My Favorite era for Lady's Fashions. I love the Gibson Girl look. A favorite craft I have is taking dolls and crocheting beautiful dresses and wide brim hats with lace, and flower trims. My Great Grandma was married in the Edwardian Era, and her wedding photo was so pretty as She was petite and had an hour glass figure, just perfect for the Gibson Girl look. She's attired in her wide brim hat, with lace parasol in hand. Just lovely!
This dress reminds me of Monet's "Lady with a Parasol". Absolutely gorgeous. I applaud you for putting in the research and the patience for making these dresses and demonstrations.
LOVE This!! Beautifully presented.. and i truly LOVE that you show that not only do you NOT have to have a maid to get dressed (most real women didnt) but that you can wear a properly made/fitted corset WITHOUT tight lacing.. and that you can lace yourself- you show how easily most women can move around With it on.. love that.. love that love that.. - thank you.. only thing missing in this one was the cat photobomb lol!!
I love history and period dress. You make the dressing look so much easier than I thought it would be. You look so authentic and lovely! Really enjoy your videos.😊
Thank you for showing us! I love the dress, so much silk and ruffles - like a doll :) It's very interesting how much layers of fabric women wore just a hundred years ago. I mean compared to the many centuries of tons of fabrics before. From that point of view, the revolution of woman's wear isn't that far away... I wonder what will be fashionable in a two hundred years from now :D
I love the dresses from this period. Perhaps not all of the layers, but you have to appreciate the final look. I have a picture of my grandmother from this time. Her waist was tiny!
The history of western lady's garments is really interesting!!!! I've always been in love with lace and Edwardian fashion! I even had a night gown made for my cousins wedding, it had 100 year old authentic lace, i still have it!
Oh dear lord, I don't. It's beautiful, don't get me wrong. And fascinating. But hot, heavy, difficult to care for, expensive, restrictive . . . give me yoga pants or leggings any day of the week. The idea of wearing that in August in Houston makes me faint. Seeing it is beautiful though.
@@elizabethshepard1512 I know it has been 3 years but I doubt they were hot because it is not made out of polyesther like modern clothes are. Also corsets were not restricive if worn properly.
why isnt it. every thing else is socially acceptable.. its just a lovely lacy long dress. if you like it WEAR it. we dont have 'socially acceptable restrictions anymore - hey if someone can go to a job interview in flip flops, tank top and shorts why cant you wear a long pretty dress.
Amazing, no wonder they didn’t go out in the mornings, took all day to get dressed. Thank you for this insight, so glad I live in today’s fashion society where just about anything goes! And its easy wear!
I have watched almost all of your videos, and this one is definitely a favourite! I love Edwardian style - all the lace was so feminine, and I love the shape of the corset - and you look absolutely gorgeous in this video!
I have a copy of a photograph taken at my maternal great-grandparents' wedding circa 1901 so it is interesting to see how my great-grandmother dressed!
I have Gibson Girl photos of my great-grandmother that were taken as part of her teacher's college graduation festivities. I wish I had asked her what colors her dress was when she was still alive. I hadn't thought to ask her when I was a child. I guess I just thought it was cream and shades of gray like the photo!
It's amazing how the tiny detail of the belt just draws the entire outfit together into the recognisable Edwardian look! Absolutely beautiful; so glad I found your channel haha! :)
So, I have a great great aunt (I think...can't remember how many greats), who is nearing 100 and still quite well. When her mother was young, she made a lovely white dress for her high school graduation. The photograph of the dress is dated 1901 (that's when she made it). Well, this aunt was downsizing her home and planning to sell much of her estate, so she invited all of us her relatives to come to the place she was moving out of in case we wanted anything before it was sold. Long story short...I now own an authentic 1901 dress styled for a young lady just a bit older than me. Tried it on, the skirt sort of fits but my hands are too big to go through the sleeve cuffs so I couldn't see how the bodice fits. Of course, I didn't have all the proper undergarments then....
