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Costume and fashion in the decade 1900–1909

Stylish Londoners in front end of Harrods, 1909. The trailing skirts which were very tight showing skin and broad-brimmed hats of mid-decade narrower dresses and hats with deep crowns. Men wear top hats with formal forenoon dress or bowlers with lounge suits.

Fashion in the menstruum 1900–1909 in the Western world connected the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s. Tall, strong collars characterize the period, as do women's wide hats and full "Gibson Daughter" hairstyles. A new, columnar silhouette introduced by the couturiers of Paris tardily in the decade signaled the approaching abandonment of the corset every bit an indispensable garment.

Women'south fashion [edit]

General overview [edit]

Young women adopted the tall, stiff collars and narrow neckties worn past men
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John Singer Sargent's portrait of Miss Eden shows a stylish full chest, depression neckline, and mass of hair, 1905.

With the decline of the bustle, sleeves began to increase in size and the 1830s silhouette of an hourglass shape became popular again. The fashionable silhouette in the early 20th century was that of a confident adult female, with full low chest and curvy hips. The "health corset" of this period removed pressure from the abdomen and created an S-curve silhouette.^[i]

In 1897, the silhouette slimmed and elongated past a considerable amount. Blouses and dresses were full in front end and puffed into a "pigeon breast" shape of the early on 20th century that looked over the narrow waist, which sloped from dorsum to front and was oftentimes accented with a sash or belt. Necklines were supported by very high boned collars.^[2]

Skirts brushed the floor, frequently with a train, fifty-fifty for day dresses, in mid-decade. The manner houses of Paris began to show a new silhouette, with a thicker waist, flatter bust, and narrower hips. Past the end of the decade the most stylish skirts cleared the floor and approached the ankle. The overall silhouette narrowed and straightened, beginning a trend that would continue into the years leading up to the Great War.

In early 1910, a survey of wealthy loftier schoolhouse senior students at a private New York City girls' school found that each spent an average of $556 ($15,443 every bit of 2017^{[update] [three]}) annually for wearable excluding undergarments, and would accept spent four times that amount with an unlimited budget.^[four]

Sportswear and tailored fashions [edit]

Women moving out of the Victorian era and into the Edwardian era were starting to wearing apparel for a more active lifestyle. The evolving times brought a new fashion tendency known every bit the "New Woman". Active lives required less constricting clothing and required simpler and more streamlined clothing. The new woman was highly encouraged by women's suffrage. Women that identified with this manner movement were the type of women that were beginning to venture out of maintaining the domestic circle and begin to pursue college teaching, role jobs, and participating in agile outdoor sports. The new and improved fashions immune for women to swing a tennis dissonance, whack a golf game ball, but the ideas of "proper" feminine attire reduced the progress of more practical sportswear.

Tailored suits became more pop for the women that were get-go to piece of work in white collar jobs. Tailored suits with no frills allowed for women maintaining an office job to seem more than masculine and alloy into the male person dominated environment. Presently the number of women attending colleges increased, and the shirtwaist became popular among the average college girl. The outfit worn by the typical college daughter was a brim that was usually shorter than current fashion, and a shirtwaist, which is best described equally the equivalent of jeans and a T-shirt today.^{[5] [vi]}

Paul Poiret's new silhouette of 1908 was a radical deviation.

Evelyn Nesbit, in this photograph taken in 1901, has some of her wavy hair swept up to the top of her head, with the rest of her hair flowing past her shoulders in crimper tendrils.

Unfussy, tailored clothes were worn for outdoor activities and traveling. The shirtwaist, a costume with a bodice or waist tailored like a man's shirt with a high collar, was adopted for informal daywear and became the uniform of working women. Wool or tweed suit (clothing) called tailor-mades or (in French) tailleurs featured talocrural joint-length skirts with matching jackets; ladies of mode wore them with fox furs and huge hats. Ii new styles of headgear which became popular at the turn of the century were the motoring veil for driving and sailor hats worn for lawn tennis matches, bicycling and croquet.^[vii]

Rise of haute couture [edit]

This decade marked the total flowering of Parisian haute couture as the czar of styles and silhouettes for women of all classes. Designers sent fashion models or mannequins to the Longchamp races wearing the latest styles,^[eight] and fashion photographs identified the creators of individual gowns.^[9] In 1908, a new silhouette emerged from Callot Soeurs, Vionnet at the house of Doucet, and nearly importantly, Paul Poiret.^[10] The styles were variously called Merveilleuse, Directoire, and Empire after the fashions of the plow of the nineteenth century, which they resembled in their narrow skirts and raised waistlines.

