HECOL268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Polypropylene, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo
1 May 2017
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Rise of cultural icon such as madonna and released a book called (cid:863)se(cid:454)(cid:863) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)99(cid:1006). The dow jones index of the 1990s increase, market goes high, era about minimalism. Clean air act 1990- law to regulate pollution of environment, rise of manufacturing designers use organic cotton. 1990-1991; clinton is elected president of usa, iraq invades kuwait which leads to the golf war (1991) 1991: the world-wide web become publicly available on the internet. North american free trade agreement signed in 1992 and enacted in 1994. 1993: european union is founded, 27 member states, 500 million people. 1994: changes to the general agreement on tariffs and trade gatt-regulate imports, china, rely on offshore manufactory, quantity over quality. Tattoes & piercings: rise in 1990 and after, tattooing and body piercing had become fashionable for men and women. Early 2000s bare mid-riffs, ideal for body jewellery: jewelry to tongue, nose, lips, private areas, conspicuous area.
