These factors affected what was going on…

…in a given place and time, which in turn shaped the lives of women, who would then shape the world they were living in, which would direct – fashion.

(Images: A steamship (left) that hit an iceberg in 1912 was also known for the “Titanic Fashion Era” because of the elaborate costumes (right) women brought with them that day to equal its high style and top technology of the time)