by The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1900 to the Present (pdf)
376
Cumulative Index
Lawrence v. Texas, 2:152
Light bulb, 1910s, 1:97
Le Gallienne, Eve, 1:69
Lilith Fair concert, 1997, 2:84
League of Nations, 1:31, 1:36,
Lindbergh, Charles, 1930s, 1:40 41
1:42 43
Lindsey, Hal, 2:70
League of Women Voters, 1:6
Lingerie, 1950s, 2:188
Leary, Timothy, 2:134
Literature: 1950s, 2:54 55; 1960s,
Lee, Harper, 2:63
2:63; 1970s, 2:70; 1980s, 2:77 78;
Legal drinking age, 1970s, 2:105
1990s and 2000s, 2:87 88
Legwear (children), 1:314 15; 1900s, Literature and music: 1900s,
1:296 97; 1910s, 1:306; 1930s,
1:57 60; 1910s, 1:62 63; 1920s,
1:324 25; 1940s, 1:334 35
1:67 68; 1930s, 1:73 74; 1940s, Legwear (children to preteen): 1950s,
1:79 82
2:317; 1960s, 2:329; 1970s, 2:344;
Living single in America: 1980s, 2:143;
1980s, 2:357; 1990s and 2000s,
1990s and 2000s, 2:149
2:372
Living together without marriage,
Legwear (men): 1900s, 1:255; 1910s,
2:149 50
1:262; 1920s, 1:271; 1930s, 1:279;
Lloyd, Harold, 1:69
1940s, 1:285; 1950s, 2:256; 1960s, Lollapalooza concert, 1991, 2:84
2:266; 1970s, 2:275 76; 1980s, Lombardo, Guy, 1:73
2:284; 1990s, 2:294; 2000s, 2:303
London, Jack, 1:62
Legwear (teen to college): 1950s,
Lost Generation, American writers,
2:318; 1960s, 2:330; 1970s, 2:345;
1:68
1980s, 2:358; 1990s and 2000s,
Loving v. The Commonwealth of
2:373
Virginia, 2:131
Legwear (women): 1900 1908, 1:179;
Lucky (magazine), 1980s to present,
1909 1914, 1:188; 1914 1919,
2:173
1:196; 1940 1946, 1:235;
Lunt, Alfred, 1:68 69
1947 1949, 1:243; 1920s, 1:210;
Lusitania, sunk by U-boat, 1915,
1930s, 1:222; 1950s, 2:190; 1960s,
1:31
2:202; 1970s, 2:214; 1980s, 2:223 24; Lycra, 1960s and 1970s, 2:175
1990s, 2:224; 2000s, 2:242
Leisure activities, 1950s to present,
Maastricht meeting, 1992, 2:43
2:10
MacConnel, Kim, 2:67
Les Robes de Paul Poiret, 1:161
Machine aesthetic, 1:71 72
Les Stix, 1:67
Machine Age Exhibition, 1934,
L’Esposition Universalle, Paris, 1900,
1:71 72
1:150
Macy’s, 1:159
Lewis, Sinclair, 1:68
Madame Gres, couturiere, 1:152
Lifar, Serge, 1:75
Mademoiselle (magazine), during
Life expectancy, 1910s, 1:99
WWII, 1:164
Lifestyle marketing, 1980s to present,
Madonna, 2:84 85
2:172
Mail-order catalogs: photography in,
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (TV
1:162; use in early twentieth century,
show), 2:82
1:16; during WWII, 1:165
Cumulative Index
377
Mailer, Norman, 1:81, 2:63
McKay, Claude, 1:74
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
McKinley, William, assassination,
(film), 2:250
1:22 23
Mangold, Robert, 2:59
McKinney Act of 1987, 2:146
Mankasci, Martin, 1:73
McMurtry, Larry, 2:77
Mann, Thomas, 1:68
