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THESE ARE SOME OF MY
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Hi Everybody
Catwalkkitty is back with my fabulous BLUES BLUES BLUES!!!!!!
As you might have guessed I am going to show you some of my favourite blue outfits and accessories!!!!
Some of may know I haven't been on my blog for a while and I am very excited to be back!!!!!!
I have been ill (running a temperature) and off school for a few days so I thought it would be nice to spend my time writing about one of my favourite colours.
Right let's get started. As you can see, above is a beautiful collage that I have made with Vogue's wonderful pictures and headlines (well I think so). 'Do-it-all denim' and 'a sea of blue' (those are the headlines).I would just like to mention, that if you can see in the top left hand corner, is a slightly larger picture of a wonderful denim dress by Stella McCartney.When I first cut out this beautiful dress, it had a slightly, mmmh let's say plain face. But as you can see I have also cut out a rather bright and bold face, which I think is just the thing to brighten up this lovely frock and turn it into something special. You can wear it in the summer sun or even in the winter's frost with a top underneath and some lovely warm UGG boots to warm up your feet. You can dress it up or dress it down, cold or hot, winter or summer, denim is a favourite of mine for all seasons.
The History of Denim
In the 18th Century workers wore jean cloth because the material was very strong and did not wear out easily. In the 19th Century, in California, the gold miners wanted cloths that were strong and did not tear easily so they wore denim.
In 1853 Leob Strauss started a wholesale business, supplying to clothes. Strauss later changed his name from Leob to Levi. Levi Strauss Jeans!!
1960 - 70s - Different styles of jeans were made to match the 60s fashions:
embroidered jeans, painted jeans, psychedelic jeans.
1980s - jeans became high fashion clothing, when famous designers started making their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them.
Why is Denim Blue?
Long ago there were no man-made dyes. There were only natural dyes. Out of all of the natural dyes, the most long lasting and dark dye was Indigo Blue. Traditionally, the people who wore jeans for working needed them to be very hard wearing - that is why Indigo Blue was chosen as the dye for denim.
Christian Dior's thoughts on blue:
Christian Dior says "Pale blue is one of the prettiest colours, and if you have blue eyes no colour is more becoming. Be careful when you are selecting a blue to see it both in daylight and electric light, because it changes very much."