1900-1910

 

In the Victorian era, queen victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, a whole new style of clothing developed and continued even after Queen victoria left the thrown in 1912. In Victorian times one of the main influences in fashion was to focus on a curvy figure. The monarchs were a huge influence when It came to fashion and were what everyone aspired to wear. In the Victorian era the s-shaped silhouette was very popular and most upper class and people who could afford that type of clothing wore it. The exaggerated structure of certain Victorian dress elements and shape was part of an effort by designers to emphasize the popular silhouette of the moment.

 

 

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes from about 1760 to between 1820 and 1840. The transition went from using hand production to produce garments to machines and production methods such as chemical manufacturing, improvement of machine tools, iron production  and water power . The first industrial revolution was all based around water as this powered most of the machinery and did most of the work in the different processes. The second industrial revolution was also known as the Technological Revolution, was a larger stage of the Industrial Revolution, between 1840 and 1860 until World War I throughout the 1900’s . Unlike the first industrial revolution this was developed as powering all machinery and processes by electric which changed the whole way in which garments were produced and made. This made garments eaiser to make and therefore could produce more of products quicker and allowed designs to be made more detailed and intricute.