Medicare and Medicaid: 1966,
Mann Act (White Slave Traffic Act),
2:102 3; 1990s and 2000s, 2:150
1:128
Medoff, Mark, 2:78
Mapplethorpe, Robert, 2:68, 2:83
Melting pot of American culture, 2:6
Marcel wave, 1:159f
Men’s fashion, 1:247 87, 2:247 304
Marcos, Ferdinand, 2:39
Mercer, Johnny, 1:80
Margueritte, Victor, 1:102
Mergers and acquisitions, 1990s, 2:42
Marijuana, 1910s, 1:100
Metropolis (film), 1:72
Marriage and family: 1950s, 2:121 23;
Mexican Americans: Great Depression
1960s, 2:126 29; 1970s, 2:134 36;
and, 1:6, 1:44; role in WWII, 1:51
1980s, 2:142 44; the 1900s, 1:58,
Meyerowitz, Joel, 2:68
1:117 21; the 1910s, 1:126 27; the Miami Vice (TV show), 2:82
1920s, 1:130 34; the 1930s,
Microfiber, 1980s to present, 2:177
1:138 39; the 1940s, 1:140 41;
Microsoft, 1975, 2:38
1990s and 2000s, 2:148 50; 1950s to Middle East, 1990s and 2000s, 2:44
present, 2:10
Miller, Arthur, 1:81
Marshall Fields, 1:159
Miller, Glenn, 1:79
Marshall Plan (European Recovery
Mills Brothers, 1:73
Program), 1:45
Minimalism, 2:49, 2:52; 1960s, 2:59;
Mascara, origin in Vaseline, 1:195
1990s, 2:113
Massine, Leonie, 1:69
Miniskirt, 1960s, 2:161
Masters & Johnson, sexuality in the
Minuteman Project, 2005, 2:45
1960s, 2:129
Miss America, 1920s, 1:163 64, 1:163f
Matisse, Henri, 1:66
Miss America Pageant, 1968, 2:130
Maugham, W. Somerset, 1:74
Mix, Tom, 1:69
Max Factor, 1:159
Miyake, Issey, 2:39
Maybelline mascara, 1:195
Mizrahi, Isaac, 2:166
Mayer, Edith and Irene, fur coats,
Modernism, 1:55; in art, 1:71, 1:78;
1:202f
in music, 1:67
McCardell, Claire, 1:157, 2:164; the Mods, alternative fashion, 2:203,
American look, 1:15
2:266 67, 2:267
McCarran Act (Control of
Moffat, Peggy, 2:172
Communism Act), 2:20
Mondale, Walter, 2:37
McCarran-Walter Act, 2:23
Monk, Thelonious, 1:81
McCarthy, Joseph, 1:45; effect on
Monroe Doctrine, 1:23 25
entertainment industry, 2:9; political
Monterey Pop festival, 2:102
landscape in the 1950s, 2:19 20
Montgomery Ward: catalog sales,
McFadden, Bernard, Evening Graphic
1:158; first retail store, 1925, 1:160;
periodical, 1:136
mass production, 1:157 58
378
Cumulative Index
Mood disorders, 1990s, 2:116
1:79; black funk, 2:7, 2:49; blues, Moore, Charles, 2:75
1:62 63; Bob Dylan, 2:7; British Moore, Colleen, 1:69
Invasion, 2:60 61, 2:102; California Moral Majority, 2:36, 2:145 46
surf sounds, 2:54; cool jazz, 1:55,
Morning gown (1903), 1:171f
1:81, 1:104; Doo-Wop, 2:54; ethnic, Morrison, Toni, 2:77
1:54; ethnic influences, 1970s, 2:7;
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1:68
glam, costuming, 2:69; Grunge
Morton, Ree, 2:67
movement, 2:8, 2:86 87, 2:86f,
Mother Jones, child labor in the 1900s,
internet downloads, 2000s, 2:84;