+Ann Soldano well that was the whole point of a split busk invented in the 1830s- that a person can lace herself without the need of a maid. And yes, having someone to help is easier, it with a split busk it was not needed anymore. Also, working women, women of less standing/ means didn't have a maid themselves and yet that managed corsets well.
What beautiful clothes - these videos are amazing!! If you make these clothes yourself, you are an incredibly talented seamstress and clothes desigmer!!
I love your video's. I am obsessed with historical attire and I have always wondered if there was a channel that did stuff like this.. and lucky for me, I found one!
Beautiful. I'm a sucker for anything with lace. My Grandma was born in 1903 so this is how my Great-Grandma would have dressed. I wonder what maternity wear was like. I will have to do some research. Great video. Thanks.
I love your channel and this video 😊 I'm sewing also historical clothes (these days it's a tea gown 1882 - but I'm still sewing the undergarments) I really enjoy your videos. Kind regards from Germany 😊
I am doing a movie and have to wear all this. During summer. Some days I can't even turn around and move. They look amazing, but what an effort to wear these dresses! Lovely video, really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very very interesting and well done
which means the clothes are not fitted well, and made of unsuitable materials fort he season. All the layers here are very, very light, breathable and comfortable. alas many film stuff is regrettably seldom fitted and made to the actors, and limited budget means economizing on fabrics - and getting lovely looking polyester stuff., that serves as a portable sauna....
That's gorgeous. I love Edwardian corsets. I didn't know they were so fabulous. And the hair! I'm not good with hair, mine being extra fine and too straight to even curl. So seeing something that simple that looks that good is wonderful. Fantastic video. I love the entire look
Really enjoy these early 1900s videos. My Granny was born in 1900 and talked about clothes she remembered over the years. She lived to 100. My question is how did ladies keep the bottom of their dresses clean. And how did they take care of their monthly flux. And weren't all those layers hot?
@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon Anne of Green Gables is a very famous novel (and now several films and TV shows) depicting life in the Edwardian era in Canada. I agree that it reminds me of it, especially the most recent adaptation, Anne with an E. Mrs Barry would certainly approve of this dress.
Anybody thinking of Mrs Banks from Mary Poppins? The movie/ book was set in 1910, as Mr Banks sings, "It's great to be an Englishman in 1910..." so the clothing style would have been perfectly matched.
These videos are wonderful. Whenever I'm reading historical fiction I like to be able to visualize the garments, so, for a long time looked in my treasured book, "What People Wore." These videos help too! Once you get a gander at a corset you know why ladies perched on chairs and never relaxed their bodies. I'm so glad wom.en are now free of these things for every day, and can wear them for historical re-creation or plays, then get on the jeans and casual shirt. With just a bra and panties, god bless 'em! Of course now we have silly strictures like shaving our underarms and legs ...
I love your vids they're fantastic ❤ I know it looks hard work but I adore those fashions,this is by far my favourite era I wish we still dressed like real ladies 🌹
no reason whatso ever to NOT dress like a 'real' lady. we are profoundly lucky now days to where what we want to/what we like. NO one dictates to you what you can wear (except some of the more fundy types groups) so you like dresses? WEAR them.. so you like hats? WEAR them. so you like gloves? WEAR THEM. if people stare/make comments? WEAR IT ANYWAY. and simply smile the "i know something you dont know" smile and thank them for the attention. works every time
Tajkatt tyler I agree and for many women wearing a dress all the time wasn’t practical plus it was used as another form of discrimination as women who had to actually work for a living didn’t have the funds to afford silk and lace since they got (and still do) paid less than their male co-workers or they lived in areas where they were impractical.
Thank you for this video! Isn't it interesting that this is what was normal attire just over 100 years ago? It makes me wonder what fashion will be like in 100 years time....
This is the second time I’ve watched this and this time I realized it is the way my great grandmother would have been dressing. My grandmother was born in 1903.
