1900’S -1919 FASHION

By: Abby Evans and Allison Hood

9/12/13

3rd Block

In first decade of the 1900s, fashionable women needed morning dresses, afternoon dresses, evening gowns, and simpler dresses that were less occasion-specific. Social rituals, especially the custom of formal visiting, dictated the use of each of these dresses, or gowns, as the fancier garments were called. Women also wore suits, with shirtwaists (blouses), and had sporting clothes for their more active pursuits like skating, cycling, and tennis. The suits were coordinated jackets and long skirts, and were made by ladies’ tailors rather than by dressmakers. Shops like A. & L. Tirocchi often made the blouses or waists, as they were known in slang.

WOMEN'S CLOTHING OF THE 1900 ’S

KIDS CLOTHIN

G1900-1919 Antique Clothing – Vintage

Clothes, Victorian Dresses

MENS CLOTHING

The 1900s was the beginning decade of the 20th century. It was also classified as the "Machine Age", for during this time period, an amazing amount of inventions were created, that would set the tone for future generations.

During World War I and World War II in the first part of the 1900s AD, it was hard to get enough cotton. People began to wear clothes made by transforming oil into thread - polyester and acrylic, often mixed with cotton. Also, people began to wear less cloth. Women started to wear short skirts instead of long skirts. Men wore tighter pants and jackets. When the World Wars were over, gradually more and more people in Europe began to have central heat in their houses and where they worked. Fewer and fewer people worked outside. So people stopped wearing so much wool, because it was too hot. They started to wear mostly cotton clothing like jeans and t-shirts and cotton dresses. Today, nearly all of the clothing most people wear is made of cotton.

Even though European men had started wearing pants in the early 1800s, women in Europe didn't really start to wear pants until about 100 years later, in the early 1900s. Slowly more and more women started to wear pants, just as men had. But although by the 1900s pretty much all men were wearing pants, women in Europe today still wear either dresses or pants.

HISTORY

WOMEN CLOTHING

Evening dresses

Day dress

Newmarket suit

Corset

SHOESMEN WOMEN

BONNETS AND HATS MENS WOMENS

MAKE UPBy the beginning of the

1900′s Edwardian Makeup Era, women sought after a ‘pale look’. Lemon juice either consumed or applied as a face

tonic was a popular method of achieving this feminine complexion. Society

hostesses sought to hold on to their ‘youth’ and to cater for this demand or perhaps to encourage it . To have a tan,

was to suggest that a lady was of a lower class, who worked the land. So women of the ‘better class’ remained indoors or in

the shade for most of their day.

PURSES

The word "handbag" was first used in the 1900s to describe men's satchels and briefcases. Soon

feminine versions were created with compartments for fans, gloves, and

cosmetics.

But it wasn't until after World War I that handbags became an

indispensable accessory for independent women. And we haven't

looked back since!

COLORS USED IN DRESSES

FABRICS USED There were far too many fabrics used in the 20th century to neatly encapsulate them in a couple paragraphs. The 20th century started with all natural fabrics, the same wools, silks, linens and cottons that had been in use for thousands of years.

silk Line

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Cotton

wool