History Of The Textile Industry And Beyond

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The History of the Textile Industry and the Social Influences on Fashion and Design throughout 21st Century. When analyzing fashion and how it has progressed throughout history, one must acknowledge the development of the textile sector, social and cultural influences, technological advancements and their roles in how Fashion has evolved throughout the last two centuries. Since the 19th Century the overall quality of life has improved for many families, consumers, and their communities due to the development of the Textile and Fashion Industry. During the early 19th Century the United States began imitating Britain’s textile Industry and it’s technologies that led the Industrial Revolution. This transformed the United States from an economy based on farming and household industries to one using factories and mills, by developing a series of interrelated mechanical inventions. (Candee, 2001, p. 67) The establishment of mills producing textiles led to the development of mill towns in rural areas and rapidly spread throughout the United States. People began flocking from all areas to these growing towns full of prosperity which have been compared to our own Bay Area’s “Silicon Valley”, at the top of its technology boom, it was called “The Millennium of steam engines and cotton mills“. (Snow, 2010, p.248) New spinning machines were being produced on a wide scale which created the modern factory that eventually developed into what the garment Industry is today. These factories contributed to a historical global industrial movement, creating many job opportunities for first time generations of woman being employed for wages outside of their homes. (Candee, 2001, p. 80) The massive immigration of Europeans began arriving to New York City which also provided the necessary labor to run
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