By the time your grandmother was 18, fashion would have already changed drastically. She lived through some of the most interesting evolutions in fashion.
At 18, your grandmother would have seen gartered corsets become separate garments (brassiere & suspenders). After the Great War, there were significant changes in clothing styles, and a straight figure was preferred over a curvaceous one. Things become a little more relaxed too, as bathing costumes begin to change.
I have photos of my Great-Grandmother and Great-Great Grandmother dressed very similar!
Please can u show us fron any way please🙏🤩
This woman is amazing, and looks good in any century fashion.
I love how she ‘adjusts’ everything. 😉
I would love to dress like this, maybe even all the eras I just love it
I don't know what it is about your videos that keeps me coming back. I just have to watch.
one of the main reasons i watch these is because it gives me ideas for outfits in my drawings. not to mention how they would react to certain motion
Yael Horowitz
I wat these videos to me with writing.
Such beautiful garments back in those days! I wish they would come back in fashion!
My Favorite era for Lady's Fashions. I love the Gibson Girl look. A favorite craft I have is taking dolls and crocheting beautiful dresses and wide brim hats with lace, and flower trims. My Great Grandma was married in the Edwardian Era, and her wedding photo was so pretty as She was petite and had an hour glass figure, just perfect for the Gibson Girl look. She's attired in her wide brim hat, with lace parasol in hand. Just lovely!
What an amazing and beautiful dress! Reminds me of an outfit Mary Poppins wore!
This dress reminds me of Monet's "Lady with a Parasol". Absolutely gorgeous. I applaud you for putting in the research and the patience for making these dresses and demonstrations.
This is very lovely and elegant but all those layers make me thankful for a simple pair of jeans and a top.
Exactly! Imagine how much time it took just to get ready to go out, or ready for bed. :D
Not that long, actually. She has a nice video debunking how long it takes to get dressed in the Victorian era too- about 10-15 minutes with practice.
These videos are just so pleasant and pure. I love them!!
As an artist i am grateful that i found this video on my recommendation lol. I get to learn the perspectives and designs.
I am so sorry that this fashion has been lost in time, it is a very delicate and beautiful style.
This is going to be SO helpful for making my Mary Poppins costume! Wonderful video, thankyou!
LOVE This!! Beautifully presented.. and i truly LOVE that you show that not only do you NOT have to have a maid to get dressed (most real women didnt) but that you can wear a properly made/fitted corset WITHOUT tight lacing.. and that you can lace yourself- you show how easily most women can move around With it on.. love that.. love that love that.. - thank you.. only thing missing in this one was the cat photobomb lol!!
I love history and period dress. You make the dressing look so much easier than I thought it would be. You look so authentic and lovely! Really enjoy your videos.😊
Thank you for showing us! I love the dress, so much silk and ruffles - like a doll :) It's very interesting how much layers of fabric women wore just a hundred years ago. I mean compared to the many centuries of tons of fabrics before. From that point of view, the revolution of woman's wear isn't that far away... I wonder what will be fashionable in a two hundred years from now :D
Probably just bare skin...:(
I like that these videos have music appropriate for the period. Gosh there was alot of fabric involved in clothing from the past!
I love the dresses from this period. Perhaps not all of the layers, but you have to appreciate the final look. I have a picture of my grandmother from this time. Her waist was tiny!
The history of western lady's garments is really interesting!!!! I've always been in love with lace and Edwardian fashion! I even had a night gown made for my cousins wedding, it had 100 year old authentic lace, i still have it!
Now THAT is gorgeous!!! I think I just fell in love with the Edwardian style.
I really wished we still dressed like this today! So beautiful and delicate! Awesome video
Lizy GraceAGLOVER My goal is to at least bring the hat styles back to fashion from this era in time.
Gideon Stupke yes the hats are very beautiful as well!
Oh dear lord, I don't. It's beautiful, don't get me wrong. And fascinating. But hot, heavy, difficult to care for, expensive, restrictive . . . give me yoga pants or leggings any day of the week. The idea of wearing that in August in Houston makes me faint. Seeing it is beautiful though.
