20th Century: 1910-1919

Time to move a little forward to a decade of ups and downs and fashion restrictions. From an unsinkable ship, to the “war to end all wars”.

As we enter 1910, we see a very similar silhouette as the decade before, just softer. Women didn’t have to look as defined in the “s-shape” as they did before.

We see this slight change in the more comfortable look that women had after the change of the decade.

Many designers even began to take inspiration from russet ballet, such as one thousand and one night.

Here the famous Paul Poiret started making things such as the “Harem” pantaloons and a little later the balloon pants, which only the most daring women would wear.

Sadly, as we enter 1914, war seems to take its grasp on what could be worn. Not because you couldn’t wear all your old clothes, but fabric wasn’t as easy to come by in good quality.

One very noticeable part of women’s wardrobe was the uniform, including overalls and pants. Many of them even worked in factories for the war effort.

Even thought the fashion world was hit by the war, it didn’t end, simply just slowed down. France proved that by still designing evening dresses in 1916 and 1917.

Now how would you turn this into a modern wardrobe? Well, you would take elements of this period, such as “uniform” wear and dresses of cotton or silk.

Maybe taking the military-style tunics jacket with a pair of jeans and a top to give the simplified look and still be stylish.

This post of course doesn’t seem as long as the previous, but writing about fashion during a war isn’t very easy.

That being said I’m looking forward to sharing the next decade with you all so remember to stay safe.

Kisses.