Edwardian Street Fashion

[osprey_archer]

Best link EVER, you guys! Edwardian Street Fashion: candid photos, over one hundred years old, of women on the streets of London and Paris; a rare chance to see clothes of the period as-worn rather than in fashion plates.

(Not that I don't love Victorian and Edwardian fashion plates.)

I'm particularly fond of the London cyclist with the gigantic hat. Also the determined-looking girl at the top of the page, wearing a white skirt and hat like an extra-wide boater. Look at the set of her mouth and her clenched hands: doesn't she look like she ought to be the heroine of something?

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So many clothes! They are beautiful (and even in everyday where, very fashion-plate-ish), but I'm glad I live in an era where I can wear just two layers (underpants-bra, and then what goes on top) in summertime.

The one with the bike was particularly fetching!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes; so much simpler nowadays!

I wonder what people will think, looking back at our clothes a hundred years in the future.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

My goodness - how DID she cycle in that hat? :-o

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to go with "magic." Or possible lots of hatpins.

[anait.livejournal.com]

Hee! Edward Linley Sambourne: The Sartorialist c. 1900!

I liked the handball player in mid air and the fierce woman in plaid.

That was fun! :D

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Yes, the handball player! Action shots are always fun. It's hard to imagine playing anything with such masses of clothes.