“101 Things I learned in Fashion school” by Alfredo Cabrera & Matthew Frederick

Mark Twain
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

Even though I graduated from Textile University, I didn’t know a lot of things from this book. I was glad I had the opportunity to learn about them.

35. Women’s fashions change every day; men’s change every few centuries

“In the West, men’s and women’s fashions changed with similar frequency before the modern era.
The tailored man’s suit emerged as a great social leveler in the 19th century, and it has changed very little since.“

37. A fashion designer jump-started France’s post-WWII economy

“After World War II, the French textile mills lay quiet due to manufacturing having been shifted to the war effort. 
Christian Dior helped restart the textile industry by designing unusually full skirts requiring many yards of cloth.“

92. Jeans = sex

“Blue jeans originally were equated with work: they were used by miners, prospectors, and laborers.
The feature of jeans that enabled them to enter the realm of fashion is a unique centre seam. It hugs the curves of the behind, and in men projects the crotch forward from where it would be in a conventional trouser.”

97. Why men and women button on opposite sides

“One theory is that men of a different era had to be prepared to retrieve a sword or pistol from inside their clothing at a moment’s notice.
Another theory is that “proper” ladies were once dressed by their maids; a right-side-over-left-side buttoning best accommodated a right-handed maid.”

Published by Hachette Book Group, 2010