Comments on: Spanish fashion trends, fads and icons during the 18th century? http://www.mobilitytrends.com/trends-research/spanish-fashion-trends-fads-and-icons-during-the-18th-century Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tío Romero http://www.mobilitytrends.com/trends-research/spanish-fashion-trends-fads-and-icons-during-the-18th-century#comment-1612 Tío Romero Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:48:59 +0000 http://www.mobilitytrends.com/trends-research/spanish-fashion-trends-fads-and-icons-during-the-18th-century#comment-1612 Well, the primary influence I can think of when you describe that period is the lineage of the House of Bourbon in Europe. Spain -like most of Europe- looked at the French to dictate the fashion trends (which in turn, looked at surrounding influences to borrow from, such as the wide hoop-skirts which ironically originated with the Spanish Courts). The most iconic of the trendsetters I would suppose to say was Marie Antoinette (I know, she was House of Hapsburg, but her husband was a Bourbon). Her marriage to King Louis allowed her to set the trends with hairstyles and clothing- including the Muslim chemise, which became the precursor of our modern-day shirts as use under heavy garments. Im not much sure about the history of the Philippines, but being that the Vice-royalty of New Spain in the New World was Bourbon-ruled, you have to trace the styles of the day back to them. The shawls and 'mantillas' that the Majas and other women of Spain used to wear would not come up until after the XIX Century or so.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/popups/publicaciones-electronicas/2007-indumenta0/Indumenta00-09-ALS.pdf (something about clothing in that century, in Spanish) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Velazquez (Velazquez portraits- look at La Infanta Maria and Las Meninas) http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrato_de_Isabel_Porcel (A Goya portrait showing the mantilla in the XIX century- a time when the 'mantones' from Manila were a popular import in Spain) Well, the primary influence I can think of when you describe that period is the lineage of the House of Bourbon in Europe.

Spain -like most of Europe- looked at the French to dictate the fashion trends (which in turn, looked at surrounding influences to borrow from, such as the wide hoop-skirts which ironically originated with the Spanish Courts). The most iconic of the trendsetters I would suppose to say was Marie Antoinette (I know, she was House of Hapsburg, but her husband was a Bourbon). Her marriage to King Louis allowed her to set the trends with hairstyles and clothing- including the Muslim chemise, which became the precursor of our modern-day shirts as use under heavy garments.

Im not much sure about the history of the Philippines, but being that the Vice-royalty of New Spain in the New World was Bourbon-ruled, you have to trace the styles of the day back to them. The shawls and ‘mantillas’ that the Majas and other women of Spain used to wear would not come up until after the XIX Century or so.
References :
http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/popups/publicaciones-electronicas/2007-indumenta0/Indumenta00-09-ALS.pdf
(something about clothing in that century, in Spanish)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Velazquez
(Velazquez portraits- look at La Infanta Maria and Las Meninas)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrato_de_Isabel_Porcel
(A Goya portrait showing the mantilla in the XIX century- a time when the ‘mantones’ from Manila were a popular import in Spain)

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