HISTORY OF FASHION

' The word FASHION comes from Latin facere', means "to make" ' - //Anonymous//

Its difficult to say exactly where fashion originated from, but we could date right back to around 100,000 years ago when we have recordings of the homo sapiens in the middle east. This species is which evolved into the modern day humans we are today. Fossils have been found with things such as necklaces from the 'homo sapien' time, was this the beginning of fashion? They took it on their own behalf to create their own individual fashion style using any possible materials, therefore you could argue that this was the creative starting line of fashion.

Around 1840 we had the beginning of trend following. Women would wear low and sloping shoulders on their garments with a very low pointed waist. Throughout the decade their beloved bell-shaped skirts grew larger with more loose fabric, the skirts began to look very 'full'. 

As for their hair and accessories they even had a trend for when they where in the house. If you where planning on staying in that day then you would wear a linen cap with lace frills, but if you went outdoors you would change into your large bonnet. They always had their hair in a center parten   with ringlets of hair at the sides of the head or sometimes they styled it with loops of hair around their ears and pulled back into a bun. As an extra fashion accessory, paisley or crochet shawls where very fashionable as well as capes with large collars.
  

As for men in the 1840's 

But it depends how you look at it. In the late 19th century there was a lot of strange objects brought together with no purpose intention of art. This could of been the beginning of fashion although it was unintentional it could of been a starting point for future inspiration.  

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The ultimate start of fashion came from royalty and began in Versailles, Paris. It began because of king Louie the fourth as people would wear jewels and spend a lot of money on clothing just to impress him. The first official designer was Charles-fredwick Worth, who was an English man, ??????