Since a young age I have been intrigued by the fashion industry, in my opinion, the fashion industry is so much more than the clothes that we wear; I believe that pretty much everything around us is affected my fashion trends. Although those who would not associate themselves to follow fashion, and all the connotations that often come with the industry, are affected by the ever growing industry and the history behind the clothes we wear today and the people that created them. Take Else Schiaparelli for example, she introduced knit wear into the fashion industry which led to Schiaparelli’s unusual prints of food and body parts. Knit wear today is a great segment of the textiles industry and is regarded by many as a basic item in their wardrobe and printing has also become an everyday process in the textiles industry. Furthermore, Schiaparelli was the first designer to use zips that were dyed to match the colour of the material used in her garments, along with being the first designer to create buttons that were not only used to fasten garments but were also decorative. Her innovations played a huge part in the development of the fashion industry but the most significant and influential innovation was creating fashion shows. She used a run way, with loud music and tall, shapeless women to present her creations to the world. It is clear that her contribution to fashion and the impact that she had upon the industry is not fully understood by many. Therefore, everything that we wear has a history behind it and has been developed into what it is today and should be recognized as I believe, what we wear is a part of who we are and what we represent, and if we don’t know the history behind what we wear, we don’t fully know what we represent.
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