Visuomeninių idėjų bei judėjimų poveikis kostiumui

LTVisuomeninių idėjų ir judėjimų poveikis kostiumui, galima teigti, yra neabejotinas, nors ir netiesioginis, ir šalia vidinių kostiumo raidos dėsningumų šis poveikis spartina drabužių evoliuciją. [p. 288].

ENAt the joint of the two ages and two epochs the new European costume supplanted the Sarmatian one. This process took place in all strata of society, demonstrating the readiness of all estates to reorientate from the East to the West, where at the time under consideration revolutionary changes were obvious both in the social sphere and costume. The intimate rococo clothing designed for closed palace halls was replaced by suit forms which had been used only by street crowds. The ideas of rationalism adopted by aristocracy “descended“ to the “bottom“, meeting the iniciative of the lower strata of society. This resulted in an European costume worn by men all over the world, with certain reservations, throughout the 19th century and even in the 20th century. The transformation of women’s costume took a somewhat different course. The French revolution helped women to throw off the costume of strict forms. The new fashion conquerred both Europe and Lithuania. However, the women’s fashion of those times appeared to be too drastic, and in short time the old restrictions returned. It took one hundred years to shake off these restrictions.