1917 Cleopatra
Daniel Pinna While this is movie star Theda Bera's costume, it shows all the influences of 1910's fashion
High fashion, 1919
AncientFaces High fashion evening dress in 1919. Just lovely.
1916 "Marching Costume"
AncientFaces This 1916 suffragette wouldn't wear a hobble skirt - she wore pants under a skirt (scandalous!) so she could freely march for women's rights.
Vogue cover, 1917
AncientFaces This is Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, great-aunt of Anderson Cooper, on the cover of Vogue.
1918 flowing dress
William Fox This dress follows more closely the lines of a woman's figure, a feature of late 1910's dresses.
Bathing fashion 1918
Kathy Pinna Mack Sennet's "Bathing Beauties" in 1918 "skimpy" bathing suit fashion!
Sunday drive, 1911
Tom Jacobs What can we say? They're just what we think of when we think of the 1910's.
1910
William Fox This skirt and blouse still show the influence of the 1900's.
What do you think?
To us, these dresses (and the uniforms) show all of the style elements of late 1910's street fashion.
Kid's have fashion sense, too
This 1919 photo of a 3 year old shows the uniform influence of World War 1.
Paul Poiret fashion, 1914
Kathy Pinna Paul Poiret was the "Chanel" of the 1910's - when Coco Chanel was just starting. Menswear look, before "Annie Hall".
The importance of a stylish coat
Jackie Wilson In the 1910's, coats became an important fashion statement - such as this coat in 1915.
The "Peter Thomson dress"
David Maxwell The Middy, or sailor dress, popularized by tailor Peter Thomson in the early 1900's. This 1917 dress is a variation of that sailor dress.
1915 wedding photo
Jack Ciaccia Every decade has it's beautiful wedding photo and this is one of them from 1915.
Another Poiret creation
AncientFaces Another creation by Paul Poiret in 1914.
1919 Spain
So ladylike - and typical of the late 1900's, muted and not wild.
Getting shorter! 1918
Samantha Davis Moving towards the 1920's, when hems were short, the 1910's began with just a glimpse of an ankle.
A pair of real dolls
These 6 yr olds in 1910 Spain are little trendsetters.
1919 blouse and skirt
Barrett Young See? Styles (and hems) were all over the place - depending on personal choice and geographical location.
High School graduation, 1912
Jan Doss Look closely, the lace on this dress is so lovely!
1913 Ermine
Kathy Pinna While it isn't popular now, real fur was worn a lot in the teens. This model is wearing ermine.
Teenage fashion
Barrett Young Sure, it's a confirmation photo of this 14 yr old but the style is typical of 1910 teenage fashion - only the fabric is fancier.
Finishing school middy's
This 1913 photo of girls at finishing school shows the variations of the "middy blouse" fashion.
Lovely outfit on a tractor?
Susan Pombrio Perhaps the tractor adds atmosphere but this typical (above the ankle!) 1916 dress and hat stand out on their!
1916 wedding
Barrett Young The dress, the shoes - but most especially the headdress and veil!
"Mom wear" 1915
Jan Doss We can't imagine running after a toddle in this dress!
Oh wow!
This Finnish woman in 1910 is wearing the most beautifully detailed top!
Lots of ruffle, lots of lace
Cathie Allen In 1916 Ireland, this 17 yr old has great fashion sense.
Ringlets and middy
Jamie Stone Somehow, this reminds us of Mary Pickford.
Hobble skirt, 1919
AncientFaces They hobble horses, don't they? How did you get in the high cars of those days in this skirt???
Just had to include this!
Kathy Pinna Usually dated around 1915, this costume could fit in almost any decade of the first half of the 20th century. Just plain fun!
