1900-1909

"In the book, The Perfect Lady, Willet C. Cunnington describes the period from 1900 to 1910 as the “reign of lingerie,” and indeed fashion magazines in these years, and especially in summer months, show many examples and variations of the so-called “lingerie dress”- a style of dress adorned with embroidery, lace, pin tucks, ruffles and ribbons which was inspired by the chemise gown, as part of an eighteenth- century revival."-By:Keren Ben-Horin

In the 1900-1910, women mainly wore lingerie dresses which were long dresses with laces, ruffles and ribbons.  This style somewhat remained the same throughout the 20th century but women changes the waists and sleeves to bring in there own taste.

ORIGIN: The period of 1900-1910 was named after Queen Victoria and the beginning of the Edwardian era.  Some French people referred to this age as the "Beautiful Age". As the Victorian age started to end, the dresses started to reform. Paul Poiret, a fashion designer from Paris developed new ideas for dresses. Th dresses started becoming tighter on the hips and they no longer needed to be puffy from the chest. The dresses were high collared with long sleeves and had a tuxedo on top. The dresses were long and had laces and buttons.

                                                                  

PURPOSE: These dresses were mainly made for women to wear at ceremonies and at parties. Women wore them everywhere they went. These dresses were made because of the Victorian age which was the fashion age .

VALUE: These types of changes in dresses showed a lot about the attitudes and lifestyles of women and the huge impact of the war on many people. Many people developed personal identity and how they would socialize. These different types of dressed told a little bit about the time period. The time period was an age of elegance. 

LIMITATIONS: Although these different designs of dresses showed how many people were like and how they acted, it doesn't tell us a lot about the time period. This piece doesn't show if people were into wearing these puffy types of dresses.