View source for 1900s in Western fashion

{{short description|Costume and fashion in the decade 1900–1909}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
[[Image:Harrods 1909.jpg|thumb|350px|Fashionable [[London]]ers in front 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 [[morning dress]] or bowlers with lounge suits.]]
'''Fashion in the period 1900–1909''' in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late [[1890s in fashion|1890s]].  Tall, stiff collars characterize the period, as do women's broad hats and full "[[Gibson Girl]]" hairstyles.  A new, columnar silhouette introduced by the ''[[Fashion design|couturiers]]'' of [[Paris]] late in the decade signaled the approaching abandonment of the [[corset]] as an indispensable garment.
==Women's fashion==
===General overview===
[[File:Leyendecker Arrow collar advert 1907 detail.jpg|thumb|Young women adopted the tall, stiff collars and narrow neckties worn by men<br>(advertisement for [[The Arrow Collar Man|Arrow shirt collars]])]]
[[File:Miss Eden.jpg|thumb|upright|John Singer Sargent's portrait of Miss Eden shows a fashionable full breast, low 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 woman, with full low chest and curvy hips. The "health [[corset]]" of this period removed pressure from the abdomen and created an S-curve silhouette.<ref>Laver, James: ''The Concise History of Costume and Fashion'', Abrams, 1979</ref>
Since 1897, the silhouette slimmed and elongated by a considerable amount. Blouses and dresses were full in front and puffed into a "pigeon breast" shape of the early 20th century that looked over the narrow waist, which sloped from back to front and was often accented with a sash or belt. Necklines were supported by very high boned collars.<ref>[http://vintagefashionguild.org Vintagefashionguild.org]</ref>
Skirts brushed the floor, often with a [[train (clothing)|train]], even for day dresses, in mid-decade. The [[fashion design|fashion house]]s of Paris began to show a new silhouette, with a thicker waist, flatter bust, and narrower hips.  By the end of the decade the most fashionable 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 [[World War I|Great War]].
In early 1910, a survey of wealthy [[high school senior]] students at a private New York City girls' school found that each spent an average of $556 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|556|1910|r=0}}}} {{as of|2017|lc=y}}{{Inflation-fn|US}}) annually for clothing excluding undergarments, and would have spent four times that amount with an unlimited budget.<ref name=weed19100424>{{cite news|last=Weed|first=Inis H.|title=What It Costs A Young Girl To Be Well Dressed|url=http://sundaymagazine.org/2010/04/what-it-costs-a-young-girl-to-be-well-dressed/|access-date=26 January 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 April 1910}}</ref>
===Sportswear and tailored fashions===
Women moving out of the [[Victorian era]] and into the [[Edwardian era]] were starting to dress for a more active lifestyle. The evolving times brought a new fashion trend known as the "[[New Woman]]". Active lives required less constricting clothing and more simple and streamlined garments. The new woman was highly encouraged by women's suffrage. Those that identified with this fashion movement were the type of women that were starting to venture out of maintaining the domestic circle and beginning to pursue higher education, office jobs, and participating in active outdoor sports. The new and improved fashions allowed for women to swing a tennis racket, whack a golf ball, but the ideas of "proper" feminine attire reduced the progress of more practical sportswear.
Tailored suits became more popular for the women that were beginning to work in white-collar jobs. Tailored suits with no frills allowed for women maintaining an office job to seem more masculine and blend into the male-dominated environment. Shortly, the number of women attending colleges increased, and the shirtwaist became popular among the average college girl. The outfit worn by the typical college girl was a skirt that was usually shorter than current fashion, and a shirtwaist, which is best described as the equivalent of jeans and a T-shirt today.<ref>[http://www.dar.org/national-society/media-center/news-releases/evolution-womens-fashion-during-progressive-era-examined Evolution of Women's Fashion During the Progressive Era Examined in DAR Museum Exhibition. (16 July 2014). Retrieved 17 April 2017]</ref><ref name="Tierney, T. 2017">Tierney, T. (2017). Appropriation, articulation and authentication in acid house: The evolution of women's fashion throughout the early years of the acid house culture. Fashion, Style, & Popular Culture, 4(2), 179. doi:10.1386/fspc.4.2.179_1</ref>
[[File:Iribe Les Robes de Paul Poiret p.15.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Paul Poiret]]'s new silhouette of 1908 was a radical departure.]]
