Wedding Fashion During The 1900s

Trends in Accessories During The 1900s

Trends in Accessories During The 1900s

The principal accesorie was the hat, it could be
simple with ribbons. Huge, broadbrimmed hats
were worn in mid-decade, trimmed with
masses of feathers and occasionally complete
stuffed birds, or decorated with ribbons and
artificial flowers. Masses of wavy hair were
fashionable, swept up to the top of the head
and gathered into a knot. Large hats were
worn with evening wear.
By the end of the decade, hats had smaller
drooping brims that shaded the face and deep
crowns, and the overall top-heavy effect
remained

Haute Couture
The early 1900s marked the rise of
thehaute couturemovement in Paris.
Women of the upper classes coveted
the Parisian designs, which set the
tone for the rest of the Western
fashion world. Corsets and full skirts
enhanced unnatural curves, and hats
grew out of control.
However, as World War I began in
1914, attention and resources were
drawn away from fashion. British
Vogue launched in 1916, but the
emotional and economic
consequences of war were making

Womens Suits During The 1910s

Womens Suits During The 1910s

The tailored suit of matching jacket and
skirt was worn in the city and for travel.
Jackets followed the lines of tunics, with
raised, lightly defined waists. Fashionable
women of means wore striking hats and fur
stole or scarves with their tailleurs, and
carried huge matching muffs.
Most coats were cocoon or kimono shaped,
wide through the shoulders and narrower at
the hem. Fur coats were popular.

Womens Suits During The 1910s

Trends In Hats During The 1910s

Hairstyles and hats

Large hats with wide brims and
broad hats with face-shadowing
brims were the height of fashion
in the early years of the decade,
gradually shrinking to smaller
hats with flat brims. Bobbed or
short hair was introduced to Paris
fashion in 1909 and spread to
avant-garde circles in England
during the war. Hair, even short
hair, was frequently
supplemented with postiches,
small individual wigs, curls, or

Trends In Hats During The 1910s

Trends In Hairstyles During The 1910s

Dresses During The 1910s

Dresses During The 1910s

Fashionable gown styles varied from year to
year during the 1910's. At the beginning of
the decade styles were rather columnar,
with long skirts that fell quite straight. By
1913-14, the skirts are elaborately draped
and quite fanciful. In the middle of the
decade, during 1915-16, the skirts
developed an A line silhouette. By the end
of the decade the skirt silhouette was once
again fairly straight.

Dresses During The 1910s

Girls Dresses
Fashion for children in the 1910s
evolved in two different directions,
day-to-day and formal dress. Boys
were dressed in suits with trousers
that extended to the knee and girls'
apparel began to become less "adult"
as skirt lengths were shortened and
features became more child-focused
(Villa 28). The war affected the trends
in general, as well (Villa 36). Military
influences in apparel for little boys
was typical and the lengths of skirts
for girls were cut shorter yet because
of material rationing (Villa 37). The
boys even wear shorts in the winter.

Girls Dresses
Fashion for children in the 1910s
evolved in two different directions,
day-to-day and formal dress. Boys
were dressed in suits with trousers
that extended to the knee and girls'
apparel began to become less "adult"
as skirt lengths were shortened and
features became more child-focused
(Villa 28). The war affected the trends
in general, as well (Villa 36). Military
influences in apparel for little boys
was typical and the lengths of skirts
for girls were cut shorter yet because
of material rationing (Villa 37). The

For Misses

Charming Negligees
and Bath Robes

1920's fashion gave way to the flapper girls.

