Eternal Gardens Journal

The 20th Century: A Century of Shifts

Navigating the process of article creation with purpose and precision

In reflecting on the 20th century, I see fashion not as a succession of trends but as a living system of cultural negotiation. Fashion became less about clothing and more about how societies imagine power, identity, and memory. From my perspective as a designer working within the Vellum philosophy, fashion is not decorative; it is infrastructural. It is a language of control, function, and intentional deviation.

Isadora Vellum · March 3, 2026 · 15 min