1790 - 1900
FROM REVOLUTION TO FRIVOLITY
This was a century of unprecedented and accelerated change.
The world’s population grew dramatically, and infant mortality was reduced by a quarter due to improved health care and hygiene.
The average adult lifespan increased by a decade, and a burgeoning middle class acquired property and possessions, patronized department stores, and indulged in sports activities.
Day trippers to national exhibitions and the seaside saw fashionable society men and women at leisure and aspired to their lifestyle — and fashions.
Philanthropic reforms, including educational provision, assisted the working classes in seeking to better themselves by working their way up in factories, stores, or “in service”.
The world was changing rapidly, and the increase in members of the affluent middle classes breathed life into the market for fashionable garments.
On the move
After the Industrial Revolution, there was a major shift from country to town dwelling.
Improved transportation systems — railroads, steamships, roads, and bridges — supported trade and allowed ordinary people to travel greater distances.
Increased mobility expanded their range of experiences and gave rise to a new sense of wordiness and fashion consciousness.
The efficient circulation of newspapers and the advent of mail delivery, as well as photography, the typewriter, telephone, and transatlantic telegraph facilitated long-distance communications.
News of national, European, and American politics traveled at greater speed.
Fashion information, through magazines and correspondence, could now be readily shared between continents.
Fashion was becoming truly international.
公元1790 - 1900年
从革命到自由
这是一个史无前例，加速变化的世纪。
世界人口增加急剧，因为医疗与卫生状况的改善，婴儿死亡率下降了四分之一。
成人的平均寿命增加十年，新兴中产阶级已有稳定的收入与财产，他们光顾百货公司并沉迷体育运动。
短途的世界性展会以及海边，都可以看到时尚社会男女渴望新的生活方式和新的时尚。
慈善改革，包括教育供应，协助工人阶级在工厂，商店或者其他服务方式来改善自身。
世界正在急速变化，富裕的中产阶级人群的增加，为时尚服装市场带来生机。
时尚转变
工业革命后，从城镇到乡村都有重大转变。
改善运输系统 — 铁路，轮船，公路与桥梁 — 支持贸易，允许普通人去更远地方旅行。
增加的流动性扩大了人们的经验范畴，也给予了一种新的措辞与时尚意识的提升。
报纸的高效流通与邮件递送的出现，摄影，打字机，电话以及跨洋电报都促进了长途通信。
各个州，欧洲还有美洲的政治新闻传播速度非常快。
时尚讯息，通过杂志与信件，在各大陆之间共享。
时尚正在变得更加国际化。
