History Of Costume 1890 - 1919

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1890 - 1901
Leg O Mutton Sleeves
Volume at the shoulder, fitted on the arm.

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Hobble Skirt/Dress

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1910-1913
Designed by Paul Poiret (France)

Narrow Skirt/Dress that restricted women from taking large steps forcing them to "hobble" ;)

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Who is the Gibson Girl

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1890's and on

The Gibson Girl is an imaginary character created by Charles Dana Gibson in his image of the perfect woman.

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Belle Epoque

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1871 - 1914

Ended with the beginning for WWI

Period characterized by optimism, peace at home and in Europe, new technology and scientific discoveries.

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Who is the "Queen of the Bias Cut?

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Madeleine Vionnet - 1920

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Edwardian Era

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King Edward VII [1901-1910]

Was the leader of the fashionable elite.

Rose awareness of the poverty class.

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Art Nouveau

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1890 - 1910

Art Nouveau is considered a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts including jewellery, furniture, textiles, as well as the fine arts.

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Pagoda Sleeves

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Large opening sleeves.

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Suffragettes

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1910

Women for women's rights movement

Colours: White Green Purple (UK)

Colours in US: White YELLOW Purple

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Emmaline Pankhurst

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Leader of the Suffragette movement.

Started in Manchester.

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Christobelle & Sylvia Pankhurst

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1910

Daughters of Emmaline Panhurst, the leader of the Suffragette movement.

Christobelle helped with legal advice.

Sylvia helped with Graphic Design.

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Mrs. Lawrence Pethwick (& husband) - relation to Suffragettes

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They helped out the suffragettes get their message out through their paper/magazine. Were overall supporters of the movement.

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The Suffragette formal uniform.

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How did the Suffragettes make $$ to support their movement and raise awareness?

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They sold merchandise such as ribbons, pins, jewelry, tea sets, children's games etc.

The goods ranged from low to high prices in order to appeal to all classes.

They began small and started to expand they merchandise to department stores.

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1909 - 1914

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Empire Revival

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WWI date?

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1914 - 1918

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Period?

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1890's

Victorian Period.

Train
Corsets
No bustle

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Tailor Made Suit 1890's

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Tailor made suit for women consisting of two pieces : jacket and skirt. It is worn with a white blouse. Was popular now that women were able to work.

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Period?

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Victorian, 1890.

Steam moulded corsets.

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Who dat?

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Princess Alexandra.

Married King Edward the Seventh (VII)

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Look at that necklace!! Who made it popular?

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Queen Alexandra! She make the high neck pearl necklace a desired item.

She is the queen of King Edward VII btw

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Conspicuous Consumption

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1900's

Flaunting what you have is in fashion. (aka everybody be living like rappers these days.)

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Camille Clifford looks like what?

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The Gibson Girl!
She won the contest for who looks most like Charles Dana Gibson's functional character "The Gibson Girl"

1900's

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Prostitution is what in the 1900's????

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Legal and Glamorous!

It was raised to an art form.

Entertainers(women) became mistresses to the high society and make a $hit ton of $$$ doing it.

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Who is this glammy pro?

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Cora Pearl!

The highest paid PROstitue in 1900's.

Girl if you gonna sell your "pearl" you better charge a lot!

100 per night.

120, 000 USD/night in todays measure. INSANE!

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Mono Bosom (aka uniboob)

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1906-1909

The mono bosom corset squished the girls together and created a smooth line as you can see in the image.

This corset also created the "S" shape.

Take note of how low this makes the chest look.

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"S" Shape

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1900's

Ladies liked to accentuate the goods so they wore a mono bosom corset in order to create this figure.

tiny waist - low bust - hight neck
QUACK!

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Need a break?

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What is dis?

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1900's men's Lounge Jacket.

Straight shape, no definition, long.

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Tuxedo

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1900's

Formal wear suit for men.
Replaced the tailcoats.

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Difference between Lounge Jacket and Sackcoat?

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The sack coat was less fitted, more comfortable and definitely less formal appearance.

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Time period?

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1930's

Exaggerated patterns - HUGE pinstripes.

when you think "1930's gangster look" this is it!

Swap that umbrella for a tommy gun and you've got the picture.

