Early 1900 Research Paper

How to dress your best in the early 1900’s

By TiaD. Harris

Introduction to the 1900’s

In the year 1900, America was just entering a brand new century! During this moment in time, people called it “an age of confidence!” Mostly because most Americans believed that new ways of traveling, communicating, and manufacturing were good for the county and they were! They were for sure this would make everyone’s lives better! But that wasn’t all true. Most poor people had a harder time getting along (making money) with new inventions “making life easier”

One of the biggest inventions in the early 1900’s was the factory. They could make/build things much faster than 1 person could do alone. Most of the people working inside them
Social rituals, especially the custom of formal visiting, dictated the use of each of these dresses, or gowns, as the fancier garments were called. Women also wore suits, with shirtwaists (blouses), and had sporting clothes for their more active pursuits like skating, cycling, and tennis. The suits were coordinated jackets and long skirts, and were made by ladies’ tailors rather than by dressmakers. Shops like A. & L. Tirocchi often made the blouses or waists, as they were known in
So they would even play field hockey in their dresses and boots (and WOW that corset must have hurt)! When ladies went swimming, their bathing suit was almost like today’s knee-length dresses with leggings. When fashionable ladies to the beach to go swimming, there wasn’t much swimming at all! When the ladies went swimming, their bathing suits became so heavy, that they would float away if they didn’t hold on to a rope! In 1904, just about everyone was biking. So many people were into this sport, that it even created a new fashion [the split skirt]! In the skirt, female bikers were able to move their legs more freely. But, it showed a shocking bit of a lady’s “suited and booted” ankle!

Basic Fashion for Men

The 1900's were known as the Edwardian era after Queen Victoria's successor, King Edward VII. It was considered a time of great change. 1900's fashion was dictated by time of day and followed a general rule of morning coats till noon, lounge suits until 6 o' clock, then evening clothes depending on the specific occasion. Men wore different coats at different times of the day and for different events.
Men also wore trousers that were shorter in length than in past years. Trousers had cuffs and were creased in the front and back. They were tighter fitting and tailored unlike the pants of the Victorian