HECOL268- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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California gold rush began when gold was discovered, mexican territory prior to that point. Isaac m. singer introduce the first practical sewing machine in 1851. Louis napoleon (nephew of napoleon) was voted president of the second republic and crowned himself and his wife emperor of the second empire in paris (center of women fashion). 1857: hoop skirt is being introduced: lieght, worn over one petticoat. Worth opens his salon in paris in 1858, textile was pushing fashion. Empress eugenie and begins to design her clothes in 1860. In 1861, reunification of italy (giuseppe garibaldi- garment of working class). The civil war in the usa in 1861- 1865: fight between north and south part of america for slaves, sewing machine double, mechanization of shoes machine. 1863: ebeneezer butterick patents the first sized, paper pattern for clothing. 1869, transcontinental railroad completed in us while canada has his own 20 years later.