1:125
Latin, 1990s, 2:87; Motown, 1957,
Motion Picture Association of
2:54, 2:60; musicians support special American: new ratings, 1984,
causes, 19
80s, 2:76 77; new wave
2:80 81; ratings code, 2:64
and punk, 2:7 8, 2:49, 2:69, 2:142;
Motion Picture Story (magazine), 1:65
psychedelic sound, mid-1960s, 2:62;
Motion pictures: blockbusters, 2:72; epic
radio programming, 1920s, 1:71;
tales, 2:56; fashion communication
ragtime, 1:53 54, 1:104; rap, urban, through, 1:162 63; feature-length, and hip hop, 2:7, 2:49, 2:76 77;
1:63; Golden Age, 1:55; Golden Age rhythm & blues, 1:80 81; rock ‘n’
ends 1950s, 2:55; independently
roll, 1950s, 2:7, 2:49, 2:52 53;
produced, 1960s, 2:64; influence of
1920’s, 1:67 68, 1:104; 1950s, 2:52
film, 1925, 1:8; influence on fashion,
54; 1960s,
1:16 17; introduction of ‘‘going out’
2:60 62; 1970s, 2:68 69; 1980s, ensembles, 2:72; memorable films of
2:75 77; 1990s and 2000s, 2:83 87;
1930s, 1:75; music and dance,
seen as evil in 1900s, 1:59; swing or
2:79 80; Office of War, 1940s, 1:9,
swing jazz, 1:79 80; varied genres
1:82; penny arcades in the 1890s, 1:8;
and images, 1980s, 2:76; videos, 2:7,
production code (self-censorship),
2:75 76; zydeco, 1:81. See also
1:1:1:139, 1:2:1:64, 1:75; 1960s, Literature and music
2:64 65; 1970s, 2:71 72; 1980s, Musical theater, 1910s, 1:64
2:78 81; 1990s and 2000s, 2:89 90;
Mussolini, Benito, 1:37
1950s to present, 2:50 51; selling
Liberty Bonds, 1:64; silent screen
Nast, Conde, Mrs., Fortuny pleated tea
stars, 1:65; sound films, 1:9, 1:54;
gown, 1910, 1:151f
teenage focus, 2:79. See also Theater
National Aeronautical and Space Act,
and movies
1958, 2:22
Motoring costume, 1903, 1:253f
National Aeronautical and Space
Motown Records, 1957, 2:54, 2:60
Administration (NASA), 2:22,
Movies. see Motion pictures
2:28
MP3 player, 2:84, 2:88
National Association for the Repeal of
MTV (Music Television), 1981, 2:7,
Abortion Laws, 1969, 2:139
2:75 76, 2:84
National Endowment for the Arts,
Murals, 1930s, 1:72
1960s, 2:60
Music: Beatles, 1964, 2:7, 2:60; bebop, National Endowment for the
1:55, 1:81; big band, 1:54 55, 1:73,
Humanities, 1960s, 2:60
Cumulative Index
379
National Environmental Policy Act,
New Look: Dior’s collection, 1947,
1969, 2:30
1:154, 2:160; fashion 1947 1949, National Institute of Drug Abuse,
1:237 43
1977, 2:142
New Wave, alternative fashion, 2:286
National Organization for the Reform
Newspapers, elite population features,
of Marijuana Laws, 2:111
1940s, 1:162
National Organization for Women
Newsreels, fashion communication,
(NOW), 1966, 2:127
1:163
Native Americans: FDR’s attempts to
Nickelodeons, 1900s, 1:61
help, 1930s, 1:6, 1:44; role during Nidetch, Jean, Weight Watchers, 1963,