The new styles featured form-fitting gowns with high or undefined waists, or ankle-length skirts and long tunic-like jackets, and required a dissimilar "straight line" corset. The Paris contributor for Faddy described this new look equally "straighter and straighter ... less bosom, less hips, and more than waist...how slim, how graceful, how elegant...!"^[eleven]

Hats [edit]

Huge, broad-brimmed hats were worn in mid-decade, trimmed with masses of feathers and occasionally complete stuffed birds (hummingbirds for those who could afford them), or decorated with ribbons and artificial flowers. Masses of wavy pilus were fashionable, swept up to the top of the head (if necessary, over horsehair pads called "rats") and gathered into a knot.^[12] 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 consequence remained.

Footwear [edit]

Shoes were narrow and oft emphasized. They had a pointed toe and a medium tiptop heel. Buttons, patent leather, and laced models of the shoe were also manufactured and readily available. Similarly, there were shoes for every occasion; oxfords for a tailored costume, slippers with straps for festive occasions or pumps with pearl buckles, and finally, boots which were often edged in fur to stave off the winter arctic when riding in a carriage in the winter.^[13] At the beginning of 1900s shoes still maintained the same pattern of the Victorian era. Shoes were commonly made with seal peel or Moroccan leather. Having boots fabricated of seal peel was about common for people in a higher social class. Seal skin boots were known to be extremely durable and could be worn during every season. Boots made from Moroccan leather were more than uncomfortable and stiff. Earth State of war I caused this opulent era to tone down due to the increased sanctions on the trade of leather and other fabrics, and shoes were starting to incorporate a fabric topping.^[6]

Style gallery 1900–1906 [edit]

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Drawing in Punch (1911) compares changes in fashion between 1901 and 1911. "The dowdy voluminous clothes of the earlier date, making the grandmother an erstwhile lady and the mother seem plainly, had been replaced by much simpler looser wear producing a sense of release for all three females."^[fourteen]

1. Mrs. Charles Russell wears a sheer patterned apparel with fullness at the front waist over a soft sash. This dress might have been called a tea gown at this fourth dimension (1900).
2. Fashion illustration for Summer 1901 shows sloped waistline, "pouter pigeon" front bodices, loftier necklines and large hats with ribbons.
3. Photograph of 3 sisters c. 1902 illustrates the "pouter pigeon" blouse or shirtwaist and trumpet-skirt that was a mainstay of middle-class clothing.
4. Underwear (camisole (or, more likely, peak half of combinations), corset, and trumpet-shaped petticoat) of 1903–04.
5. Style plate shows the frothy trained afternoon dress descended from the tea gown, worn with an oversized chapeau and gloves, 1904.
6. Elizabeth Wharton Drexel wears an off-the-shoulder orange evening gown with long gloves, 1905.
7. Mrs. John Philip Sousa wears a checked suit with elbow-length sleeves and long gloves, and carries a muff purse, c. 1905.
8. French dress of 1906 is trimmed with embroidery or passementerie. The wide-brimmed lid is cocked up on one side. Elbow-length sleeves are worn with gloves.
9. Summer evening fashions of 1906 take short or three-quarter-length sleeves. Some ladies habiliment hats, and the gentlemen wearable dinner jackets.

Style gallery 1907–1909 [edit]

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1. Golfing costume of 1907 features a tailored jacket and matching ankle-length skirt with patch pockets.
2. Motoring required voluminous coats or dusters to go on clothes clean and wearers warm in open automobiles. They were worn with stylish hats wrapped in veils, gloves, and often goggles, 1907.
3. 1908 portrait by Paul Helleu captures the fashionable combination of masses of wavy hair beneath a broad-brimmed hat.
4. Dresses by Paul Poiret point the way to a new silhouette, with a high waist and narrow, ankle-length skirts, 1908.
5. Paper insert of fashions for 1908 shows dresses of a more than conservative cut than the latest Paris modes, merely waists are higher and the effigy slimmer and more erect than in the beginning one-half of the decade.
6. Bib-front end apron with pouter-pigeon cut, 1909.
7. Loftier-fashion costume of 1909 has a narrower silhouette. The bodice fits closer to the trunk, although the waist still slopes, and the hat has a deep crown.
8. Dresses of 1909 evidence the new fitted, higher-waisted silhouette and are worn with huge hats.

Men'southward fashion [edit]

Hugo Reisinger wears a dark conform with a white waistcoat and dotted necktie. He carries the fashionable Homburg hat, 1907, painting by Anders Zorn, 1907

The long, lean, and able-bodied silhouette of the 1890s persisted. Hair was generally worn short. Beards were less pointed than before and moustaches were often curled.