[[File:Evelyn Nesbit.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[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 curling tendrils.]]
Unfussy, tailored clothes were worn for outdoor activities and traveling. The [[Waist (clothing)|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|tailor-mades]] or (in French) ''tailleurs''  featured ankle-length skirts with matching jackets; ladies of fashion wore them with fox furs and huge hats. Two new styles of headgear which became popular at the turn of the century were the motoring veil for driving and [[sailor hat]]s worn for tennis matches, bicycling and croquet.<ref>Fashion in History</ref>
===Rise of ''haute couture''===
{{See also|History of fashion design#1900s}}
This decade marked the full flowering of Parisian ''[[haute couture]]'' as the arbiter of styles and silhouettes for women of all classes.  Designers sent [[Model (person)|fashion model]]s or ''mannequins'' to the [[Hippodrome de Longchamp|Longchamp races]] wearing the latest styles,<ref>Laver: ''Concise History of Costume and Fashion''</ref> and fashion photographs identified the creators of individual gowns.<ref>Steele, Valerie: ''Paris Fashion: A Cultural History'', Oxford University Press, 1988, {{ISBN|0-19-504465-7}}</ref> In 1908, a new silhouette emerged from [[Callot Soeurs]], [[Madeleine Vionnet|Vionnet]] at the house of [[Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)|Doucet]], and most importantly, [[Paul Poiret]].<ref>Steele, Valerie: ''The Corset'', Yale University Press, 2001</ref> The styles were variously called ''Merveilleuse'', ''Directoire'', and ''Empire'' after the fashions of the [[1795–1820 in fashion|turn 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 different "straight line" corset. The Paris correspondent for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' described this new look as "straighter and straighter ... less bust, less hips, and more waist...how slim, how graceful, how elegant...!"<ref>Quoted in Steele, ''The Corset'', p. 146</ref>
===Hats===
[[File:NMA.0100397.jpg|thumb|upright|Broad-brimmed hat with stuffed blue bird, ca 1908.]]
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 hair were fashionable, swept up to the top of the head (if necessary, over horsehair pads called "rats") and gathered into a knot.<ref>Ashelford, Jane: ''The Art of Dress''.</ref> 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.
===Footwear===
Shoes were narrow and often emphasized. They had a pointed toe and a medium height 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 chill when riding in carriages.<ref>Payne, Blanche: History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century, Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS</ref> At the beginning of the 1900s, shoes still maintained the same design of the Victorian era. They were commonly made with seal skin or Moroccan leather. Ownership of seal skin boots was most common among people in higher social classes. Seal skin boots were known to be extremely durable and could be worn during every season. Boots made from Moroccan leather were more uncomfortable and stiff. World 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.<ref name="Tierney, T. 2017"/>
===Style gallery 1900–1906===
<gallery>
Image:Mrs Charles Russell.jpg|1 – 1900
Image:THE DELINEATORaugust1901p165.jpg|2 – 1901
Image:Spencer-sisters.jpg|3 – 1902
Image:3320JUPONtaffetas.png|4 – 1903–04
Image:Fashion Plate 1904.jpg|5 – 1904
Image:Elizabeth Drexel.jpg|6 – 1905
File:Mrs John Philip Sousa 15091v cropped.jpg|7 - {{circa|1905}}
Image:LeCostumeMI-CONFECTIONNE39fr.png|8 – 1906
Image:TheDelineatorAugust1906Summer Evening.jpg|9 – 1906
</gallery>
[[File:Women dress-1901-1911-Punch.jpg|thumb|Cartoon in ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' (1911) compares changes in fashion between 1901 and 1911. "The dowdy voluminous clothes of the earlier date, making the grandmother an old lady and the mother seem plain, had been replaced by much simpler looser wear producing a sense of release for all three females."<ref>Donald Read,
''Edwardian England 1901-15: society and politics'' (1972) pp. 257–58.</ref>]]
# [[:Image:Mrs Charles Russell.jpg|Mrs. Charles Russell]] wears a sheer patterned dress with fullness at the front waist over a soft sash.  This dress might have been called a tea gown at this time (1900).