WWII, 1:50 51; 1960s, 2:29 30;
2:103
1970s, 2:35
Nijinska, Bronislava, 1:69
Natural fibers, renewed interest in
Nineteenth (Suffrage) Amendment,
2000s, 2:177
1:6, 1:131
Navajo language, use in WWII,
Nixon, Pat, evening gown, 2:181f
1:50 51
Nixon, Richard, 1:45, 2:5, 2:18, 2:25,
Naval Research Laboratory’s Vanguard
2:28, 2:30, 2:34, 2:140
proposal, 2:22
Nordstrom, 1:159
Necklines, women’s formalwear:
Norell, Norman, 1:157, 2:164
1900 1908, 1:172 73; 1909 1914,
North America Free Trade Agreement
1:182; 1914 1919, 1:189;
(NAFTA), 2:18, 2:41
1940 1946, 1:224; 1947 1949,
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1:238; 1920s, 1:198; 1930s, 1:212
(NATO), 1:50
Neckwear (children): 1950s, 2:319;
Nuremberg Trials, 1:49
1960s, 2:331; 1970s, 2:346;
Nylon, marketed in 1938, 1:167
1980s, 2:360; 1990s and 2000s,
2:374
Odet, Clifford, 1:74
Neckwear (men): 1900s, 1:255;
Office of Racial Equality, 2:34
1910s, 1:262 63; 1920s, 1:271;
Office of War Information, 1:9, 1:47,
1930s, 1:279; 1940s, 1:285; 1950s,
1:82
2:257; 1960s, 2:266; 1970s, 2:276;
O’Keefe, Georgia, 1:66, 1:72
1980s, 2:284; 1990s, 2:294; 2000s, Oldenburg, Claus, 2:59
2:303
Olympics: first televised, 1968,
Negri, Pola, 1:69
1:2:1:66; 1980s, 2:111; Summer, Nehru jacket suit, 2:259
1924, 1:104; Summer 1972, 2:107;
Neo-Bohemian and Retro-Chic,
Summer 1976, 2:107; Winter, 1932,
alternative fashion, 2:244, 2:304
1:107; Women’s Swimming Team,
Neo-Classicism, 1930s, 1:72
1936, 1:218f
Neo-Expressionism, 2:75
O’Neil, Eugene, 1:74, 1:81
Neo-Plasticism, 1:66
Op Art, 2:49, 2:52; black and white Neo-Pop art, 2:75
beachshift, 1966, 2:49, 2:50f Never married census category, 1980s,
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
2:143
Countries (OPEC), 1970s, 2:31 33
New age religion, 1970s, 2:107
Orozco, Jose Clemente, muralist, 1:72
380
Cumulative Index
Orry-Kelly, 1:77
2:260 61; 1970s, 2:270; 1980s, Outerwear (children): 1900s, 1:294;
2:279; 1990s, 2:288; 2000s, 2:298;
1910s, 1:302 3; 1920s, 1:311 12;
casual wear: 1900s, 1:251; 1910s,
1930s, 1:321 22; 1940s, 1:330 32
1:259; 1920s, 1:267; 1930s, 1:275;
Outerwear (children to preteen):
1940s, 1:282; 1950s, 2:252; 1960s, 1950s, 2:313; 1960s, 2:326; 1970s,
2:262; 1970s, 2:272; 1980s, 2:280;
2:340; 1980s, 2:354; 1990s and 1990s, 2:290; 2000s, 2:299 300;
2000s, 2:367 68
formalwear: 1900s, 1:249; 1910s,
Outerwear (men): 1900s, 1:251 52;
1:256; 1920s, 1:264; 1930s, 1:273;
1910s, 1:259; 1920s, 1:267 68;
1940s, 1:280; 1950s, 2:249; 1960s, 1930s, 1:276; 1940s, 1:283; 1950s,
2:259; 1970s, 2:269; 1980s, 2:278;
2:252 53; 1960s, 2:263; 1970s, 1990s, 2:287; 2000s, 2:297
2:272 73; 1980s, 2:281; 1990s, Pants (teen to college boys): casual
