The Past, Present, and Future

“The Etymology of Design: Pre-Socratic Perspective” an article written by Kostas Terzidis, explains how design is a paradox. This article gave me a more precise explanation than what I had in mind. Back in high school a friend and I were discussing where the trend and fashion today came from. We realized that if we look back at the fashion history we see many of the fashions today resembling the fashion in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. We came up with a theory that fashions today were design based on the fashions from the past. This article has proved our theory, by talking about etymology, innovation, origin, and novelty.

The First Encounter

Everyone have their first encounter with design. Some have similar experience and some have different. We all have a history with some sort of design, meanwhile that certain design has its own history. My first encounter with design was with bell bottom jeans. That style of jeans dated back to the 1970s and carried on until the 1990s. The first jean brand was Levi, and is also the first to come up with bell bottom jeans. Not long after many other manufacturer began to produce bell bottoms or denim. The design of the bell bottoms was unique and fashionable at those times. The idea of bell bottoms originates from the sailor suits back in 1817, it is design so that while working on the deck it would be more convenient to roll up the bottom of the pants, have more leg room, and can be easily taken off without struggling. That was how bell bottom jeans became so popular in the 1970s to 1990s. Another way of making it famously popular or to lead the attention of the public attention towards that fashion, is designing it for celebrities. The audience will notice the style and want to be like their idol and will start to wear that style. Such as Elvis Presley, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Aston Kutcher, and etc… Many of them may have worn bell bottoms in movies, TV, or just going out.