# [[:Image:THE DELINEATORaugust1901p165.jpg|Fashion illustration]] for Summer 1901 shows sloped waistline, "pouter pigeon" front bodices, high necklines and large hats with ribbons.
# [[:Image:Spencer-sisters.jpg|Photograph of three sisters]] c. 1902 illustrates the "pouter pigeon" blouse or shirtwaist and trumpet-skirt that was a mainstay of middle-class clothing.
# [[:Image:3320JUPONtaffetas.png|Underwear]] ([[camisole]] (or, more likely, top half of combinations), corset, and trumpet-shaped petticoat) of 1903–04.
# [[:Image:Fashion Plate 1904.jpg|Fashion plate]] shows the frothy [[train (clothing)|trained]] afternoon dress descended from the tea gown, worn with an oversized hat and gloves, 1904.
# [[:Image:Elizabeth Drexel.jpg|Elizabeth Wharton Drexel]] wears an off-the-shoulder orange gown with [[long gloves]], 1905.
# [[:File:Mrs John Philip Sousa 15091v cropped.jpg|Mrs. John Philip Sousa]] wears a checked suit with elbow-length sleeves and long gloves, and carries a muff purse, c. 1905.
# [[:Image:LeCostumeMI-CONFECTIONNE39fr.png|French dress]] of 1906 is trimmed with [[embroidery]] or [[passementerie]].  The wide-brimmed hat is cocked up on one side.  Elbow-length sleeves are worn with gloves.
# [[:Image:TheDelineatorAugust1906Summer Evening.jpg|Summer]] evening fashions of 1906 have short or three-quarter-length sleeves.  Some ladies wear hats, and the gentlemen wear dinner jackets.
===Style gallery 1907–1909===
<gallery>
File:Huelga de inquilinos, Buenos Aires 1907.jpg|1 – 1907
Image:Golfing costume 1907.jpg|2 – 1907
Image:Motoring wrap 1907.jpg|3 – 1907
Image:Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) Liane de Pougy 1908 ca.jpg|4 – 1908
Image:Poiret-designs.jpg|5 – 1908
Image:Standard1908.jpg|6 – 1908
Image:The blue cup de Camp.jpg|7 – 1909
Image:Maison duPetitSantThomasParisHiver1909-1910page2.png|8 – 1909
Image:Fashion Plate 1909.jpg|9 – 1909
File:Mary_Gullick,_Zoe_Gullick,_Marjory_Gullick,_Chloe_Gullick.jpg|10 – ca 1909
</gallery>
# [[Working-class]] women during the [[Tenants' strike of 1907|Tenant's Strike]] of 1907 in [[Buenos Aires]].
# [[:Image:Golfing costume 1907.jpg|Golfing costume]] of 1907 features a tailored jacket and matching ankle-length skirt with patch pockets.
# [[:Image:Motoring wrap 1907.jpg|Motoring]] required voluminous coats or [[duster (clothing)|dusters]] to keep clothes clean and wearers warm in open automobiles.  They were worn with fashionable hats wrapped in veils, gloves, and often goggles, 1907.
# [[:Image:Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) Liane de Pougy 1908 ca.jpg|1908 portrait]] by [[Paul Helleu]] captures the fashionable combination of masses of wavy hair beneath a broad-brimmed hat.
# [[:Image:Poiret-designs.jpg|Dresses]] by [[Paul Poiret]] point the way to a new silhouette, with a high waist and narrow, ankle-length skirts, 1908.
