by The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1900 to the Present (pdf)
movie, 1:63
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1:26
QVC, 2:169
Plunkett, Walter, 1:77
Pocket Books, 1:82
Rabanne, Paco, 2:175
Poiret, Paul, 1:102, 1:151; fashion Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1:73
communication, 1:161; minaret or
Racial issues, after World War I, 1:7
lampshade tunic, 1:181f, 1:182
Radical Women, 1968, 2:130
Polar fleece, 1980s to present, 2:177
Radio: families in the 1920s, 1:134;
Politics: America, 1900 1949, 1:5 6;
FDRs fireside chat, 1:54, 1:76;
America, 1950s to present, 2:4,
lifeline, 1940s, 1:8; 1920s, 1:54,
2:17 47
1:70 71; 1930s, 1:76, 1:78; 1940s, Pollack, Jackson, 1:55, 1:78
1:83; 1950s, 2:57; 1960s, 2:65;
Polo shirt, 1:275f
1970s, 2:72 73; 1980s, 2:81; 1990s Polyester, 1970s, 2:176
and 2000s, 2:90 91; transatlantic Pop Art, 2:49, 2:52; 1960s, 2:58 59
broadcasts, 1920, 1:8
Population, U. S., 1900 1949, 1:3
Radio Act of 1927, 1:70
Porter, Cole, 1:74
Radio City Music Hall, opens 1932,
Portman, John, 2:75
1:74
Pose dancing, 2:84 85
Raffia, use in shoes, 1:167
Postmodernism, 2:49, 2:74 75, 2:83
Ragtime music, 1:53 54
Pound, Ezra, 1:68, 1:81
Rainey, Ma, 1:68
Poverty: families in the 1970s, 2:134;
Ralph Lauren, 2:41
U. S., 1900 1949, 1:4
Rap and Hip-Hop: alternative fashion,
Preppies, alternative fashion
2:226, 2:243, 2:286, 2:295 96,
movement, 2:225, 2:285
2:303 4; music, 2:7, 2:49, 2:76 77
Presidential elections, 2000 through
Rastafarian, alternative fashion, 2:226,
2008, 2:41
2:286 87
382
Cumulative Index
Rationing, during WWII, 1:45, 1:157
Roe v. Wade, 2:139
Ravers, alternative fashion, 2:296 97
Rogers, Will, radio in the 1920s,
Ray, Man, 1:67, 1:73
1:71
Rayon (viscose), 1:166
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1:39 40
Ready-to-wear (women), 1:149; 1940s,
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR):
1:157 58; 1950s, 2:164 65; 1900s alphabet programs, 1:42; beginning
and 1910s, 1:155; 1920s and 1930s,
of Cold War, 1:49; entering WWII,
1:155 57; 1960s and 1970s, 2:165;
1:20; fireside chats on radio, 1:55,
1980s to present, 2:165 66
1:76, 1:83; help for Native Reagan, Nancy, fashion, 2:35 36
Americans, 1:44; meetings with
Reagan, Ronald, 2:4 5, 2:18, 2:35 36,
Winston Churchill, 1:43; New Deal,
2:142
1:6, 1:44; popularity and policies, Realism, 1910s, 1:54
1:39 40, 1:42; restoring American Reality television, 2:92 93
livelihoods, 1:20
Rebels, alternative fashion, 1950s,
Roosevelt, Theodore: daughter Alice
2:258
and the cause of the ‘‘new woman,’’
Remington, Frederick, 1:56
1:121; democracy in newly acquired
Resins, use in shoes, 1:167
territory, 1:24; Monroe Doctrine,
Resource guide: 1900 1949, 1:347 59;
1:23 25; new laws, 1:5; Nobel Peace 1950 to present, 2:381 95