2:291; 2000s, 2:300
wear: 1950s, 2:312; 1960s, 2:325;
Outerwear (teen to college): 1950s,
1970s, 2:339; 1980s, 2:353; 1900s
2:313; 1960s, 2:326 27; 1970s, and 2000s, 2:366 67
2:340 41; 1980s, 2:354; 1990s and Pants (teen to college girls): casual
2000s, 2:368
wear: 1950s, 2:311; 1960s, 2:324;
Outerwear (women): 1900 1908,
1970s, 2:338; 1980s, 2:352; 1900s
1:176; 1909 1914, 1:185;
and 2000s, 2:366
1914 1919, 1:192 93; 1940 1946,
Pants (women): casual wear:
1:201 3; 1930s, 1:216 17; 1950s, 1947 1949, 1:239 40
2:185 86; 1960s, 2:196 97; 1970s, Paquin, 1:150
2:209 10; 1980s, 2:219 20; 1990s, Paris Peace Accord, 1973, 2:32 33
2:230 31; 2000s, 2:239
Parker, Charlie, 1:81
Parks, Rosa, 2:20, 2:23
Palestine Liberation Organization,
Patio culture, 1950s, 2:98
1988, 2:44
Patou, Jean, 1:154
Palestinian National Authority, 1994,
Pattern and Design movement, 1970s,
2:44
2:67
Panama Canal, 1:24, 1:29, 2:33
PDAs (personal digital assistants), 2:88
Pants (children to preteen boys): casual
Pearl Harbor, 1:20, 1:44 45, 1:48
wear: 1950s, 2:310; 1960s, 2:323;
Peche, Dagobert, 1:66
1970s, 2:336; 1980s, 2:351; 1900s Pencil-thin silhouette, fashion in
and 2000s, 2:364
1920s, 1:17
Pants (children to preteen girls): casual
Pentagon Papers, 1995, 2:31
wear: 1950s, 2:309; 1960s, 2:322;
People for the Ethical Treatment of
1970s, 2:335 36; 1980s, 2:350;
Animals (PETA), 2:39
1900s and 2000s, 2:363
Perceptualism, 2:68
Pants (men): business wear: 1930,
Perestroika, 2:38
1:274; 1900s, 1:250; 1910s, 1:257;
Performance Art, 1970s, 2:67
1920s, 1:265; 1930s, 1:274; 1940s, The Perils of Pauline, 1:63
1:280; 1950s, 2:251; 1960s, Permanent press, 1970s, 2:176
Cumulative Index
381
Perry Ellis, 2:37 38
Pr^et-a-porter, French term for
Peters, Thomas J., 2:78
ready-to-wear, 1:157, 2:162
Phonograph, 1:62, 1:97
Processed foods, 1920s, 1:103
Photography, 1:53 54, 1:57;
Progressive movement, 1:4, 1:19, 1:28
documentary-style realism, 1930s,
Progressive Party, 1:21
1:72; fashion, 1:67; fashion Prohibition, 1920s, 1:101, 1:105, 1:134
magazines, 1:162; Kodachrome,
Project Gutenberg, 2:88
1:62; Kodak camera, 1:57; mail-Proposition 187, California, 1994, 2:46
order catalogs, 1:162; modernist
Pucci, 1960s, 2:161
fashion photographers, 1:73;
Punk, 2:7 8, 2:49, 2:69; alternative surrealist, 1:73
fashion, 2:141, 2:226, 2:277,
Photoplay (magazine), 1:65
2:285 86f
Photorealism, 2:68
Pure Food and Drugs Act, 1:92
Picasso, Pablo, 1:61, 1:66, 1:71
Pickford, Mary, 1:63, 1:69
Quant, Mary: ‘‘Mod’’ designs, 2:51f,
Pinup and sweater girls, 1:229f
2:203f; 1960s, 2:161
Plastic surgery, 1990s, 2:115
Queen Elizabeth, first feature-length
Playsuits (women): 1940 1946, 1:228