# [[:Image:Standard1908.jpg|Newspaper insert]] of fashions for 1908 shows dresses of a more conservative cut than the latest Paris modes, but waists are higher and the figure slimmer and more erect than in the first half of the decade.
# [[:Image:The blue cup de Camp.jpg|Bib-front apron]] with pouter-pigeon cut, 1909.
# [[:Image:Maison duPetitSantThomasParisHiver1909-1910page2.png|High-fashion costume of 1909]] has a narrower silhouette.  The bodice fits closer to the body, although the waist still slopes, and the hat has a deep crown.
# [[:Image:Fashion Plate 1909.jpg|Dresses]] of 1909 show the new fitted, higher-waisted silhouette and are worn with huge hats.
# [[:File:Mary Gullick, Zoe Gullick, Marjory Gullick, Chloe Gullick.jpg|Gullick family]] ca 1909.
{{-}}
==Men's fashion==
[[Image:Anders Zorn - Hugo Reisinger.jpg|thumb|''Hugo Reisinger'' wears a dark suit with a white waistcoat and dotted necktie. He carries the fashionable [[Homburg (hat)|Homburg hat]], 1907, painting by [[Anders Zorn]], 1907]]
The long, lean, and athletic 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===
The sack coat or lounge coat continued to replace the [[frock coat]] for most informal and semi-formal occasions.  Three-piece 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 coat 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 press]].<ref>Laver, ''Concise History of Costume and Fashion''</ref>
Waistcoats fastened high on the chest.  The usual style was single-breasted.
The [[blazer]], a navy blue or brightly colored or striped [[flannel]] coat cut like a sack coat 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 similar fabric and featured paired box pleats over the chest and back, with a fabric belt.  Worn with matching [[breeches]] or (U.S. [[Knickerbockers (clothing)|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 [[Tailcoat|morning coat]] was still worn for formal day occasions in Europe and major cities elsewhere, with striped trousers.
The most formal [[White tie|evening clothes]] remained a dark tail coat and trousers with a dark or light waistcoat.  Evening wear was worn with a white bow tie and a shirt with a winged collar.  The less formal [[Black tie|dinner jacket]] or [[Black tie|tuxedo]], which featured a shawl collar with silk or satin facings, now generally had a single button. Dinner jackets were appropriate formal wear when "dressing for dinner" at home or at a men's club.  The dinner jacket was worn with a white shirt and a dark tie.
Knee-length [[Overcoat|topcoats]] and calf-length [[overcoat]]s were worn in winter.
===Shirts and neckties===
Formal dress shirt [[collar (clothing)|collars]] were turned over or pressed into "wings".  Collars were overall very tall and stiffened.  Dress shirts had stiff fronts, sometimes decorated with [[shirt stud]]s and buttoned up the back.  Striped shirts were popular for informal occasions.
The usual [[necktie]] was a narrow four-in-hand. [[Ascot tie]]s were worn with formal day dress and white [[bow tie]]s with evening dress.
===Accessories===
[[Top hat]]s remained a requirement for upper class formal wear; soft felt [[Homburg (hat)|Homburgs]] or stiff [[bowler hat]]s were worn with lounge or sack suits, and flat straw [[boater]]s were worn for casual occasions.
Shoes for men were mostly over the ankle. Toe cap, lace up boots in black, gray, or brown were the most common 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.
===Style gallery 1901−1905===
<gallery>
Image:FalatJulian.PortretAntoniegoWodzickiego.1900.ws.jpg|1 – 1900
Image:Coats Dec 1900.jpg|2 – 1900
File:1901 Sartorial Arts Journal Fashion Plate Men's Golfing Clothes.png|3 - 1901
File:George Washington Carver, ca. 1902.jpg|4 - {{circa|1902}}
Image:TRSargent.jpg|5 – 1903
Image:Montesquiou at Charvet.jpg|6 - 1903
Image:President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904.jpg|7 – 1904
Image:Frock Coat April 1904.jpg|8 – 1904
Image:Irish immigrants San Francisco.jpg|9 – 1905
</gallery>
# [[:Image:FalatJulian.PortretAntoniegoWodzickiego.1900.ws.jpg|Antoni Wodzicki]] wears a fur-collared overcoat and a Homburg, 1900.
