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Fashion Trend: Denim

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Denim is a love that never fades :   It was during the 80s types of denim that started drawing the attention of the fashion designers. New and glamorous patterns were created and were brought to limelight by popular models in commercials. Puffy pants, puffy shoulder pads, and puffy hair became a style. In the 90s; it became one of the most sought after garments. To skim the cream of the denim market, manufacturers then, came up with various innovative ideas of using denim fabric like poodle skirts, caps, handbags, etc. It was during that time the denim sales skyrocketed. Currently, the new millennium finds denim in each and every home; worldwide.   Denim garments came into existence during the 18 th  century, a time when there was abundant production of cotton. During that period, it gained importance due to its aspects of durability, and not easily torn which benefited physical laborers much. During the 19 th  century, the garment was popularized by Levi Strauss, a well-known name i

Urban fashion Diaries pt.2

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In my last blog, I wrote about the must-haves in your accessories collection. This blog is going to be as promised about dressing up, styling up, the right trendy clothes to wear, tips, and the must-haves in your closet. so without any further due let's get into it. ⇝ Just like in the earlier blog, we will start from the basics: T-shirts:     As slip-on garments without buttons, the earliest  T - shirt  dates back to sometime between the 1898 Spanish–American War and 1913, when the U.S. Navy first issued them as undergarments. These were a crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton undershirt to be worn under a uniform.     Fashion without the T-shirt is like coffee without a cup: directionless, too hot. And so it is almost inconceivable to think that through the first half of the 20th century it was considered only an undergarment: a hidden nod to Victorian modesty in a newly mass-produced age. From the 1950s onwards, however, the graphic T rapidly emerged as a buildi