I have loved dolls, history, and the Victorian Era since I was little and can credit my grandmother for that. As a young girl she gave me a Godey’s Fashion print for August 1870 from my great, great Aunt Flossie. I was captivated by the dresses and became hooked. I just love to research everything and anything about the Victorian Era. I also love to design Victorian dolls. I hope you enjoy my Victorian Dolls, Victorian Traditions,The Victorian Era, and Me blog.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Historical Fashion Periods Timeline

Yesterday I posted an article entitled "A Wonderful Moseying At The MET!" concerning my preliminary research on the historical fashion periods and what I had learned.  Since I tend to like everything nice and neat and totally organized I decided the best way for me to try and understand the different fashion periods was to create a time line that I could update, change, and add to from time to time.

So, I created the following timeline that I've added to the sidebar of my Victorian Dolls, Victorian Traditions, The Victorian Era and Me Blog .  This timeline is really for me to help me understand what periods the fashions I like might fall into when I see different styles.  I am far from and will never claim to be any kind of an expert on historical fashion periods.  My timeline is being included in my sidebar as a personal reference tool for me. Something I can learn from, something I can update, something changeable if incorrect, and something I can update from time to time.

HISTORICAL FASHION PERIODS

  • 0476 A.D. - 1150 Dark Ages
  • 1150 - 1485 Medieval, Gothic, Middle Ages
  • 1485 - 1550 Renaissance
  • 1558 - 1603 Elizabethean/Jacobean
  • 1620 - 1660 Cavalier (Early Baroque)
  • 1660 - 1715 Baroque Restoration - The Golden Age - Louis XIV
  • 1715 - 1775 Rococo
  • 1769 - 1821 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1775 - 1795 NeoClassical
  • 1790 - 1795 Revolution
  • 1795 - 1815 Directorie/Empire
  • 1800 - 1803 Classical Greek Dress
  • 1800 - 1820 Regency Fashion
  • 1800 - 1837 Georgian Era
  • 1804 - 1807 Etruscan and Egyptian Ornament
  • 1815 - 1848 Romantic
  • 1837 - 1860 Early Victorian - Charles Worth Era
  • 1837 - 1901 Victorian Era
  • 1848 - 1870 Victorian Crinoline
  • 1860 - 1882 Victorian First Bustle Era
  • 1870 - 1890 Victorian Bustle
  • 1870 to 1914 Fun De Siecle, Art Nouveau Movement
  • 1883 - 1901 Late Victorian - Second Bustle Era, Gibson Girls, Naughty Nineties
  • 1890 - 1913 Edwardian
  • 1895 - 1914 La Belle Epogue, Lost Golden Age
  • 1914 - 1918 WWI
  • 1920 - 1930 Art Deco and Roaring Twenties
  • 1930 - 1940 Golden Age of Hollywood - Rise of Chanel, Stylish Thirties
  • 1930 - 1950 Hollywood Glamour Girls
  • 1939 - 1945 WWII
  • 1940 - 1960 Dior Revolution. The New Look Era, Hourglass Silhouette
  • 1945 - 2000 Ready To Wear Fashion or Pret-a-Porter
  • 1950 - 1960 Rock N Roll Era
  • 1960 - 1975 Hippies, Flower Power, Baby Boom Generation, Op Art
  • 1975 - 1980 Mini skirts, Twiggy, Disco Fever
  • 1980 - 1990 New Romantics, Power Dressing, Yuppies,
  • 1985 - 2000 Grunge, Deconstructionism, Minimalism, Purism, Bo Ho Hippy