Prize, 1:25; Panama Canal and,
Retail operations, 1:150; 1940s,
1:24; Progressive movement, 1:4 5,
1:160 61; 1950s, 2:167; 1900s and
1:19, 1:22
1910s, 1:158; 1920s and 1930s,
Rosie the Riveter posters, 1:46,
1:158 60; 1960s and 1970s,
1:47f
2:167 68; 1980s to present,
Rosine, perfume by a couturier, 1:151
2:168 70
Rothko, Mark, 1:78
Revlon, 1:159
Russell, Lillian, 1:63 64
Rhea, Mlle., 1920s fashion, 1:207f
Russia, democratic elections, 1996,
Rhodes, Zandra, 2:162
2:44
Rhodoid (from Bakelite), use in shoes,
Russian Revolution, 1917, 1:25
1:167
Russo, Richard, 2:87
Rhythm & Blues, 1:80 81
Russo-Japanese War (1904 1905),
Ricci, Robert, 1:154
1:25
Right On! (magazine), 1970s, 2:171
Rivera, Diego, muralist, 1:72
Sagan, Carl, 2:78
Roaring twenties, 1:100 101
Samaras, Lucas, 2:59
Rock ‘n’ roll, 2:7, 2:49, 2:52 53, 2:68;
Sandburg, Carl, 1:62
FM radio, 1970s, 2:72 73; 1960s,
Sanger, Margaret, 1:97, 1:127
2:132
Satellite radio, 2:90 91
Rockefeller Center, 1930s, 1:72
Satie, Erik, 1:67
Rockers: early, 2:52 53; polite, 2:53;
The Saturday Evening Post (magazine),
1970s, 2:68
1:61
Rockwell, Norman, 1:61
Saturday Night Live, 2:74
Rodgers and Hart, 1:74
Scarves (women), 1950s, 2:191
Cumulative Index
383
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1:73, 1:152 54
1970s, 2:171; 1980s to present,
Sch€onberg and Boublil, 2:78
2:173
Schroeder, Pat, 2:135
Seventeenth Amendment, 1:5
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, bodybuilding
Sex education, the 1910s, 1:128
in the 1970s, 2:106
Sexual discrimination, role of women
Science fiction movies, 2000s, 2:89
and, 2:11
Scopes, John, teaching of Theory of
Sexuality and morality: America,
Evolution, 1:38, 1:137
1900 1949, 1:11 12; America,
Seamstresses, early twentieth century,
1950s to present, 2:12 13; 1900s,
1:158
1:121 23; 1950s, 2:123 24; 1960s, Sears and Roebuck: catalog sales,
2:129 31; 1970s, 2:136 39; 1980s,
1:158; first retail store, 1925, 1:160;
2:144 46; the 1910s, 1:127 29; the mass production, 1:157
1920s, 1:134 36; the 1930s, 1:139;
Second City, Chicago, 1970s, 2:70 71
1990s and 2000s, 2:150 53
Segal, Erich, 2:70
Shapiro, Miriam, 2:67
Segregation: America in the 1940s,
Shaw, Artie, 1:79
1:7, 1:50; America in the 1950s, Shaw, George Bernard, 1:60, 1:68,
2:20, 2:23, 2:125; professional
1:74
sports, 1950s, 2:100
Shaw, Irwin, 1:81
Selective Service Act, 1940, banning
Shawls/wraps, women’s outerwear:
discrimination, 1:50
1900 1908, 1:176; 1909 1914,
Sennett, Mack, 1:69
1:185; 1920s, 1:202 3; 1930s, Separates: introduced by American
1:217; 1960s, 2:197; 1970s, 2:210; designers, 1:157 58; women’s
1980s, 2:220; 1990s, 2:230 31;
business wear: 1900 1908, 1:174;
2000s, 2:239
1947 1949, 1:239; 1950s, 2:183;
Shawn, Ted, 1:69
1960s, 2:194; 1970s, 2:207; 1980s, Sheitl, 1:27
