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dress styles ( in dress: Europe, 1500–1800
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...about 1660 France became the unchallenged leader of the European mode, a position it held until almost 1939. The fashions were set in Paris, and knowledge of these styles were disseminated by the mannequin dolls sent out to European capitals and by the costume plates drawn by notable artists from Albrecht Dürer to Wenzel Hollar.
in dress: Colonial America )...and those from rural areas. Many of the latter still made their own clothes from homespun and woven fabrics, but the former could afford to import luxury fabrics and follow the fashion trends. Fashion dolls and costume plates now reached America, and it was possible to be au courant with the latest modes. Even during the years 1750–70, when luxurious styles prevailed in Europe, the...
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use by Worth
( in dress: The 19th century )
...emigrated to Paris in 1845, was the first of the great couturiers and one of the most influential. He introduced the practice of preparing a collection of designs, and he was the first to use live mannequins to display designs to buyers. Although only the rich could afford designer fashions, the styles gradually reached the ready-to-wear market (in a modified form that nonetheless prompted the...
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dress styles ( in dress: Europe, 1500–1800
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...about 1660 France became the unchallenged leader of the European mode, a position it held until almost 1939. The fashions were set in Paris, and knowledge of these styles were disseminated by the mannequin dolls sent out to European capitals and by the costume plates drawn by notable artists from Albrecht Dürer to Wenzel Hollar.
in dress: Colonial America )...and those from rural areas. Many of the latter still made their own clothes from homespun and woven fabrics, but the former could afford to import luxury fabrics and follow the fashion trends. Fashion dolls and costume plates now reached America, and it was possible to be au courant with the latest modes. Even during the years 1750–70, when luxurious styles prevailed in Europe, the...
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use by Worth dress
...emigrated to Paris in 1845, was the first of the great couturiers and one of the most influential. He introduced the practice of preparing a collection of designs, and he was the first to use live mannequins to display designs to buyers. Although only the rich could afford designer fashions, the styles gradually reached the ready-to-wear market (in a modified form that nonetheless prompted...
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discussed in biography Nadelman, Elie
...where he was immediately attracted to the lively cultural life, particularly the theatre and music scenes. At this time he began making his humorous mannequins—e.g., Man in the Open Air (c. 1915)—which were possibly influenced by the doll collection he had once studied in Munich’s Bavarian National Museum.
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use in fashion marketing ( in dress: Europe, 1500–1800
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...European mode, a position it held until almost 1939. The fashions were set in Paris, and knowledge of these styles were disseminated by the mannequin dolls sent out to European capitals and by the costume plates drawn by notable artists from Albrecht Dürer to Wenzel Hollar.
in dress: Colonial America )...rural areas. Many of the latter still made their own clothes from homespun and woven fabrics, but the former could afford to import luxury fabrics and follow the fashion trends. Fashion dolls and costume plates now reached America, and it was possible to be au courant with the latest modes. Even during the years 1750–70, when luxurious styles prevailed in Europe, the Americans followed...
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fashion design ( in dress: The 19th century
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In France haute couture had taken over control of the fashion-design world. The Englishman Charles Frederick Worth, who had emigrated to Paris in 1845, was the first of the great couturiers and one of the most influential. He introduced the practice of preparing a collection of designs, and he was the first to use live mannequins to display designs to buyers. Although only the rich could afford...
in dress: Female display )...1856 the cage crinoline of steel took this isolation of the saintly maiden to its extreme, by making her unapproachable. At this point, haute couture entered the fashion scene. The great couturier Charles Frederick Worth flattened the front of the crinoline in 1864, and in the winter of 1867–68 he abolished the garment completely in favour of long trains. In 1869 he revived the Baroque...
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Charles Frederick Worth
device posted on cultivated ground to deter birds or other animals from eating or otherwise disturbing seeds, shoots, and fruit; its name derives from its use against the crow. The scarecrow of popular tradition is a mannequin stuffed with straw; free-hanging, often reflective parts movable by the wind are commonly attached to increase effectiveness. A scarecrow outfitted in clothes previously worn by a hunter who has fired on the flock is regarded by some as especially efficacious. A common variant is the effigy of a predator (e.g., an owl or a snake).
The function of the scarecrow is sometimes filled by various audio devices, including recordings of the calls or sounds of predators or noisome insects. Recorded sounds of deerflies in flight, for example, are used to deter deer from young tree plantations. Automatically fired carbide cannons and other simulated gunfire are used to keep migrating geese out of cornfields.
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