- Bicycles gained popularity and the Victorian Era began

- Tight bodices with high necks

- Material for the wealthy and upper classes was heavy silks in solid colours.

- Men’s coats were single-breasted and semi-fitted

- A style known as Dundreary or Piccadilly whiskers became fashionable for facial hair. 

- The silhouette for women’s fashion continued to shift towards the back of the skirt.

- The style fell out of favour quickly in favour of tight-fitting silhouette 

- Men’s fashion was very similar to previous decade.

- Bow ties were increasingly replaced with neck ties and ascot 

- Tight bodices, narrow sleeves, and high necklines.

- Focus remained on the back and the bustle fell out of fashion.

- Chokers necklace and collars became fashionable accessories.

- Slim lounge suits were popular among men. 

- Economic depression, increase in crime and a rise in poverty, strikes and labour disputes

- Fashion emphasized in wide shoulder

- Masculine styles were also adopted

- Men’s style became more comfortable and less restricted.

- The emergence of fashion illustration

- Small waist, the derriere and
shoulders were thrust backward,
long neck & chin up

- Designers: Paul Poiret & Madeleine Vionnet

- The idea of stopping layers in dress began 

- Dressing less extravagantly due to funds being put towards the war
- A chemise is a classic smock, or a modern type of women's undergarment or dress

- Roaring 20’s, the era of the ‘flapper’

- Influenced by the mode of transportation and architecture period 

- Clothing were lighter and brighter 
- Paris was in a class of its
own dominating ideas of fashion

- Back to portraying a ladylike appearance 

- Film was an integral part to escape the depression
- Midi length bias-cut dresses, belted waists and large yokes or collars.

- The ‘’little black dress’’ was introduced 

-  Cheaper materials due to crashing economy 

- Reproduction and vintage wear
- Christian Dior’s new silhouette was introduced '' the new look''
- Creating the hour glass figure
- Padded-shoulders & A-lined skirts to the knee

- A split between American and Parisian 
- American = sportswear and casual ways of dressing 
- Parisian = power suits 

- Youth lifestyle that emerged from London 

- Thriving pop music, art and fashion 

- The “mini skirt” was introduced 

- Rap Music and designer sneakers
- Designers : Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren & Giorgio Armani
- Wealth and success = through shiny costume jewellery

- This era was the “disco look”
- Nightclubs (Studio54) became the place to be seen
- High unemployment caused social unrest 
- Punk began (in 1976) as a political movement