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2. Evening gown - Wikipedia

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   Rich silk weaves, such as satin, taffeta, and velvet created luxurious gowns. In the 18th century, formal dress started as the mantua, but later developed into the elaborate sack-back gown. The farthingale, popular during the 16th/17th centuries, evolved into the pannier to give dresses and skirts extra volume and the desired court silhouette.

3. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Newspaper advertisement for women's dresses, Paris Dress Shoppe, Allentown PA, 1930. Summer fashion, 1930. Woman's dress, 1931. A collection of swimwear, Ladies Home Journal, 1932. Dutch actress Cissy van Bennekom and model Eva Waldschmidt, 1932. Workers leaving the factory, Buenos Aires, 1933. Models wearing evening dresses by Jeanne Lanvin, 1933.

4. 1920s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The fashion for women was all about letting loose. Women wore dresses all day, every day. Day dresses had a drop waist, which was a belt around the low waist or hip and a skirt that hung anywhere from the ankle on up to the knee, never above. Daywear had sleeves (long to mid-bicep) and a skirt that was straight, pleated, hank hem, or tiered.

5. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   1844 fashion plate depicting fashionable clothing for men and women, including illustrations of a glove and bonnets Illustration depicting fashions throughout the 19th century Victorian fashion consists of the various fashions and trends in British culture that emerged and developed in the United Kingdom and the British Empire throughout the ...

6. 1960s in fashion - Wikipedia

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   Simple, geometric dresses, known as shifts, were also in style. For evening wear, full-skirted evening dresses were worn; these often had low necklines or boat-necklines and close-fitting waists. For casual wear, capri trousers were the fashion for women and girls. [citation needed]

7. 1900s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   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. Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s.