{"id":14047,"date":"2019-07-09T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=14047"},"modified":"2022-10-03T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:33:17","slug":"selling-style-ii-the-history-of-fashion-marketing-in-the-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/selling-style-ii-the-history-of-fashion-marketing-in-the-20th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Style II: The History of Fashion Marketing in the 20th Century\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Written by Cameron Walker | Cover image: Actress Jeanne Engels, dress by Louise Ch\u00e9ruit, photographed by Adolph de Meyer in 1921<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second installment of a three-part series on the history of fashion marketing, we take a look at how style was sold in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Catwalk<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the turn of the last century, a pair of redheaded sisters launched themselves into Edwardian-era English society — and fashion was never the same. Provocative novelist, scriptwriter and magazine columnist Elinor Glyn popularized the concept of the It Girl — a young woman with both the innocent intrigue of the ingenue and the sex appeal of the siren. The It Girl has been exemplified over the years by Clara Bow, Lana Turner, Marilyn Monroe, Edie Sedgwick, Kate Moss and others. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n