The clothes of the future will be so cheap
that every young woman will be able to follow the fashions
promptly, and there will be plenty of fashions. Artificial silk that
is superior to natural silk is now made of wood pulp. It shines
better than silk. I think that the silk worm barbarism will go in
fifty years, just as the indigo of India went with the production of
indigo in German laboratories.
Thomas Edison,
1910
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"I was thinking of something
more in earth tones" |
Clothes not only make the man,
but the era-- especially if the clothes in question forego wool,
cotton and silk in favour of rayon, nylon, dacron and any of a host of
other "ons".
But what would clothing look
like in the 21st century? Would it be dignified three-piece
suits set off with a crisp Windsor knot? A charming summer dress
suitable for country luncheon? Perhaps something in a
herringbone tweed?
Nope. If the
prognosticators had any say, it was going to be overgrown footie
jammies for men, miniskirts for women, and something in
stainless steel for the style-conscious automaton. |
