Next class we will be talking about fashion. Choose ONE of the questions below and answer in the comments.
1. Watch this VIDEO about fashion in Europe 600 years ago. What things do you see that are similar to our modern clothes? What things are different?
2. Watch this VIDEO about American fashion from 1950-2000. What changed? What stayed the same? What came back into fashion?
3. What different kinds of fashion do you know about in Japan or in other countries?
4. Throughout history, people have used make-up for ceremony, style or as a status symbol. Do you know any interesting facts about make up?
Hi Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the fourth question.
In Ancient Egypt, it's believed that eye make-up could protect people from evil spirits and improve the sight.
Also in other countries,indigenous people wear makeup for religious meaning,improve a fighting spirit and so on.
So the meanings of makeup differ with countries,ages,and tribes.
See you next class!
Th4.Moeno Kawaragi
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer third question.
In Japan, very few men wear skirts.
However, in England, some men wear them, especially when they play some kind of musical instruments.
I think it's sounds interesting!!
See you next class.
Th4 Arisa Kama
Hello Matt!
ReplyDeleteI answer to the first question.
There are many similalities to modern world's fashion. Many patterns are on the cloth. Jackets which soldiers wore are similar to coats nowadays.
I also saw the differences:
Generally, people used so much material to make clothes. We wear not only long coats but also tank tops if it is hot. I find it is different from the modern world. People in that days were not allowed to show their skin so much because of the religion. But now, we can decide what we wear.
See you on Thursday!
Th4 Midori Waseda
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
In Japan, it's pretty popular for girls to wear short skirts.
However, in India, it isn't good thing that girls wear ones. I went there last summer, and I found no girl wears short skirt. Instead, most of them wore colourful tight long pants. they looked good on the girls.
I think when you see fashion of girls in each country, you can also see gender difference there. That's really interesting.
See you then!
Rie Kanie Th4
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the second question.
The video was so interesting and so cool!
I think the fashion on the video is still so fashionable nowadays.In those days all people thought that the fashion on the video was so cool,but now some people like such a fashion as a smart dresser.
When I read fashion magazines, I often see people wearing clothes that are out of date on purpose. For example, fashionable people wear denim jacket and denim pants as people liked this fashion in the eighties.I think this style is unusual, but so fashionable.
I'm sure that popularity of fashion come back.
I'm also given clothes that my mother wore when she was young.
See you next class!
Th4 Misuzu Maruyama
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'll answer to the question no.3
In Japan we have a fashion called rolita fashion.
I don't like such fashion but some girls like to wear fancy dresses with a headdress,knee-high socks,and high heel/platform shoes. You can see them in Harajuku.
Misato nishimura th4
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Hello, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
When I saw this video, I thought less people wear trousers than today we do.
I've heard that trousers started to be worn by nomads, who ride animals like horses.
I guess it has something to do with what I thought.
See you!
Hitoshi Ukawa
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
Cosplay fashion is popular in Japan.
People who likes cartoon or game characters wear costumes of them.
There are many cosplay events in Tokyo, so you may have seen cosplayer(people who enjoy cosplay).
See you!
Michiru Hayakawa TH4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
(I wanted to watch the first video, but I could't...why?)
Many things has been changed as for fashion.
Especially, I think the hair styles of boys in 1960s are very old-fashioned... It's "dasai"!
However, I think fashion repeats itself.
For example, the girls wore the dress of floral design in 1950s. It's in fashion today, too!
Moreover, many girls wore the clothes like boys in 1980s. It's unisex fashion, I think.
I read a fashion magazine yesterday, it said that many fashion models wear unisex clothes.
It was an interesting video!
See you next!
Yuko Ito Th4
↑ Sorry, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the second question, not the third,,,
Yuko Ito
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI watched the first video. It was very interesting! I noticed that many people in the video wore a hat or a veil. And I think almost all of the clothes were probably without buttons...at least I couldn't find so many. And what I found similar to our modern clothes is...the clothes in the video looked like kinds of formal dresses of today. By the way, the back ground music was also really good!
See you tomorrow!
Wataru Kashiwayanagi
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
I heard that, in France, "Tabi shoes" are very popular these days.
"Tabi shoes" are the shoes shaped like Tabi.
Tabi is of course, the Japanese traditional socks.
I think it's really interesting!