# [[:Image:Coats Dec 1900.jpg|Fashion illustration]] of a topcoat (left, worn with a top hat and morning dress) and overcoat (right, worn with business dress and Homburg), December 1900.
# [[:File:1901 Sartorial Arts Journal Fashion Plate Men's Golfing Clothes.png|Fashion plate]] from the ''Sartorial Arts Journal'' shows a three-button suite with [[pocket|patch pockets]] (left) and a golfing costume consisting of a [[Norfolk jacket]] and [[Knickerbockers (clothing)|knickerbockers]] (right), 1901.
# [[:File:George Washington Carver, ca. 1902.jpg|Staffmembers]] of the [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]] wear coats with high front openings and contrasting trousers, many striped, c. 1902.
# [[:Image:TRSargent.jpg|Portrait]] of [[Theodore Roosevelt]] by [[John Singer Sargent]] in a formal frock coat, 1903.
# [[:Image:Montesquiou at Charvet.jpg|Caricature]] of a fitting at [[Charvet Place Vendôme|Charvet]] in 1903.
# [[:Image:President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904.jpg|Portrait]] of Theodore Roosevelt in a vividly patterned tie, light waistcoat, and dark coat, 1904.  The very short hairstyle is typical of the period.
# [[:Image:Frock Coat April 1904.jpg|Formal]] frock coat, 1904.
# [[:Image:Irish immigrants San Francisco.jpg|Two Irishmen in San Francisco]] wearing [[bowler hat]]s, 1905.
===Style gallery 1906-1909===
<gallery>
Image:Complet-Jaquette35fr1906.png|1 – 1906
File:William Randolph Hearst cph 3a49373.jpg|2 - 1906
Image:John Singer Sargent - autoportrait 1906.jpg|3 – 1907
Image:SirAndLadyLaurier.jpg|4 – 1907
File:WmHTaft.jpg|5 - {{circa|1907}}
File:ChurchillGeorge0001.jpg|6 - 1907
Image:Irish immigrants 1909.jpg|7 – 1909
</gallery>
# [[:Image:Complet-Jaquette35fr1906.png|Men's formal daywear]] consists of a cutaway morning coat, high-buttoned waistcoat, and creased fly-front trousers worn with a high-collared shirt, top hat, and gloves, 1906.
# [[:File:William Randolph Hearst cph 3a49373.jpg|Photo]] [[William Randolph Hearst]] wears a coat with a very high closure, a stiff collar, and a tie with a stickpin, 1906.
# [[:Image:John Singer Sargent - autoportrait 1906.jpg|John Singer Sargent]] wears a gray formal coat and a winged-collar shirt, 1907.
# [[:Image:SirAndLadyLaurier.jpg|Wilfrid Laurier]], the Prime Minister of Canada and his wife, 1907
# [[:File:WmHTaft.jpg|Photo]] of [[William Howard Taft]] in a three-piece suit, c. 1907.
# [[:File:ChurchillGeorge0001.jpg|British formal dress]]: [[David Lloyd George]] (left) and [[Winston Churchill]] wear frock coats and top hats, 1907.
# [[:Image:Irish immigrants 1909.jpg|Irish immigrants in Kansas City, Missouri]], 1909. The man second from the left is wearing a [[flat cap]].
{{Clear}}
==Children's fashion==
Girls' fashion for this time period imitated older women of the same period.  Girls wore dresses of knee length, with trimmings at the hem such as lace and embroidery similar to women's [[lingerie dress]]es.  Normally, black shoes or button up / lace up boots and woolen stockings went with the dress as well as [[kidskin]] or [[crochet]] gloves.  Their hair was generally worn long and curly with decorations of ribbon.  For play, bloomers and woolen jerseys were acceptable.<ref>Stevenson, Pauline. ''Edwardian Fashion''. London: Ian Allan LTD., 1980.</ref>
A new attempt was made to design garments that are more suitable for playing by designing girls' dresses with short sleeves.<ref name='fashion-era'>[http://www.fashion-era.com/index.htm "Children's Costume History 1900–1910"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502194415/http://www.fashion-era.com/index.htm |date=2 May 2008 }} Fashion-era.com. 28 April 2008</ref>
Outside, button up boots would have been worn or lace up boots also 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 cover the hands or lace gloves in the summer.
