style icons
Dominant fashion ideals
World events
Designer of the decade
Miscellaneous
100

1950s

Marilyn Monroe

100
50s

Hourglass shapes, chanel cardigan, sloped shoulder, big skirts

100

of the 1940s

WWII and rationing 

100

of the 1920s

Coco Chanel

100

Former EIC of Vogue and co-host of met gala

Anna Wintour

200

1920s

Josephine Baker

200

60s

bold colors, miniskirts, no sleeves, child-like

200
of the 1910s

WWI and the beginning of the women's suffragette movement 

200

designer of the 1970s

Yves Saint Laurent 

200

A common example of 1920s fashion propaganda

full fringe skirts, curves, and high waistlines

300

1930s

Greta Garbo

300

1940s

utility clothing, shoulder pads, no embellishments

300

of the 1930s

Dust bowl and the great depression

300

designer of the 1960s

Mary Quant
300

popularized the mini skirt

Mary Quant

400

1970s

Farrah Fawcett

400

1920s

dark colors, knee length skirts, and no curves
400

of the 1960s

British invasion, Vietnam War, JFK assassination, and Vietnam War  

400

designer of the 1950s 

Christian Dior

400

When Chanel died

1971

500

1960s

Twiggy

500

1930s

fur, polka dots, below knee length of skit, and hats and gloves

500

of the 1970s

serial killer explosion, shortage of fossil fuels, and baader mienhoff group 

500

designer of the 1930s

Elsa Schiaparelli 

500

Who made The Lobster Dress

Elsa Schiaparelli