1950s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1950–1959 The 1950s marked a shift from the restrained practicality of the war years toward a more polished, prosperous and increasingly varied approach to menswear.
1940s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1940–1949 The 1940s were a decade of dramatic change, and men’s fashion reflected both the restrictions of wartime and the renewed optimism that followed.
1930s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1930–1939 The 1930s brought a return to a stronger, more structured masculine silhouette. Jackets became broader through the shoulders, waists were more defined, and trousers were cut high and full, creating the elegant proportions associated with the decade.
1920s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1920–1929. A year-by-year timeline of men’s style during a decade shaped by postwar change, modern leisure, and the growing influence of youth culture.
1910s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1910–1919. A year-by-year timeline of men’s style during a decade shaped by elegance, modern life, and the First World War.
Punk fashion
Punk is often explained through ideology, music, political slogans, or debates about who is a “real punk” and who is simply copying the look.
Golf Fashion: Men’s and Women’s Styles
The exact origins of golf are unknown. One of the early documented references appears in a decree from 1360, in which the magistrates of Brussels prohibited the game of colven within the city walls.
Ice Skating wear
Ice skating was already known in Europe during the Middle Ages: written sources from the 12th–14th centuries mention movement and leisure on ice.
The Flapper’s Leg Allure
In the 1910s, women’s skirts became shorter, and by the 1920s the sight of bare female legs no longer surprised anyone.
Black wedding dress
A bride in a black dress is not a scene from a horror movie or a Gothic novel with ghosts, but a completely ordinary — even traditional — outfit for brides in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century.
Top hat
The Top Hat (also known as a “high hat” or simply a “cylinder” in many languages) is a type of hat that became popular from the late 18th century to the first quarter of the 20th century.
Women’s Fencing outfit
In the last quarter of the 19th century, the number of people taking up sports began to grow noticeably – especially among women.
Drawers
Drawers, Pantalettes or Pantaloons – women’s underwear, underpants. We had a separate post about men’s underpants “Braies”. Before the 19th century, women did not have underpants.
1990s fashion
1990s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s, hairstyles, underwear, wedding, makeup, sportswear and swimsuits.
Motoring fashion
When the first cars appeared, women’s auto fashion (also called driving fashion, car fashion, or motoring fashion) was a kind of sportswear.
Curvy Fashion
Curvy Fashion or as it was often written before for “stout women” appears in the 1910s, when corsets went out of fashion.
Harem pants
Harem pants or Sultan skirt (fr. Jupe-sultane, Jupe-Pantalon) are a type of Jupe-culotte introduced into fashion by the French designer Paul Poiret in 1911.
20th century fashion. Timeline
Briefly about women’s and men’s fashion of the 20th century. Timeline.
Greaser
Greasers (from “grease” also “brilliantine”) are a youth subculture that emerged in the late 1940s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States.
Chemisette
A chemisette is an accessory that imitates a chemise (shirt). Chemisettes are worn to fill in the front and neckline of a garment.
Negligee
Negligee (from the French négligé – “neglected”; also déshabillé – “naked”) is a type of nightwear, usually a robe, worn over a nightgown or pajamas.
Voilette
Voilette is an accessory, headpiece or part of a headdress made of tulle, lace or fine mesh. Voilette is a reduced variation of the veil, it does not serve any function, only decorative.
Beret
A beret (fr. Béret; de. Barett ) is a soft, round headdress without a brim. It is usually made of felt, but it can also be made of velvet or silk, or it can be knitted.
Autoped
Autoped is the first motorized scooter named after the company that registered the patent. The Autoped company produced from 1913 to 1921 in the USA;
Sportswear 1890s – 1930s. Bicycle.
Briefly about sportswear for cycling. In 1817, Laufmaschine appeared – the progenitor of the bicycle. In the 1820s, women began riding them.
Robe de Style
The robe de style was a fashionable dress design of the 1920s, characterized by a voluminous skirt that distinguished it from the then-popular straight, rectangular silhouette.
Mules
Mules are shoes without a back, with heels and a closed toe. These are classic mules. But you can also find mules with an open toe and without a heel.
20th century makeup
The history of makeup is as old as this world. Many books have been written about this. Therefore, we will briefly talk about the 20th century.
1980s of fashion
1980s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s, hairstyles, underwear, wedding, sportswear and swimsuits.
Jodhpur and Breeches
Jodhpur pants (or trousers) and Riding Breeches are two types of pants that are similar in silhouette. Main feature: very wide, loose-fitting trousers in the hips and narrow from the knee down.
Archery fashion
Archery is one of the few sports available to women since ancient times. Archery does not require a lot of activity, so women could shoot with a bow and keep decorum in their clothes.
Painted knees and rolled down stockings
Flappers, as fashion-forward young women of the Roaring Twenties were called, were very bold in their style choices. We have a separate post about them.
Overalls
Overalls (fr. Salopette; de. Latzhose; es. Overol; it. Salopette; pl. Ogrodniczki; ru. Комбинезон; pt. Jardineira; nl. Tuinbroek) are a type of garment that combines pants and a top.
Sunglasses
Sunglasses are an accessory that protects your eyes from the bright rays of the sun. The history of sunglasses goes back thousands of years, but it was not a fashion accessory, but a necessity.
Maternity corset
The Maternity corset – it’s called of corsets for pregnant and nursing women. Most often it is a two-in-one corset. It differs from the usual corset –
The Bat
The fancy-dress Bat became popular after the creation of the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874) by Johann Strauss II. In the operetta, the Bat costume is worn by a man, but ladies soon became very fond of this “animal”.
Bowler hat
The bowler hat — also known as the derby in the United States, Melone in German, chapeau melon in French, bombetta in Italian, and bolhoed in Dutch — is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown and a narrow, rounded brim.