[[Bonnet (headgear)|Bonnet]]s were being replaced by hats by the end of the Victorian era so girls would have worn a hat when out.
Young boys found comfort in Russian style blouses.<ref name='fashion-era'/>
Fashionable clothing for boys included [[sailor suit]]s, consisting of a [[shirt]] with a sailor collar and trousers or knickerbockers.  For automobiling, boys wore a duster with knickerbockers, a flat cap, and goggles.<ref>''Children's Fashions, 1860–1912: 1065 Costume Designs from "[[La Mode Illustrée]]"''. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994.</ref>
<gallery>
Image:John Singer Sargent Dorothy.jpg|Even tiny girls were dressed in large hats, 1900
Image:Garçons au cerceau.jpg|Two French boys wearing knickerbockers, 1900
Image:THE DELINEATORaugust1901p207.jpg|Girls' fashions for August 1901
Image:Small boy with long hair.png|Small boy in a sailor suit, 1909
File:Olga Nikolaevna of Russia 1904.jpg|Olga Nikolaevna of Russia 1902
File:Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna in Darmstadt, Hesse.jpg|Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna, 1903
Image:School picture (I0002389).tif|School children from the [[Rainy River District]], 1900s.
</gallery>
==Working clothes==
<gallery>
File:Tablier pour hommes sans poche bavette bretonne de chef.png|Aprons, from a 1909 catalogue
File:Domestic servant ironing.jpg|Housemaid ironing, 1908
File:Woman in a kitchen (I0002363).tif|Woman in a kitchen in the [[Rainy River District]], {{circa|1905}}.
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Belle Époque]]
* [[Charvet Place Vendôme]]
* [[Dress code]]
* [[Edwardian era]]
* [[History of fashion design]]
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
==References==
* [[Janet Arnold|Arnold, Janet]]: ''Patterns of Fashion 2: 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 Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914'', Abrams, 1996. {{ISBN|0-8109-6317-5}}
* Laver, James: ''The Concise History of Costume and Fashion'', Abrams, 1979.
* Nunn, Joan: ''Fashion in Costume, 1200–2000,'' 2nd edition, A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd; Chicago: New Amsterdam Books, 2000.  (Excerpts online at [http://www.victorianweb.org The Victorian Web])
* Steele, Valerie: ''Paris Fashion: A Cultural History'', Oxford University Press, 1988, {{ISBN|0-19-504465-7}}
* Steele, Valerie: ''The Corset'', Yale University Press, 2001
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{cite web
|publisher    = [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]
|url          = http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/features/20th_century_fashion_drawing_illustration/1900s/index.html
|title        = 1900s - 20th Century Fashion Drawing and Illustration
|work         = Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories
|access-date   = 3 April 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101119095442/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/features/20th_century_fashion_drawing_illustration/1900s/index.html
|archive-date = 19 November 2010
|url-status     = dead}}
* [http://cdm16028.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15324coll12/searchterm/190*/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/nosort 1900s Fashion Plates of men, women, and children's fashion] from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/set/198/fashion_and_costume_sketch_collection_1912-1950. 1900s era Henri Bendel Fashion Sketch Collection at the Brooklyn Museum]
===Surviving clothing===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210100832/http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/selhorst/sil1900.html Lingerie dresses at Kent State University]
* [https://statenisland.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_criteria=fashion+and+%22early+twentieth+century%22&searchButton=Search 1900-1910 Fashions in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database]
{{Timeline of clothing and fashion}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1900s in Fashion}}
[[Category:1900s fashion]]
[[Category:1900s decade overviews]]