Edwardian 20th Century

This time period was very short only 10 years so the fashions from the Victorian period were still present but
big changes were still a foot. This was the start of when fashions started to change every ten years.

Fabrics which were common during this time were voile, silk, linen and cotton. Bold pattern fabrics like strips became very popular which started to show as pin stripped fabric. Knife pleats, braided trimmings, stitching trim and pin tucks were all widely used for designs.

Women's fashion became more masculine because of suit cut style jackets with wide collars, reveres and lapel jackets. Double darts were often used to add more shape to the front of jackets and often sat wide off the shoulders sometimes the sleeves were cut out in the same piece as the rest of the bodice. Jackets were often cut away or very straight lined. No gathers. Loose blouses with nipped in waists were all the rage; they often had stiff high neck collars. This look kind of reminds me of a pigeon because of the corset pulling the hips back and sticking the gathered chest out. Waists were belted or pulled in with fabric in a bow to show off the tiny waist line. Sleeves started to become three quarter length mostly on blouses and often tight or to the other extreme were they were "leg-of-mutton sleeves". Sleeves on jackets and blouses often had deep cuffs which were buttoned with small pearl white buttons. The difference between day wear and night wear became very obverse. Neck-lines were  low and square and often skirts had layers and were gathered with lots of details similar to the Victorian era.  

Flare skirts with full backs were the most common cut of skirt which was made fuller with a small petticoat with a small bum roll and back ruffles. Hem lines started to rise to around the ankle. After a wile narrow hight waisted skirts with flared hems became worn thus getting rid of the bum rolls which never came back into fashion.
 
There was lots of accessories which were made popular around this time. Spotted veils worn with small hats or fixed to the hair became very fashionable for day wear. Hats with beard trim, massive over sized brim hats with decoration, large brim hats with ostrich feather trims were all the rage. Clothes were kept minimum wile there hats went big and wide brimmed. Bolero became very popular which were small shrugs to pull over the shoulder. Other fabric details included large decorative buttons, bows and decorative seams. Parasols, brooches and  tiered lace ruffle neck scarf were often seen during this time.

Movies and TVs:- Finding Neverland 2004, Titanic 1997, The Importance of Being Earnest (play), Dorian Gray 2009,  Dracula 2013, A Little Princess 1995, The House of Mirth 2000, My Fair Lady (book), The Winslow Boy 1999, Howards End 1999, The Forsyte Saga: To Let 2003,Berkeley Square 1998, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain 1995, The Railway Children 2000, Mrs Dalloway 1997


References:-
http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/edwardian-fashion-image-gallery.html
http://thats-not-victorian.tumblr.com/post/34824134342/womens-fashion-timeline-19th-and-early-20th
http://vintagefashionguild.org/fashion-timeline/
 http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/view1900.html
Beautiful reference pictures:- https://www.pinterest.com/americanduchess/edwardian-fashions-1900-19teens/
Pictures of the time:- http://www.retronaut.com/2012/06/street-fashion-in-london-and-paris-1905-1908/

History:- Chaplin, The Titanic Sunk