Diana's World of Creativity : December 2013

Everyone wants to keep up with the trends of their time. The clothes we wear not only make us look good but they represent the time period in which we are living and who we are as a person. My exhibit, “Fashionista” covers fashion trends from ancient Egypt to modern day, consisting of dresses, shoes, hats and scarfs. Since we use the expression from outfitted ourselves from “head to toe”, I chose to display my objects from the hats people wore to the shoes they walked in. One work displayed in my exhibit, “Titleholder’s Hat”, played a huge role for men in the Kuba Kingdom as a formal admission to adulthood. A male who received this cap was accepted into adulthood and was ready to take responsibility in the Kingdom. In the 19^thcentury, there existed a trend amongst chinese women to wrap their feet around or wear lotus shoes so they can have tiny feet. This trend demonstrates the great influence of fashion on women due to their willful subjection to pain in order to fit in. The oldest object in my exhibit is the “Belt Buckle”, created during the Frankish Empire in the 6^thcentury. Although this work is significantly dated, it possesses a certain familiarity to us because we have belt buckles like these nowadays. Working on this project I came to a conclusion that every time period has a different type of trend, which effects people greatly. All these fashion trends inspired cultures to create their own ideas.