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Museum Collections vs. Fashion Magazines: Aesthetic Rules

Dept. of Home Economics, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367

Methodology was developed to measure six persistent features (décolletage width, décolletage length, waist width, waist length, skirt width and skirt length) of evening dresses, 1920-1980, from two university costume collections. Gar ments fit onto dress forms were photographed. Metric measurements were made directly on the photographs. Aesthetic rules derived from Greek ideals found in apparel design texts were tested by considering proportionate relationships be tween pairs of dress dimensions. Differences between university collections ex isted but were overshadowed by similarities in proportionate relationships. Data from both collections were combined and compared to findings utilizing maga zine data from the same time period. Regardless of data source, designers follow similar aesthetic rules, but not necessarily those found in apparel design texts.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 233-244 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X9101900305


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