The edwardian era

Last week's photo of the day theme was evening wear. With prom season right around the corner and so many winter balls and galas taking place, it is the perfect time to look at the most glamorous of all vintage evening gowns and dresses. We can't forget the gentlemen, too, who always look so fine

~ EDWARDIAN DRESS ~ On this page you’ll find fifteen charming images in color and black and white illustrating Edwardian Dress. The Edwardian era, which lasted from 1901 to 1910, was a time of great change and progress in the world.

The 1900s, known as both the Edwardian era and La Belle Époque was a beautiful era for dresses. The invention of the "health corset," later called the S-blend corset, altered the shape of women's 1900s dresses from flat and vertical to curvy. The bust was thrust forward, the back curved inward, and the hips rounded.

Fashions people wear are indicators of their times, which can be invaluable to your genealogy research! Here are sites that can help you put your aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents on the right branches of your family tree.

Edwardian tips on how to be be graceful and why you should exercise to become more graceful.

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As I discussed in my Everyday Edwardian overview, the best way to bring a bit of Edwardian style into your day-to-day life is best to take your cues from a current Edwardian-era drama. In this case, it’s the first two … Continue reading →

Fashion in the period from 1900 to 1909 in the Western world continued the long elegant lines of the 1890s. Tall, stiff collars characteri...

PhotoSeed, a privately owned photographic archive whose mission statement is Bringing to Light the Growth and Artistic Vision of 19th & 20th Century Photography, is a comprehensive resource examining all aspects of artistic photography from this era.

In the Spring of 1908, three women walked onto the Longchamp racecourse in Paris and jaws dropped. The elite society event was known for debuting the latest couture creations to the public, but no one had seen fashion quite like this before. Dressed in blue, white and havane brown creations, accordi

The Edwardian era saw the rise of ready-to-wear clothes, was the height of the Belle Époque, and saw the influence on fashion of the suffragettes and dress reform reach its conclusion. As the Edwar…

Edwardian fashion was characterized by the new S-bend corset and pouter pigeon shape. It was an era of luxury with elegant dresses and expensive fabrics.

‘Today […] men and women […] ride from the first day of spring to the last privileged days of frosty winter. They ride from morning to high noon, and their lanterned wheels purr by with the gleam of a cat’s eye through the dark.’ (The Out Of Door Library: Athletic Sports, 1897) A couple of … Continue reading Edwardian Bicycle Costume →

The previous century had produced crinolines, bustles, polonaises, dolmans, abundant frills and furbelow's of every description; but the new...