Fashion from the 1900-1910

                                                                                'S-Curve'

From 1900-1909 the fashionable lady at this time was to be a confident woman with a low full chest and curvy hips. With the new 'Edwardian corset' also known as the 'S-Curve' or 'health corset'  was to help of the appearance of the 'hourglass figure' and enhance the curves of a woman which was in fashion at the time. The 'health corset' helped with eliminating the pressure from the abdominal. Dresses were to floor length with sleeves increasing in size but slimming out towards the elbow, however towards 1909 this dresses appear to rise and approach to ankle height.

LibertyLiberty is a large department store in London which was founded in 1875 and was named after the owner (Aurthur Lasenby Liberty), it was opened to have the appeal of an American feel to the store. It became one of the fashionable places to shop and was well known for it great clothing and furniture. It was known for the respected woman to shop at with all there for her to shop for, to this day in age it is still a well known place to shop at with all different types people shopping there.





'Haute Couture'

Early 1900's was the rise of the 'Haute Couture' which means “high sewing” in French and implies the highest levels of quality and detail in clothing manufacturing.  The  garments are custom- designed and hand-sewn for individual people with a rather high price to pay.  To qualify as true couture, a garment must be manufactured by one of 11 registered Paris couture houses, this became a high rise in Paris.Women of the upper classes used these deigns and was used for the rest of the Western fashion world. These designs were shown at horse races, and Vogue took on the job of telling the public about what was going on, who was going where, and what was being worn.