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Begginings of 1900's
In the 1900's it was rare that women showed off their legs. It wasn't deemed acceptable for women to wear revealing clothes. As a result of this, footwear and stockings were not as popular. Clothes and shows that were worn during that time included darker colours, highlighted silk bows and small buckles. Women wore a moderately high heel and pointed toes, with long, narrow skirts, which came into style after the Civil War. -
Fashion in 20's
A radical change came about in fashion. Corsets were abandoned and women borrowed their clothes from the male wardrobe and chose to dress like boys. Although, at first, many couturiers were reluctant to adopt the new androgynous style, they embraced them wholeheartedly from around 1925. A bustless, waistless silhouette emerged and aggressive dressing-down was mitigated by feather boas, embroidery, and showy accessories. -
Fashion in 40's
World War II had a big influence on women's fashion, seeing as cheaper materials were used and bought rather than expensive ones due to the crashing economy. Materials such as leather were less common in shoes and wooden heavy soles or wedge heels became popular. Items that were non-rationed included ribbons, clogs, suspenders and mending wool. To keep the creative style alive in fashion, women started painting their footwear with bright colours and decorating them with studs or little shells. -
50's
In the 1950's fashion became glamorous, women wore skirts that included the complete ensemble of petticoats, fancy suits and swoop-line empire dresses. As for footwear, stilettos and Italian shoes became popular. The beehive hairdo had become quite the rage alone with seamless stockings. -
60's
During the 1960's the "mini skirt" was introduced, skirts became shorter and stockings were abandoned while pantyhose got more attention. Short dresses were accompanied by flat boots. The 60's was mainly known for its psychedelic fabrics prints, the pill box hat, chunky shoes with gold/silver buckles and denim jeans. -
70's
The 70's was made up of bell-bottoms, mini skirts, platform shoes and an overall hippie look. Flared jeans were very popular and were worn by both men and women. This was the age of the "disco look". Platform shoes, about 2-4 inches thick were also worn by both men and women. -
80's
In the 80's, it was claimed that the fashion "depicted people who were trying to find themselves". This era of fashion was very creative, natural and displayed individuality. Layers of clothing were worn by women accompanied by short hair cuts. Some aspects of the 80's style has returned in the present day fashion, proving that it was quite fashionable. -
90's
Some of the 90's fashion was inspired by the British culture and included clothing items such as ponchos, capri pants, hoodies, cut-off denim shorts and bootcut jeans. It had a theme of grunge and flannel shirts and "mom jeans" were very popular. Accessories such as scrunchies were worn by women. -
2000's
In the early 2000's, halter neck tops, ripped jeans, low-waisted bottoms, slightly flared jeans and striped turtle neck sweaters were in style. Outfits consisted of women wearing dresses on jeans and layering tank tops as a shirt. Low-waisted bottoms included skirts, shorts and jeans. A trend that was only popular doing this time would have been using neck ties as a belt. They were often worn with jeans. -
Period: to
2010 to actually
Today's fashion has no specfiic style to it. It is just a mix of different and past styles and people wearing what they find suits them the best. Although there aren't an specific patterns throughout the century, it is seen that fashion is affected by politics, by globalization, individuality and creativity.