Coats, waistcoats and trousers [edit]

The sack coat or lounge coat continued to supersede the frock coat for most informal and semi-formal occasions. Three-slice suits consisting of a sack coat with matching waistcoat (U.S. vest) and trousers were worn, as were matching coat and waistcoat with contrasting trousers, or matching glaze and trousers with contrasting waistcoat. Trousers were shorter than before, often had turn-ups or cuffs, and were creased front and back using the new trouser printing.^[15]

Waistcoats fastened high on the chest. The usual style was single-breasted.

The blazer, a navy blue or brightly colored or striped flannel coat cutting like a sack glaze with patch pockets and brass buttons, was worn for sports, sailing, and other casual activities.

The Norfolk jacket remained fashionable for shooting and rugged outdoor pursuits. It was made of sturdy tweed or like cloth and featured paired box pleats over the chest and back, with a fabric belt. Worn with matching breeches or (U.Due south. knickerbockers), it became the Norfolk suit, suitable for bicycling or golf with knee-length stockings and low shoes, or for hunting with sturdy boots or shoes with leather gaiters.

The cutaway forenoon coat was still worn for formal day occasions in Europe and major cities elsewhere, with striped trousers.

The virtually formal evening clothes remained a dark tail coat and trousers with a nighttime or light waistcoat. Evening wear was worn with a white bow tie and a shirt with a winged collar. The less formal dinner jacket or tuxedo, which featured a shawl neckband with silk or satin facings, now generally had a single push. Dinner jackets were appropriate formal clothing when "dressing for dinner" at habitation or at a men's club. The dinner jacket was worn with a white shirt and a dark tie.

Knee-length topcoats and dogie-length overcoats were worn in winter.

Shirts and neckties [edit]

Formal dress shirt collars were turned over or pressed into "wings". Collars were overall very tall and stiffened. Dress shirts had strong fronts, sometimes decorated with shirt studs and buttoned up the back. Striped shirts were pop for informal occasions.

The usual necktie was a narrow four-in-hand. Ascot ties were worn with formal twenty-four hour period dress and white bow ties with evening dress.

Accessories [edit]

Tiptop hats remained a requirement for upper form formal article of clothing; soft felt Homburgs or stiff bowler hats were worn with lounge or sack suits, and flat straw boaters were worn for casual occasions.

Shoes for men were mostly over the ankle. Toe cap, lace up boots in black, grey, or brown were the most mutual for everyday wear. Formal occasions called for formal boots with white uppers (spat style) and buttons on the side. In the Edwardian times basic lace up oxford shoes were introduced.

Manner gallery 1901−1905 [edit]

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1. Antoni Wodzicki wears a fur-collared overcoat and a Homburg, 1900.
2. Style illustration of a topcoat (left, worn with a height lid and morning apparel) and overcoat (right, worn with business organisation clothes and Homburg), December 1900.
3. Fashion plate from the Sartorial Arts Journal shows a three-button suite with patch pockets (left) and a golfing costume consisting of a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers (right), 1901.
4. Staffmembers of the Tuskegee Plant wearable coats with loftier front openings and contrasting trousers, many striped, c. 1902.
5. Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent in a formal frock coat, 1903.
6. Extravaganza of a plumbing fixtures at Charvet in 1903.
7. Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in a vividly patterned tie, light waistcoat, and dark coat, 1904. The very short hairstyle is typical of the period.
8. Formal frock coat, 1904.
9. Two Irishmen in San Francisco wearing bowler hats, 1905.

Way gallery 1906-1909 [edit]

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1. Men'due south formal daywear consists of a cutaway morning coat, loftier-buttoned waistcoat, and creased wing-front trousers worn with a high-collared shirt, acme hat, and gloves, 1906.
2. Photo William Randolph Hearst wears a glaze with a very high closure, a stiff collar, and a tie with a stickpin, 1906.
3. John Singer Sargent wears a gray formal glaze and a winged-collar shirt, 1907.
4. Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Government minister of Canada and his wife, 1907
5. Photograph of William Howard Taft in a three-piece suit, c. 1907.
6. British formal wearing apparel: David Lloyd George (left) and Winston Churchill wear frock coats and top hats, 1907.
7. Irish immigrants in Kansas City, Missouri, 1909. The man second from the left is wearing a flat cap.

