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the 1900s
The website I used for infomationIn first decade of the 1900s, the fashion that was worn would be elegant and very formal. Each women may have morning dresses, afternoon dresses, evening gowns, and simpler dresses that were not worn in special occations. Women also wore suits, with shirtwaists (blouses), and had sporting clothes for when they were more active and doing sport like skating, cycling, and tennis. The suits were coordinated jackets and long skirts, and were made by ladies’ tailors rather than by dressmakers. -
The 1910s
This website has all the infomation for the ideas that dress makers had for designsMost of the fashion was made to fit a womens everyday activities, so long elegant dresses were hard to walk in and hard to keep clean shopping and traveling. This started the idea of stoping layers in dresses and making the clothes more floaty and flexable.Furthermore people were dressing less extravagantly due to funds being put toward the war effort. -
The 1920s
Flapper girlsFashion has always been influenced by the mode of transportation, the architecture of the period, and the customs of the people, and so it was in the 1920's. In line with progress, clothing developed closer relationships with art, and an increased sense of freedom was expressed in simple yet elegant designs, with carefully selected fabrics, and an intelligent use of colour. Flapper girls were an example of this. -
The fabulous 1930s
A website with more infomationIn the 1930s, the straight chemise, so popular throughout the Twenties, they left that idea and made there dresses hug the body and it wouild ripple with movement. Also they would add extra jewlery instead of dress detail. -
The 1940s
for more infomation click hereOne of the most popular eras for reproduction and vintage wear, women's fashion in the 1940s combined style and practicality to achieve a lasting elegance. This came as a surprise to those who lived through the era and remembered it for its shortages and difficulties. Wartime fashion presented a challenge, and everyone rose to that challenge as they did the much larger global ideas. -
The 1950s
click hereIn the 1950s fashion was the most important thing for teengers. Their fashion was more built out and stylish. They started to get more hip and less like their mothers.
The hair styles of the 50s were huge and the most popular one was the beehive but most people just wore pony tails if they couldn't afford it. But in the late 1950s people started getting more money so they could afford to get it done profesionally. -
The swinging 60s
the 60sClothing styles have always mirrored the prevailing attitudes of the times and this is certainly true of fashion in the 1960s. The 1960s had the idea of denim jeans, that could be worn by both sexes. Mod, short for 'modern', refers to a youth lifestyle that emerged from London during the 1960s, and quickly spread to America, Europe and Australia. Centred around London's thriving pop music, art and fashion scene, the mod lifestyle focused on innovation and the 'new'. -
the 1970s
for more infomation click hereIn the 1970s the fashion completely changed, women would wear jeans and trousers like men. The style would change from trousers to mini or maxi skirts and some would even wear catsuits. A very popular night dress would be a halter neck dress, this was most popular and was full of style and elegance for an evning out. -
The brave 1980s
click here for more infomationIn the 1980s clothes went a bit more wild, brighter colours, bigger shoulders and people would actually wear legwarmer out in the town. That just about sums up how crazy some fashion ideas were. As more and more women were going to work there was something called power dressing.outragous hair and spicky shoes were considered "OK".Most of these ideas came from various music and films, this really changes our idea of fashion. -
the 1990s
to find out more click here In the 1990s fashion didn't really change a lot from the 1980s. Jeans, coloured tights, jean jackets and leather jackets with shoulder pads still can be worn today, well if you really wanted to. In the 1990s colour and huge structure pieces was still very bright and quite inventive. After some of the American films some of the most popular ideas were belly button piercings and jean skirts.
