1900s in Western fashion
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Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s. Tall, stiff collars characterized the period, as did women's broad hats and full "G
Fashionable Londoners in front of Harrods, 1909. The trailing skirts which were very tight showing skin and broad-brimmed hats of mid-decade narrower dresses and hats with deep crowns. Men wear top hats with formal morning dress or bowlers with lounge suits.
Young women adopted the tall, stiff collars and narrow neckties worn by men (advertisement for Arrow shirt collars)
John Singer Sargent's portrait of Miss Eden shows a fashionable full breast, low neckline, and mass of hair, 1905.
Paul Poiret's new silhouette of 1908 was a radical departure.
Blouse
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A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment, mainly worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children. It is typically gathered at the waist or hips so that it hangs loosely over the wearer's body
A modern striped bow tie neck blouse and a navy blue mini skirt
A camisole being used as a blouse
A man and woman wearing poet shirts—a unisex blouse, inspired by Romanticism and worn by fashionable people such as the English poet, Lord Byron
The Seinfeld "puffy shirt", worn by Jerry Seinfeld, is an example of a poet shirt blouse.