an item of dress, the word jumper has referred to various garments at different points in history and in diverse sectors of society. For example, in the United States, a jumper has been a loose jacket, a sailor's overshirt, or middy blouse, a child's garment or coverall with straight-legged pants, a hooded fur jacket, or a sleeveless one-piece dress usually worn over some type of upper garment ...
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Do you think your underwear is uncomfortable, think again? Subligaculum was a form of underwear worn by both men and women in ancient Rome, it was one of the most basic garments. It was very similar to the perizoma, a tight-fitting pair of shirt pants, worn by the Etruscans, a pre-Roman society that inhabited the central part of present-day Italy, and the Etruscans in turn appear to have adapt ...
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Fashion has been known to make a statement in every culture and civilization throughout the centuries. This is an brief overview of fashion through the centuries, from the Roman Empire through the 17th century. ROMAN EMPIRE Upper-class men, and sometimes women, in the Byzantine Empire (476 - 1453 C . E .) wear a long, flowing robe-likeovergarment called a dalmatica developed from the tunic ...
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As we all know, there are hundreds of ways to apply our eye make-up. But, how do you know which way is the right one for you? Here is your guide on how to put on eye make-up, to achieve the look you want. First, for a fresh, summery look, try a metallic copper shade around the lash line. Then rub on some bronzer around your top and bottom lashes until it blends. Then line your inner lid with a cha ...
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