Period Color Palette

Just the word part of each four period that I have highlight in the document with a example as well

COLOR PALETTE
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Malia Arcuri

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Art Nouveau

1960’s Space Age

1980’s Club Kids

2000’s Harajuku

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Art Nouveau translates to New Art and was aimed at

modernizing design, seeking to escape the historical

styles that had been popular in years prior. From the

1880s until the First World War, western Europe and the

United States witnessed the development of Art

Nouveau.

Artists drew inspiration from both organic and geometric

forms. They gravitated towards hues such as muted

greens, browns, yellows, and blues. Taking inspiration

from the unruly aspects of the natural world, Art

Nouveau influenced art and architecture especially in the

applied arts, graphic work, and illustration.

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Armchair, designed by

Louis Majorelle, 1899 –

1900, Nancy, France

Hôtel Tassel is a townhouse

built by Victor Horta in Brussels

in 1892–93. It is generally

considered the first true Art

Nouveau building.

Art nouveau lady

by Eva Daniell

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The Space Age trend began in the mid-to-late

’60s with designers like Courrèges, Rabanne,

and Pierre Cardin, who were inspired by the

global space race. The Soviets landed in 1959,

and Buzz Aldrin took his historic first step ten

years later. Andre Courréges is thought to be

the Godfather of space age fashion; notably

employing geometric shapes into his 1960s

silhouettes and being the first designer to

incorporate plastics and PVC into his works.

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SPACE AGE

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Sports coat made of

balloon silk, designed

for ÚBOK, Žena a

Moda, april 1969

This is an Atomic-age

inspired vanity. It’s

design aesthetic pulls

cues from the space-

race of the 1950’s and

1960’s.

1960s Pascal

Hausermann-designed

space age bubble

houses in Raon-l’Etape

north eastern France,

Photo of the

bedroom

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The early 80s were somewhat subdued in color, where we see a lot browns and tans and

oranges. Blocky shapes were everywhere and velour was hot, velvet was even hotter. For

both men and women, the waistline was a little high. In 1983 there was a slight 1950s-style

throwback, especially in women’s dresses.

The club kids created a movement that would forever influence the face of fashion, art and

popular culture. They created a space in which the disenfranchised youth of 1980’s New

York; gay, queer, transgender, non-binary and different could experience a feeling possibly

unfelt during the day; freedom. Club kids were known for their wild ensembles, which drew

inspiration from punk, S&M, and clown styles. Often homemade or assembled from thrift-

store items, the outfits were unique and bold expressions of identity.

“That was part of the ethos of the day. You were a legend in your own mind. Everyone was a

star, and everyone could be a star. All you had to do was throw some glitter on,” Glam said.

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1980’S
CLUB KIDS

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seen images

from Alexis

Dibiasio taken

during the reign

of the New York

Club Kids

Michael Alig

trading card

Marilyn Manson

as Christina

Superstar Party

Monster (2003)

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In the 2010s, fast fashion from Japan and elsewhere

becomes widespread. A ‘super mix’ fashion arises,

merging three major aspects of street fashion—street style

, gyaru style, and the konsaba or more conservative style.

The result is a ‘sweet’ style that is both kawaii and fairly

fashionable. A shift took place after the Great East Japan

Earthquake on March 11, 2011, as people place more

importance on finding a way of life that is uniquely their

own and rethinking what is important to them. The

striking Harajuku style captures the imaginations of

people all over the world. Typified by its colorful

theatricality and quirky character themes, it’s the creative,

funky style we all wish we had the guts to wear.

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HARAJUKU

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Mini Moni Group – Crazy

About You music video shoot FRUiTS Harajuku Freestyle Issue 24 :

Free Download, Borrow, and

Streaming : Internet Archive

Photograph of

Harajuku girls

bedroom

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SOURCES

https://www.theartstory.org/movement/art-nouveau/
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.htm

https://www.wmagazine.com/story/space-age-style-history-courreges/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190312-how-the-1960s-space-age-fashions-changed-what-we-wear?

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https://www.vogue.com/article/60s-space-age-fashion

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/evolution-space-aged-fashion/

The 1980s: American Pop Culture History

https://indiawrightblog.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/space-concept-board-brand-starting-point/
https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/1980s-fashion-icons-eighties-fashion-80s-style-moments-61724

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJU0gH7jfXc
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/03/13/alexis_di_biasio_photographs_1980s_and_90s_new_york_club_culture_in_the.html

https://www.per-spex.com/articles/fashion-history/2019/2/16/party-monster-the-history-of-the-club-kids
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/tokyo-street-fashion-and-culture-%C2%A01980-2017-across/ogKCPmGdPtB7Iw?hl=en

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/the-history-of-harajuku-style-in-10-iconic-looks/
https://qz.com/909573/japans-wild-creative-harajuku-street-style-is-dead-long-live-uniqlo/

https://sweetjanespopboutique.tumblr.com/post/36961958373/sports-coat-made-of-balloon-silk-designed-for
https://www.buzzfeed.com/gabrielsanchez/30-photos-that-show-just-how-insane-the-90s-club-scene-reall?utm_term=.swwP7N5R5m#10543812

FASH 247 Period Color Palette Exercise

Brief

1. Choose FOUR DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS from the list below.

2. Complete extensive visual research on your assigned periods, collating examples of
art, portraits, photography, interiors, decorative objects, apparel etc., so as to gain a
full understanding of the specific colors used during each time period.

3. Create a mood/inspiration board for each of your assigned periods, and compose a
color palette and a minimum of 3 colorways for each time period.

Periods:

Neo-classical
Crinoline
Bustle
Aesthetic Movement / Arts and Crafts
Art Nouveau
1890s
1900s Belle Epoque
1910s Paul Poiret
1910s Fortuny
Roaring 20s
Great Depression
WWII
New Look
Birth of Youth Culture (1960’s)
Space Age (1960s)
Pop Art (1960s/70s)
1970s – Halston
1970’s – British fashion/Ossie Clark, Bill Gibb, Glam rock
1970s – YSL
1970s Punk
1980s Versace/ Dress for Success
1980s Pop (Madonna etc.)
1980s Japanese Revolution
1990s Deconstruction
1990s Grunge/Goth culture
2000s Pop (Britney Spears etc.)
2000s Harajuku
2000s Fast fashion
2000s Sustainability/gender neutral

Format: Portfolio size

A digital copy of the work must be submitted as a zip file in a powerpoint format in
Discussions on Blackboard for grading before the beginning of class 18.

Resources:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Berg Fashion Library – available through SCAD Library Services
Vogue Archive
ArtStor
FIT

All the above museum collections can be accessed through the virtual guide links
which are posted in Coursework on Blackboard