 An example of Classical attire
 1811 dance dress with empire silhouette
 An analysis of clothing pressure points (shown in red) of ca. 1800 styles vs. ca. 1830 styles, showing how the Empire silhouette contributed to making clothes of the 1795-1820 period generally less confining and cumbersome than high-fashion clothes of the rest of the 18th and 19th centuries An Empire silhouette is created by wearing a high-waisted dress, gathered near or just under the bust with a long, loose skirt, which skims the body. The outline is especially flattering to apple shapes wishing to disguise the stomach area or emphasise the bust. The shape of the dress helps to lengthen the body. The word "Empire" here refers to the period of the First French Empire. Image File history File links Goddess-Hebe-J-Moyr-Smith. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1160x2979, 206 KB) Summary Analysis by Carl Heinrich Stratz (1858-1924) of the pressure points of womens clothing styles: that is, areas where the clothing is held tight against the outline of the body, or from which the weight of...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1160x2979, 206 KB) Summary Analysis by Carl Heinrich Stratz (1858-1924) of the pressure points of womens clothing styles: that is, areas where the clothing is held tight against the outline of the body, or from which the weight of...
1811 dance dress 1811 illustration of underclothes, showing one form of Regency stays In the period 1795-1820 in European and European-influenced countries, fashionable womens clothing styles were based on the Empire silhouette — dresses were closely-fitted to the torso just under the breasts, falling loosely below. ...
The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and much of continental Europe by Napoleon I of France. ...
The original empire line was seen on women from early Greco-Roman art when loose fitting rectangular tunics known as "Peplos" or the more common "Chiton" were belted under the bust, providing support for women and a cool, comfortable outfit suitable for the warm climate.
The last few years of the 1700’s first saw the Empire dress coming into fashion in Western and Central Europe (and European-influenced areas), and it evolved through the Napoleonic era until the early 1820's, after which the hourglass Victorian styles became more popular. The style was often worn in white to denote a high social status (especially in its earlier years); only women solidly belonging to what in England was known as the "genteel" classes could afford to wear the pale, easily soiled garments of the era. Josephine Bonaparte was one of the traditional trend-setters or figureheads for the Empire waistline, with her elaborate, skilfully-decorated Empire line dresses. The complete and drastic contrast between 1790's styles (especially those of the second half of the decade) and the constricting and voluminous styles of the 1770's (with a rigid cylindrical torso above panniers) is probably partially due to the French political upheavals after 1789 (though there is not usually any very simple or direct correlation between political events and fashion changes). English women's styles (often referred to as "regency") followed along the same general trend of raised waistlines as French styles, even when the countries were at war. 1823 ball gown 1826 fashion plate, Vienna During the 1820s in European and European-influenced countries, fashionable womens clothing styles transitioned away from the classically-influenced Empire/Regency styles of ca. ...
Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress Joséphine Joséphine de Beauharnais (June 23, 1763 - May 29, 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and became Empress of France. ...
Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Caldwater and their Daughter Anne by Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia, 1772 Fashion in the period 1750-1795 in European and European-influenced countries reached (literal) heights of fantasy and abundant ornamentation, especially among the aristocracy of France, before a long-simmering movement toward simplicity...
Marie Antoinette in a gown of 1779 worn over extremely wide panniers. ...
The English Regency, or simply the Regency, is a name given to the period from 1811 to 1820 in the history of England. ...
The United States detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. ...
The 1960's saw a revival of the Empire silhouette, possibly reflecting the less strict social mores of the era (similar to when the unconstricting 1920's "flapper" styles replaced the heavy corsetry of the early 1900’s). The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a new breed of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered decent behavior. ...
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