The flapper look was shockingly different
than the past decades. Dresses were shorter,
brighter, and flashier. Girls wore loose
clothing that made movement easy. The
waistline of women's clothes was dropped to
the hip. Jewelry became increasingly popular.
High heels were the popular shoe choice.
Bras were first introduced in this time.
Flappers were seen as "giddy, attractive, and
slightly unconventional." The short "bob"
hairstyle was re-popularized in this era.
Smoking in public, closer dancing, shorter

Dresses During the 1920s

Dresses During the 1920s

The dress shape that defined a decade can

be summed up as knee-length, dropped
waist-line, sleeveless or v-shaped front and
back. Showing skin top and bottom but
keeping the torso covered.
Common defining features of 1920s flapper
dresses include: beads, sequins, lace,
fringes, chiffon, satin, flowers, shiny and
shimmery fabric, uneven hemlines, peter
pan collars. Take your pick.
1920s dresses were purposely shaped to
hide womanly curves.

Trends in Accessories During The 1920s

The cloche hat is a very
snug-fit hat that was often
tilted, covering the forehead,
yet allowing room for vision.
The hair was often cut short
and styled flat to fit under
these types of hats. Cloche
type hats often covered the
ears as well, and even
sometimes the ends of
womens short haircuts of
the time.
There were used too many

Trends In Hats During The 1920s

Wedding Fashion During The

1920s

Womens Fashion During The 1920s

Womens Fashion During The 1920s

The consummate image of the 1920s,
the flapper, did not fully emerge until
1926. This style epitomized modernity
and reckless rebellion. Flappers wore
daringly short hair and short shift
dresses that exposed their limbs, and
they applied makeup, smoked with
long cigarette holders, and drank in
public. Since the straight shift dresses
were simple to make at home, flapper

Trends In Hairstyles During The 1920s

The 1920s was a decade defined by
social and cultural rebellion. From
the bootleggers who smuggled
moonshine across state lines to the
women's suffrage movement that
helped to secure the right to vote,
the Roaring Twenties caused quite a
commotion.
Another highlight of the '20s that
exemplified change was the
evolution of women's hairstyles.
Ladies were saying goodbye to their
long Victorian locks and welcoming
much shorter hairdos.

Trends In Shoes During

The 1920s
The hells were chunky and were
made for dancing. Footwear was
visible beneath short dresses and was
selected with more care as a fashion
accessory. Heels were over 2 inches
high and wasted until the 1930s when
they were lower straighter Cuban
shapes. Strapped shoes were called
Mary Janes. T-bar shoes or others with
buckles and bows made interesting
fashion statements. Sequin or
diamante trims were quite usual.

Fashion During The

1930s

The Wall Street

Crash of 1929
kicked off the
Great
Depression, from
which the
general public
escaped through
Hollywood. The
movies became
the new
glamorous

As another war
seemed imminent,
clothing became
more functional and
militaryinspiredwithsquare
shoulders. Techniques
for mass production
of uniforms carried
over into the creation
of ready-to-wear
fashion.

The Wall Street

Crash of 1929
kicked off the
Great Depression,
from which the
general public
escaped through
Hollywood. The
movies became
the new
glamorous

Feminine
curves
were
highlighte
d through
the use of
the biascut in
dresses.

In the early twentieth

century women
demanded more
comfortable, flat-soled
shoes that is until the
roaring twenties when
higher hemlines
encouraged visible,
elaborate, high heeked
and slender Louis heels.
The Depression during
the 1930s highly
influenced shoe fashion
in the USA and Europe as
heels became lower and

Women's clothes
of the 1940s
were typically
modeled after
the utility clothes
produced during
war rationing.

Utility clothes typically

featured squared shoulders,
narrow hips, and skirts that
ended just below the knee.
Tailored suits were the
dominant form of utility
fashion.
Blouses were worn
frequently with skirts,
typically had padded
shoulders

The dresses in the

images also reflect the
changing fashions of
the end of the decade.
Especially notable are
the rounded shoulders.

