THE TEENS1910-1920 Issue #

The
teen
s
THE EDWARDIAN ERA 1910-1920
patented in 1914 by the

Resha American Mary Phelps

Jacobs.

The period from 1910 to ping The

1919 was dominated by
World War I, the
Great War (1914 the Hobble
1918). The suffragettes
claimed for their right
to vote, but they didnt
get it until the next
Body Skirt The general trend was to
For women, a new figure comfortability, but there
decade. People began was fashionable, with less was a notable exception.
to question the social emphasis on the breasts In 1911, the French
order, causing and hips. There was a designer Paul Poiret
revolutions in many revival of the empire created a long, narrow
countries. Also, a dress, originally made skirt. It had no space for
worldwide influenza popular in the 1800s. movement, and the
epidemic claimed Corsets were more person could take only tiny
comfortable, and were steps. Before long, the
millions more lives.
worn with long drawers. style had a nickname:
Women also wore a bust- the hobble skirt.
bodice to support the
bosom. The brassiere was
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It was very impractical,

but so fashionable until Oriental
just before the war.
Influences
Eastern-style clothes were popularby
with wealthy women early in[ the
decade, then revived after theAwar.
Kimonos, silk pajamas, baggy haremrti
pants, tunic dresses, and turbansclwere
e
made in colorful silks and brocades.
A
Fabrics had bold, exotic prints and
ut
were trimmed with tassels, feathers,
h or
fur. This was another look championed
or
by Paul Poiret but, unlike the hobble
]
skirt, it was very comfortable and
wearable. The popularity of exotic,
eastern styles was partly inspired by
the costumes of the famous Russian
ballet, or Ballets Russes. Between
1909 and 1910, the company visited
the most important cities of Europe
with their productions of Cloptre and
Schhrazade, set in the exotic
locations of Egypt and Persia.