I'd like to try Tabi shoes.
See you tomorrow!
Yuko Kamada th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the second question.
It seems that a dress in fashion these day and, in 1950's, also a dress was popular.
I think the fashion runs in circle. The fashion in the past and in the future may be similar.
Anyway, it is difficult for me to understand the fashion because the fashion seems to be too imaginative.
See you, tomorrow.
Tomoya Ejiri th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the third question.
In Japan, some boys wear their school uniform pants loosely as a fashion.
And some girls wear socks loosely...but I think this fashion is not so popular recently.
See you in the next class!
Aya Shimazaki Th4
Good morining Matt! I'm sleepy...
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 4th question. In America,
when the discrimination against blacks remained, black people maked up in order to become like whites. People put the foundation to make their skin white. Once, men had also make up. It is not suprising because now, in Japan, people on TV make up a little. I think make up is common in not only women but men.
I think it is interesting to learn about the history of make up.
Shoko Omi
hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI want to answer the third question. In Japan, we have a various kinds of fashion, like harajyuku-kei, v-kei, urahara-kei etc...they look mess and I really don't like it, but it is good to take care about clothes, anyway. Before, I heard that French people are likely to wear something black, but they use the colorful skirves or necklesses. That interested me, but I don't like black clothes, it doesn't suit me.
th4 Eriko Kato
Hello, Matt.
ReplyDeleteThe 4th question:
In Japan, since the Kofun period, certain ladies had a habit of blackening the teeth.
I don't know the purpose, but it ended in the Meiji period.
Now we can see blackened teeth only in Kabuki and some limited places.
Emi Taguchi 4th
Hi Matt.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but I can't see the first video somehow....
So I would like to answer the 3rd question.
In contempolary Japn there are a lot of tastes for fashion,especially for girls'fashion.
You see,that's really really various,
for exemple; gosu-rori(classic but new style mixed of Gothic and Lolita), mori-girl(natural style) and age-fashion(gaudy style)
Japanese girls display their originality about fashion.
Th4 Reika Ikuno
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 1st question.
I thought it wouldn't be unnatural to wear their clothes, especially in religious places or situations.
However, I thought the things they were wearing on the heads were too showy to wear in these days.
I want to try it someday.
See you!
th4 Sho Ray
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'm answering the second question.
This video is nice because simple but easy to understand!!
I'd like to compare the 50s' and 2000s' fasion.
I think they are very similar to each other because they look more formal than others(1960s'-1990s'). And they have another point in common.
That is the upper parts are fit bodies but the skirts are very billowing. I like this style!
See you later.
Lisa Otsuka(th4)
Hi Matt.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 2nd question.
I think the 50's fashion is similar to the 2000's. But there are some differences, of course, the former is more simple design and the color is monochromatic. the latter is sophisticated and colorful.
The 90's fashion seems to be more tight I think. But 2000's, seems to come back into old. Why? I'm interesting.
See you.
Matsumoto Kota
Hello, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the second question.
In the video I saw the American fashion change. However it is difficult for me to explain what has changed...
Maybe the shapes of the sleeves or the skirts have changed. Also they put on makeup differently.
On the other hand, people of all periods like the vivid color.
see you!
Kei Kobayashi Th4
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
When it was a sports day in high school, my friends and I wore animated cartoon costume according to that a game's rule. We wore that costume and earnestly ran!
Like this,costume play is one of a fashion.
See you next time!
Mishio Koike th4
Hi, Matt!!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 3rd question.
About one month ago, I was astounded by Lady Gaga whose dress was the raw beef!! She always wear the eccentric clothes, and I think she is creating new fashion in not U.S.A. but world.
But I can't wear the clothes skillfully like her
...
See you later!
Ayumi Sudo Th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
recently, cosplay fashion is popular in Japan.
People who likes cartoon or game characters wear costumes of them.You can see them in harajuku or akihabara etc..
There are many cosplay events.
I know it is popular in other countries.
When I went to Paris there are many cosplay events held!
See you next class.]
Th4 kana Ibuki
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the second question.
The video is so interesting!There are some famous actors and actresses many people are missing in the video.
I think the old fashion is cuter than now.But various colors in the fashion is the same.And I think they want to show their perfect body line through short and slim clothes.
See you.
Th4 Yun