The Post-War Er
Once World War II ended,
newcomer Christian Dior
rebelled against the austerity
of the time and produced an
extravagant design of a fitted
jacket with a cinched waist
and a full calf-length skirt
using ten to eighty yards of
fabric. This style, dubbed the
"New Look," would prove to
be a turning point in the
postwar. Dior's designs
became extremely popular,
as women
were longing to dress

Paris Couture retained its

popularity but the private
couturier was being
slupplanted by a pret-aporter and mass production.
Design houses such as Suzy
Pertte, Lilli Ann were proving
that off-the-rack garments of
quality could be made.
America led the way readyto-wear and high fashion,
once restricted to the
wealthy, was available to the
general population.

Due to the baby boom, there was

a high demand for clothing for
children. Children's clothing
began to be made to a higher
quality, and some even adopted
trends popular with teenagers;
many boys started wearing jeans
to Elementary school.

While the 1950s introduced

teenagers to fashion and
society in general, the youth
were the leaders of the
sixties, which was a colorful
decade in many ways. Two
subcultures of young British
people, the Mods and
Rockers, were at odds. The
Rockers tended to wear
clothes like black leather
jackets, whereas the Mods

By 1966, designer Mary

Quant popularized the
miniskirt which appealed
to bold young women.

Fashion icons included the

understated Jackie Kennedy
and the creation of the
supermodel, the most
famous one being Twiggy.
Men wanted to dress like
the Beatles.

Increased ease of travel meant

that fashion had more global,
ethnic inspirations. The disco
dance craze led to widespread
use of polyester, which was ideal
for creating tight, stretchy
clothing that shone under disco
lighting.
The trends that were during the
70s include platform shoes which
appeared on the fashion scene in
1971 and often had soles two to
four inches thick. Both men and
women wore them.

Wide-legged, flared jeans and

trousers were another fashion
mainstay for both men and
women throughout most of the
decade, and this style has been
immortalised in the 1977 film
Saturday Night Fever, which
starred John Travolta. The "disco
look", complete with three-piece
suits for men and rayon or jersey
wrap dresses for women, which
the film further popularized,
lasted until it was gradually
replaced by punk fashion and
straight, cigarette-legged jeans.

Disco Look

Punk Look

Platform
shoes gave
way to mules
and anklestrapped
shoes, both
reminiscent
of the 1940s,
at the very
end of the
decade.

1980

Materialism defined this decade, as the

western world experienced an economic
boom. People flaunted designer brands as
symbols of wealth. Increased use of
credit cards encouraged spending.

The creation of MTV

revolutionized the music
industry had the power to
influence through fashion and
visuals in addition to music.

The 1980s fashion had

heavy emphasis on
expensive dressing and
fashion accessories.
Apparels tend to be overly
bright and vivid in
appearance. Women
expressed an image of
wealth and success
through shiny costume
jewelry like large faux-gold
earrings, pearl necklaces
and clothing covered with
sequins and diamante.

Hair in the 1980s was

generally big, curly,
bouffant and heavily styled.
This was in contrast to the
long and straight style worn
in the 1970s.
Everyday fashion makeup in
the 80s comprised having
light-colored lips, dark and
thick eyelashes, pink and
light blue blusher.

Punk fashion began as

a reaction against
both the hippie
movement of the past
decades and the
materialist values of
the current decade.

As technology made
working from home more
feasible and offices
instituted Casual Fridays,
fashion became more
laidback and comfortable.

1990s style
veered toward a
more minimalist
aesthetic with lots
of black and
neutral colors.

The fashion in the 1990s was the

genesis of a sweeping shift in the
western world: the beginning of
the adoption of tattoos, body
piercings aside from ear piercing
and to a lesser extent, other
forms of body modification such
as branding.

This started the

indifferent, anticonformist approach to
fashion which was
popular throughout the
1990s, leading to the
popularisation of the
casual chic look,
including T-shirts, jeans,
hoodies, and trainers, a
trend which continued
into the 2000s.

Minimali
st
Look

Cultural Significance
For centuries, clothing and body
adornment have served as forms of
nonverbal communication to indicate
identity.

You cant separate fashion

from the world.
Fashion is the way we live
-Richard Avedon