2:217 18; 1990s, 2:228 29; 2000s, Shirts: men’s business wear: 1930,
2:237 38; women’s casual wear:
1:274; 1900s, 1:249; 1910s, 1:257;
1900 1908, 1:175;
1909 1914,
1920s, 1:265; 1940s, 1:280; 1950s,
1:184; 1914 1919, 1:191 92;
2:250; 1960s, 2:260; 1970s, 2:270;
1940 1946, 1:227; 1947 1949,
1980s, 2:278 79; 1990s, 2:288; men’s
1:239; 1920s, 1:201; 1930s, casual, 2000s, 2:299; men’s casual
1:215 16; 1950s, 2:184 85; 1960s, wear: 1950, 2:251 52; 1900s, 1:251;
2:195 96; 1970s, 2:208 9; 1980s, 1910s, 1:258 59; 1920s, 1:266 67;
2:219; 1990s, 2:230; 2000s, 1930s, 1:274 75, 1:275f; 1940s,
2:238 39
1:282; 1960s, 2:262; 1970s, September 11, 2001, commemorative
2:271 72; 1980s, 2:280; 1990s, clothing, 2:42
2:289 90; men’s formalwear: 1900s, Serrano, Andres, 2:83
1:249; 1910s, 1:256; 1920s, 1:264;
Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944
1930s, 1:272 73; 1940s, 1:280;
(G. I. Bill), 1:21, 1:46, 1:51, 2:23
1950s, 2:249; 1960s, 2:259; 1970s, Seventeen (magazine): adolescent con-
2:269; 1980s, 2:278; 1990s, 2:287;
sumers after 1940s, 1:16; 1960s and
2000s, 2:297
384
Cumulative Index
Shopping malls: department stores
new look (1947 1949): business
shifting to, 1:160; suburban, 1950s,
wear, 1:238; casual wear, 1:239 40;
2:21
formal wear, 1:237; pencil-thin,
Shore, Stephen, 2:68
1920s, 1:17; 1950s: business wear,
Shrimpton, Jean, 2:172
2:182; casual wear, 2:183;
Silhouette (children to preteen): casual
formalwear, 2:180 81; 1960s:
wear: 1950s, 2:308; 1960s, 2:322;
business wear, 2:194; casual wear,
1970s, 2:334; 1980s, 2:349 50;
2:194 95; formalwear, 2:192 93;
1990s and 2000s, 2:363; formalwear:
1970s: business wear, 2:206; casual
1950s, 2:306; 1960s, 2:319 20;
wear, 2:208; formalwear, 2:204 5;
1970s, 2:332; 1980s, 2:347; 1990s 1980s: business wear, 2:217; casual
and 2000s, 2:360 61
wear, 2:218; formalwear, 2:215;
Silhouette (men’s fashion): business
1990s: business wear, 2:228; casual
wear: 1900s, 1:249; 1910s, 1:257;
wear, 2:229; formalwear, 2:227;
1920s, 1:264 65; 1930s, 1:273;
2000s: business wear, 2:237; casual
1940s, 1:280; 1950s, 2:250; 1970s, wear, 2:238; formalwear, 2:236;
2:269 70; 1980s, 2:278; 1990s, S-curve (1900 1908), 1:17, 1:171,
2:288; 2000s, 2:298; casual wear:
1:173, 1:174; WWI (1914 1919): 1900s, 1:250; 1910s, 1:258; 1920s, business wear, 1:190; casual wear,
1:266; 1930s, 1:274; 1940s, 1:282;
1:191; formalwear, 1:189; WWII 1950s, 2:251; 1960s, 2:260, 2:261;
(1940 1946): business wear, 1:225;
1970s, 2:271; 1980s, 2:279 80;
casual wear, 1:227; formalwear,
1990s, 2:289; 2000s, 2:299;
1:223
formalwear: 1900s, 1:248; 1910s,
Simon, Neil, 2:63, 2:78
1:256; 1920s, 1:263; 1930s, 1:272;
Simpson, Adele, 1:157
1940s, 1:280; 1950s, 2:249; 1960s, Sinatra, Frank, 1:80
2:258; 1970s, 2:268 69; 1980s, Single motherhood, 1990s, 2:153