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Edward the VIII & Wallis Simpson

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Edward, eldest son of queen Elizabeth married a divorcée and gave up his crown for love.

awwww

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Mainbocher - Main Rousseau Bocher

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1929

radically altered the undefined silhouette of the thirties

House of Mainbocher operated in Paris (1929-1939) and then in New York (1940-1971)

Designed much of Wallis Simpsons wardrobe (the wife of Edward VIII who gave up his crown for her) and her WEDDING DRESS

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Who gets to wear pants in the 1940's?

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GIRLS DO!

Pants make it easier to participate in sport and to work.

Women had to wear pants during WWII in order to make factory work easier.

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Theda Bara

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1914 - 1919

This sexy lady was a silent film actress and one of the cinema's earliest SEX SYMBOLS.

During world war one films were full of fantasy to relieve depression of the masses.

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How did WWI affect fashion?

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Everything became simple as to not produce any waste. Hems became shorter for easier mobility.

1914 - 1918

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When did men start to develop their own fashion sense?
Not wear what their fathers wore...

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In 1920's - 1930's!

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Who is this handsome romancer from the 20's?

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Arrow Shirtman!! (the shirt superhero of 1920's making all the ladies want him)

An imaginary character for Arrow Shirts.

1920's and on.

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What time period had tailored the jackets to become more fitted?

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1920's!

The jacket became more defined at the waist.

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Chesterfield Coat

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1910

Long coat

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in 1910 what did the collars do?(menswear)

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They STOOD UP! and flipped a corner or two

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Norfolk Jacket

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Hunting/Fishing jacket.

King Edward VII was responsible for this gem to make hunting more comfortable. And he may have loved pockets a little too much.

If you made it in camo it would be exactly like the jackets hunters use today.

[Since it's King Edward VII, must be 1910 ;)]

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What are these awesome pants worn with the NORFOLK jacket?

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These are the "Plus 4's"... because on a scale of 1-10 they are just that attractive.

King Edward wore the Plus 4's to go hunting and finishing in the 1910.

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What's the purpose of that little chain on King Edward VII's waist coat?

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So that when he eats half of the bull he shot, he can safely unbutton his WAIST COAT and still have the coat closed (as to not offend any societal standards).

The chain looped around one button and went through the button hole.

Became a fashion staple in 1910.

Imagine if he invented this for pants...

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Lilly Langtry

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King Edward VII's mistress.

She had such good game that Queen Alexandra ended up entertaining the mistress in their home.

Probably charged close to what Cora Pearl did.

Kind Edward was allowed to have mistresses and the fact the he was seeing such a popular and high paid courtisenne was a GOOD THING.

This type of behaviour was expected and encouraged during 1910's

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What time period are these bathing suits from that these flapper girl haired women are wearing?

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1920's

Beach resort wear

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The Bob?

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Still called "bob" today

Coined by the flapper girls in 1920's!

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When did the skirts get so short?!

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1924-25
Skirt were just below the knee.
Women started wearing stockings.

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Egyptian Inspiration popular in what time period?

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1920's!
(1923-24)

The image is original 1920's flapper girl piece. But also the dark eye liner and fabrics were reflective of Egyptian culture.

The bob resembles Cleopatras hair cut a little.

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African inspired jewelry was popular during what time?

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Same as Egyptian inspiration!

1920's!
(1923-1924)

Think big colourful necklaces and head pieces.

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Frock

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Straight line dress
Boyish figure
Worn by flapper girls in the 20's

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Clouch Hat

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No brim
Kind of like a deep bowl on your head.
1920's

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Uneven Hemlines on Frocks

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1920's

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What change came upon children's wear in the 20's?

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Their clothes became fun and unique to children.
They no longer wore mini versions of adult clothes.

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Queen Of The Bias Cut

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Madeleine Vionnete - Invented the bias cut.

She always drape her garments on her 1/4 scale body form or a live model.

She said she would have never discovered the bias cut if she did not drape her garments.

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Barrel Shape Coat

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Slim at the top, bows out in the middle and slims down at the bottom.

1920's

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Elsa Schiaparelli

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Travelled a lot for inspiration.
Designed unusual buttons and prints.

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1940's Whose design?

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Elsa Schiabarelli Buttons inspired by circus.