The early decades of the twentieth century saw a growing emancipation in the lives of women; they were more independent, athletic, and mobile. Fashion reflected these changes in society and by 1907 many Parisian couturiers were presenting silhouettes that were very

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to see their current exhibition, John William Waterhouse: Garden of Enchantement. Not only is an exhibition like this a unique experience (it has been since the

The following article, "Fashion History of the Asethetic Dress Movement," was written by Pauline Weston Thomas for www.fashion-era.com. In the mid-Victorian era 1870-1880 a group of talented artists, poets, writers and some actors were known as the Aesthetes. The painter and designer