2:277; 1990s, 2:287; 2000s, 2:297
Sitcoms (situation comedies), 1970s,
Silhouette (teen to college): casual
2:73
wear: 1950s, 2:310 11; 1960s,
Sixteenth Amendment, 1:30
2:323 24; 1970s, 2:337; 1980s, Skateboard fashion, 1970s, 2:141
2:351 52; 1990s and 2000s, 2:365;
Skirts: casual wear: 1900 1908, 1:175;
formalwear: 1950s, 2:307; 1960s,
1909 1914, 1:184; 1940 946, 1:228;
2:320 21; 1970s, 2:333; 1980s, formalwear: 1900 1908, 1:172;
2:348; 1990s and 2000s, 2:361
1909 1914, 1:181; 1914 1919,
Silhouette (women’s fashion): empire
1:189; 1940 1946, 1:223 24;
(1909 1914), 1:151; business wear,
1947 1949, 1:237; 1920s, 1:198;
1:182 83; casual wear, 1:183;
1930s, 1:212; 1950s, 2:181; 1960s, formalwear, 1:180; Great Depression
2:193; 1970s, 2:205; 1980s, 2:215;
(1930s), 1:156; business wear,
1990s, 2:227; 2000s, 2:236
1:213 14; casual wear, 1:215;
Skirts (children to preteen), casual
formalwear, 1:211 12; jazz age
wear: 1950s, 2:309; 1960s, 2:322;
(1920s): business wear, 1:199; casual
1970s, 2:335; 1980s, 2:350; 1900s wear, 1:200; formalwear, 1:197 98;
and 2000s, 2:363
Cumulative Index
385
Skirts (teen to college), casual wear:
Social occasions: 1910s, 1:98 99;
1950s, 2:311; 1960s, 2:324; 1970s, 1920s, 1:101 2; 1930s, 1:105 6;
2:337 38; 1980s, 2:352; 1900s and 1940s, 1:109; 1950s, 2:96 99; 1960s, 2000s, 2:365 66
2:100 102; 1970s, 2:104 6; 1980s, Skiwear: men’s sportswear: 1920s,
2:108 9; the 1900s, 1:91 93; 1990s
1:269; 1930s, 1:277; 1940s, and 2000s, 2:112 14
1:283 84; 1950s, 2:254; 1960s, Socialist Party, 1:21
2:264; 1970s, 2:274; 1980s, 2:282;
Soft collar shirt for men, 1910s, 1:258f
1990s, 2:292; 2000s, 2:301;
Solzenitzyn, Alexander, 2:70
women’s sportswear: 1914 1919,
Sondheim, Stephen, 2:78
1:194; 1940 1946, 1:231;
Southern Christian Leadership
1947 1949, 1:241; 1920s, 1:205;
Council, 2:25
1930s, 1:218
Soviet Union, dissolution, 2:38 39
Sleepwear (children), federal standards
Spandex, 1960s and 1970s, 2:175
for flammability, 1970s, 2:176
Spanish-American War, 1:23 24
Sleepwear (men): 1900s, 1:253 54;
Spice Girls fashion, 2:86
1910s, 1:261; 1920s, 1:270; 1930s, Spiegel, mass production, 1:157
1:278; 1940s, 1:284; 1950s, 2:255;
Sports (athletics): ready-to-wear
1960s, 2:264; 1970s, 2:274; 1980s, fashions, 1:155 56; 1920s, 1:104;
2:283; 1990s, 2:293; 2000s, 2:301
1930s, 1:107; 1940s, 1:109 11;
Sleepwear (women): 1900 1908,
1970s, 2:107; 1980s, 2:111 12;
1:178; 1909 1914, 1:186 87;
1990s, 2:117 18
1914 1919, 1:194 95; 1940 1946,
Sports radio broadcasts, 1920s, 1:71
1:232, 1:232f; 1947 1949, 1:242;
Sportswear: growth of ready-to-wear
1920s, 1:207; 1930s, 1:220; 1950s, industry and, 1:156 57; officially
2:188; 1960s, 2:200; 1970s, 2:212;
licensed, 2:290; 1950s, 2:165; 1960s 1980s, 2:222; 1990s, 2:232
and 1970s, 2:167 68