Children'southward fashion [edit]

Girls' manner for this time period imitated older women of the aforementioned menstruum. Girls wore dresses of genu length, with trimmings at the hem such as lace and embroidery similar to women's lingerie dresses. Ordinarily, black shoes or button upwards / lace up boots and woolen stockings went with the wearing apparel equally well as kidskin or crochet gloves. Their hair was by and large worn long and curly with decorations of ribbon. For play, bloomers and woolen jerseys were acceptable.^[16]

A new attempt was fabricated to design garments that are more than suitable for playing past designing girls' dresses with brusk sleeves.^[17] Outside, button upwardly boots would have been worn or lace up boots likewise shoes with spats would have been worn in the winter spats worn over shoes created the look of wearing a long boot. Kid leather gloves would have been worn to embrace the easily or lace gloves in the summertime. Bonnets were existence replaced by hats by the end of the Victorian era then girls would take worn a hat when out.

Young boys establish comfort in Russian style blouses.^[17]

Fashionable habiliment for boys included sailor suits, consisting of a shirt with a sailor neckband and trousers or knickerbockers. For automobiling, boys wore a duster with knickerbockers, a flat cap, and goggles.^[18]

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  Even tiny girls were dressed in large hats, 1900

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  Ii French boys wearing knickerbockers, 1900

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  Girls' fashions for August 1901

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  Minor boy in a sailor suit, 1909

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  Olga Nikolaevna of Russian federation 1904

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  Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna in Darmstadt, Hesse, 1903

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  Schoolhouse children from the Rainy River District, 1900s.

Working dress [edit]

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  Aprons, from a 1909 catalogue

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  Housemaid ironing, 1908

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  Woman in a kitchen in the Rainy River Commune, ca. 1905.

Encounter also [edit]

• Belle Époque
• Charvet Place Vendôme
• Edwardian era
• History of fashion design

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Laver, James: The Concise History of Costume and Fashion, Abrams, 1979
2. ^ Vintagefashionguild.org
3. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Alphabetize for Apply as a Deflator of Coin Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antique Order. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Coin Values in the Economy of the United states of america (PDF). American Antiquarian Lodge. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (approximate) 1800–". Retrieved 1 January 2020.
4. ^ Weed, Inis H. (24 April 1910). "What It Costs A Young Girl To Exist Well Dressed". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 January 2011.
5. ^ Evolution of Women's Fashion During the Progressive Era Examined in DAR Museum Exhibition. (16 July 2014). Retrieved 17 April 2017
6. ^ ^{a b} Tierney, T. (2017). Appropriation, joint and hallmark in acrid house: The evolution of women'due south fashion throughout the early on years of the acid business firm culture. Fashion, Way, & Popular Culture, 4(2), 179. doi:10.1386/fspc.iv.ii.179_1
7. ^ Fashion in History
8. ^ Laver: Concise History of Costume and Mode
9. ^ Steele, Valerie: Paris Manner: A Cultural History, Oxford University Printing, 1988, ISBN 0-nineteen-504465-7
10. ^ Steele, Valerie: The Corset, Yale Academy Press, 2001
11. ^ Quoted in Steele, The Corset', p. 146
12. ^ Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Clothes.
13. ^ Payne, Blanche: History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century, Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS
14. ^ Donald Read, Edwardian England 1901-15: gild and politics (1972) pp. 257–58.
15. ^ Laver, Concise History of Costume and Mode
16. ^ Stevenson, Pauline. Edwardian Manner. London: Ian Allan LTD., 1980.
17. ^ ^{a b} "Children's Costume History 1900–1910" Archived 2 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Mode-era.com. 28 April 2008
18. ^ Children'due south Fashions, 1860–1912: 1065 Costume Designs from "La Manner Illustrée". New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994.

References [edit]

• Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Way ii: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860–1940, Wace 1966, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. ISBN 0-89676-027-8
• Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Apparel: Vesture and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5
• Laver, James: The Concise History of Costume and Fashion, Abrams, 1979.
• Nunn, Joan: Style in Costume, 1200–2000, 2nd edition, A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd; Chicago: New Amsterdam Books, 2000. (Excerpts online at The Victorian Web)
• Steele, Valerie: Paris Style: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-19-504465-7
• Steele, Valerie: The Corset, Yale University Printing, 2001

External links [edit]

• Media related to 1900s mode at Wikimedia Commons
• "1900s - 20th Century Fashion Cartoon and Illustration". Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 19 Nov 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
• 1900s Way Plates of men, women, and children'southward fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Fine art Libraries
• 1900s era Henri Bendel Way Sketch Collection at the Brooklyn Museum

Surviving clothing [edit]

• Lingerie dresses at Kent State University
• 1900-1910 Fashions in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database

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