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The Crinoline or Hoop Skirt (1860′s)
Mar 30th
In the early 1800’s, women wanted clothing and accessories that gave them a “fullness” effect. Wide chests tapering to a narrow waist and widening back out at the hips, the “hourglass” shape became the desirable appearance for women. To achieve the sought after shape, women in the early 1800’s went through a cumbersome and complicated dressing routine that required many clothing items and multiple layers of apparel to achieve the “fullness” effect. By the late 1850’s, the affordable and easy-to-wear crinoline appeared which ignited a hoop skirt craze that lasted for well over a decade.
The Twist Dance (1960’s)
Mar 10th
Introduction The advent of Rock and Roll in the 1950’s introduced a profound change in the way men and women danced. Rather than the traditional paired dance movements where the man and woman embraced each other, rock dances involved mostly non-contact, fast paced dance steps. One of the first worldwide rock-n-roll dance crazes occurred in…
The Hippie Counter Culture Movement (1960′s)
Mar 9th
The 1960’s hippie counter culture movement involved a variety of concerns and beliefs. Their primary belief was that life was about being happy, not about what others thought you should be. Their “if it feels good, do it” attitudes included little forethought nor concern for the consequences of their actions.
Facebook (2000′s)
Mar 3rd
As of 2011, Facebook has over 600 million active users. It is estimated that 42% of the U.S. population have Facebook accounts. Popular with teenagers, Facebook has risen from a local college social networking site into one of the largest technology companies on the planet. And it did so in less than 5 years.
Prizefighting or Bare-Knuckle Boxing (1850’s)
Mar 3rd
Prize fighting, or pugilism or bare-knuckle boxing as it is also known as, became very popular during the middle 1800′s. Prizefighting is one of the oldest known sports. Two thousand year old paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs depict ancient Sumerians competing in boxing matches. Boxing was an Olympic sport in 688 B.C. In ancient Greece, two men would sit face-to-face with fists wrapped in strips of leather, and strike each other repeatedly until one fell unconscious or was killed. Roman fighters wore leather straps plated with metal (called cestuses) in order to keep the lengths of prizefighting matches short.
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