Sleeves, women’s formalwear: 1900
Sportswear (children): 1900s, 1:295;
1908, 1:173; 1909 1914, 1:182;
1910s, 1:303 4; 1920s, 1:312 14;
1914 1919, 1:189; 1940 1946,
1930s, 1:322 23; 1940s, 1:332 33
1:224; 1947 1949, 1:238; 1920s, Sportswear (children to preteen):
1:198; 1930s, 1:212; 1950s, 1950s, 2:314; 1960s, 2:327; 1970s,
2:181 82; 1960s, 2:193; 1970s,
2:341; 1980s, 2:354 55; 1990s and
2:205; 1980s, 2:216; 1990s, 2:227;
2000s, 2:368 69
2000s, 2:236 37
Sportswear (men): 1900s, 1:252 53,
Smith, Bessie, 1:68
1:252f; 1910s, 1:259 60; 1920s, 1:268
Smith, Kate, 1:80, 1:83 84
69; 1930s, 1:276 77; 1940s, 1:283 284;
Smithson, Robert, 2:59
1950s, 2:253 54; 1960s, 2:263 64;
Smoking: debates in the 1980s, 2:110;
1970s, 2:273 74; 1980s, 2:281 82;
suits against the tobacco industry,
1990s, 2:291 92; 2000s, 2:300 301
1990s, 2:117; Surgeon General’s
Sportswear (teen to college): 1950s,
Advisory Committee on Smoking
2:314 15; 1960s, 2:327; 1970s, and Health, 1964, 2:103
2:341 42; 1980s, 2:355; 1990s and Snow, Carmel, 1:154
2000s, 2:369
386
Cumulative Index
Sportswear (women): 1900 1908,
Sullivan, Louis, 1:57
1:176 78; 1900 1914, 1:185 86;
Sundblom, Haddon, 1:106
1914 1919, 1:193 94; 1940 1946,
Supermodels, 1980s to present, 2:163
1:230 31; 1947 1949, 1:240 41;
Surrealist movement, 1:54, 1:66, 1:73
1920s, 1:203 5; 1930s, 1:217 19;
Sustainable style, 2:177
1950s, 2:186 87; 1960s, 2:197 99;
Swanson, Gloria, 1:69
1970s, 2:210 11; 1980s, 2:220 21;
Sweater girls, 1:229f
1990s, 2:231 32; 2000s, 2:240 41
Sweaters: men’s casual wear, 1:251;
Sputnik I, 2:21, 2:28
1910s, 1:259; women’s casual wear:
St. Denis, Ruth, 1:69
1914 1919, 1:192; 1940 1946, 1:228
St. Vincent Millay, Edna, 1:62
Swimwear (children): 1900s, 1:295;
Star Spangled Banner, declared official
1910s, 1:303 4; 1920s, 1:312 14;
anthem in 1931, 1:73
1930s, 1:322 23; 1940s, 1:332 33
Steel, Danielle, 2:78
Swimwear (children to preteen): 1950s,
Steichen, Edward, 1:67, 1:73
2:314; 1960s, 2:327; 1970s, 2:341;
Stein, Gertrude, 1:68
1980s, 2:354 55; 1990s and 2000s,
Steinbeck, John, 1:73
2:368
Steinem, Gloria, 2:70
Swimwear (men): 1900s, 1:252; 1910s,
Stella, Frank, 2:59
1:259 60; 1920s, 1:268; 1930s, Stepanova, Varvara, 1:67
1:268; 1940s, 1:283; 1950s, 2:253;
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1:66
1960s, 2:263; 1970s, 2:273; 1980s, Stimson Act, 1:43
2:281; 1990s, 2:291; 2000s, 2:300
Stock market collapse, 1949, 1:5, 1:20,
Swimwear (teen to college): 1950s,
1:36, 1:41, 1:134
2:313 15; 1960s, 2:327; 1970s, Stock market drop, 1987, 2:38
2:341 42; 1980s, 2:355; 1990s and Stonewall Riot, 1969, 2:137
2000s, 2:369
Stoppard, Tom, 2:63
Swimwear (women): 1900 1908,
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star
1:176; 1909 1914, 1:185;
Wars), 2:35
1914 1919, 1:193; 1940 1946,