Research Paper on:
Sewing Machine and its Influence

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of the world only takes pieces of what is new on the runway to create every day wear. Indeed, the works of art people view on the Style Channel are  really not similar to what people are generally wearing. Still, fashion serves as a tool of communication and while the history of fashion is rather mundane, few people realize that  it all started with the invention of the sewing machine. It was in 1834 that Walter Hunt would build Americas first sewing machine (Bellis, 2003). Of course, that is  far from the sewing machine that is known today. In fact, Hunt is not credited with the invention. He would lose interest in a patent as he thought that his  invention would cause unemployment (2003). Hunts invention however was really not that good anyway. It could only sew straight steams (2003). In 1846, the first American patent would be  issued to Elias Howe for what was called "a process that used thread from two different sources" (2003, p.PG). The invention of the sewing machine would lead to immense change  in the world. Today, one is jaded as they look at fashion runways over and over again to see what is new to adorn the body. Yet, at the time  that the sewing machine was developed, the nation was readying itself for war. In fact, the machine would later be used to create military garb. Still, prior to the war,  the sewing machine was simply an invention to ease the womans work that never seemed to be done. While Howe tried to protect his patent, other men were  busy creating similar inventions of their own. For example, Isaac Singer created the up-and-down motion mechanism, and Allen Wilson introduced the rotary hook shuttle (Bellis, 2003). During the 1850s,