1900’s in fashion for women. Learn the history of the authentic Edwardian fashion look. The trends, dresses, corsets, makeup, hairstyles, and where to buy.
As the 20th century dawned and the Edwardian age began, fashion belonged only to the privileged few.
The Paris couturiers catered only for wealthy society ladies in their frills and corsets. It was La Belle Epoch, the beautiful age. It would see the advance of modernism, and the culmination during WW1 of the fight for women’s suffrage and emancipation.
This was echoed by the styles featured here in these historical posts.
Read the history of Edwardian style, featured in period films and television dramas such as A Room with a View, Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs. Get inspiration for your Edwardian costume, boots, tea dress.
Time travel back nearly 120 years to a street corner in the New York 1900 era. Filmed on a windy day in October 1903 at the foot of the Flatiron building. Filmed on a windy October day in 1903 at the foot of the Flatiron building on Broadway / 23rd street NYC, this silent film …
Time travel back 120 years for a Sunday stroll in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris circa 1900 to 1905.It was a popular meeting place and promenade route for fashionable Parisians of all classes. Now through AI deep learning techniques, we can get a better glimpse of a forgotten era. A Walk in the Park …
Women’s football match filmed in England in 1918. Brought to life with AI deep learning techniques. In Color and with Sound. During WW1, the phenomenon of ladies football took off in leaps and bounds. Male players being notably absent.Munition workers, dubbed ‘munitionettes‘ formed dozens of teams and began competing to large crowds of spectators. It …
An edit of a 1907 Alice Guy Blaché film “The Irresistible Piano“. AI enhanced to produce possibly the oldest ever music video Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer film director and one of the few women working in the movies, Her story begins in 1885, after she attended an early Lumiere film presentation. Alice was a …
AI enhanced edits of some of the earliest footage of Japanese Geisha and Maiko entertainers. From the Meiji era, circa 1900 Japanese Geisha and Maiko Video in 1900 Many Japanese women wore the traditional Kimono, Obi or Furisode. This film clearly shows entertainers dancing to the accompaniment of two Shamisen players.The dangling Kanzashi on the …
Belle Époque Paris of 1900. Lumiere brothers film brought back to spellbinding life using AI deep learning. The Exposition Universelle 1900 was held from May to November in Paris and the optimism of a new century can be seen in all the faces of these people, now long departed. Belle Époque Parisiens of 1900 This …
AI restored 1906 film of a group of Edwardian college girls on a manic sleigh ride through the winter snows of Gloversville NY. Now with sound, 60 fps motion interpolation and AI upscaling to 4k, you can join in the madness of these young women laughing and screaming their way through a winter sleigh ride …
At the height of the World War 1. is this mesmeric little feature depicting Paris fashion in 1917, depicting a parallel universe of feminine grace. Restored using AI deep learning and neural networks technology. Paris Fashion 1917 – AI Enhanced film As a historical time capsule, we see the commonly worn fox fur stoles, in …
54 years before Marilyn Monroe‘s white dress moment in the Seven Year Itch, there was Florence Georgie! Here is the 1901 film, enhanced with AI neural networks, which inspired that iconic scene. Enhanced using AI neural networks,“What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York” starred actress Florence Georgie and actor A.C. Abadie. The original print was …
Brought to life using AI 4K upscaling and 60 fps frame interpolation, a 1904 film of the Edwardian era Gibson Girl. punching time sheets. Interpolated from original 15 fps to 60 fps, for added depth awareness, up-scaled to 4 K, and finally colorized using AI algorithms. We also added an ambient soundtrack. Filmed at Westinghouse …