@@elizabethshepard1512 I know it has been 3 years but I doubt they were hot because it is not made out of polyesther like modern clothes are. Also corsets were not restricive if worn properly.
I love this style. I wish it was still fashionable today - gorgeous and feminine!
Petition to bring back those belts (or dresses with a similar cut at the waist)? They’re so pretty and flattering!
Your channel is one of the most addicting channels I've come across. Thank you for sharing!
Love all of your videos. I may sound crazy, but I kind of wish women could still dress like this! There is just such a beautiful femininity to it
H Noel I want to wear flouncy dresses like this.
I wish we dressed like this too 😂
H Noel me too! Women knew how to dress up back then. They were always well put together, tidy, and presentable.
Maybe modernize the amount of layers...
But I agree.
The dresses then are breathtaking!! Truly beautiful.
You can have dresses like this if you want to. Make your own, have someone make them or order from reproduction companies.
Although I love every era, I think I might have a particular fondness for the Edwardian era.
And here we are today.. going out in gym wear.. or underwear. Such a sad days.
I just found your videos and by far I enjoy watching. Thank You.
Part of me wishes wearing this daily was still socially acceptabel
why isnt it. every thing else is socially acceptable.. its just a lovely lacy long dress. if you like it WEAR it. we dont have 'socially acceptable restrictions anymore - hey if someone can go to a job interview in flip flops, tank top and shorts why cant you wear a long pretty dress.
So beautiful, so feminine! So many layers! I would have forgotten half of them!
As a kid I wondered why the Can Can was such a scandalous dance ... Then I learned we wore split drawers back then! YIKES!!!
Fabulous! all of it is lovely, and I am really intrigued by the antique petticoat! What a lovely piece :)
As far as dresses go for the last 300 years, I think the Edwardian era is one of my top favorites.
This is so lovely! I love all the lace.
I love love love that blouse. I think overall Edwardian clothing is so elegant. Everything about that outfit I adore, except maybe the split drawers!
Amazing, no wonder they didn’t go out in the mornings, took all day to get dressed. Thank you for this insight, so glad I live in today’s fashion society where just about anything goes! And its easy wear!
They did go out in the mornings... getting ready takes about 8 minutes. Much less than it takes people to put make up on nowadays
What a lovely series of videos!
I have watched almost all of your videos, and this one is definitely a favourite! I love Edwardian style - all the lace was so feminine, and I love the shape of the corset - and you look absolutely gorgeous in this video!
Wonderfully timed crescendos with the corset and gloves!
I have a copy of a photograph taken at my maternal great-grandparents' wedding circa 1901 so it is interesting to see how my great-grandmother dressed!
I have a dress from that year that belonged to my great-aunt's mother, she wore it for her graduation.
The dress combined with the music gives a very Mary Poppins feel to the video, love it!
I love all your dresses, I'm so jelly right now!
This is my favourite era. The Merry Widow hats are wonderful! When I was a child I was obsessed with button up boots. I still think they're dreamy 😍
This style is beautiful and so are all of your videos!
I have pictures of my great grandmothers dressed exactly like this. I love this time period in women's clothing and style. So beautiful!
I have Gibson Girl photos of my great-grandmother that were taken as part of her teacher's college graduation festivities. I wish I had asked her what colors her dress was when she was still alive. I hadn't thought to ask her when I was a child. I guess I just thought it was cream and shades of gray like the photo!
It's amazing how the tiny detail of the belt just draws the entire outfit together into the recognisable Edwardian look! Absolutely beautiful; so glad I found your channel haha! :)
Just love Prior Attire, catchy name too! Historically, SO interesting and ... just plain PRETTY!
Me: so, what's the dress code?
Friend: it's just casual, wear whatever you'd like!
Me:
So, I have a great great aunt (I think...can't remember how many greats), who is nearing 100 and still quite well. When her mother was young, she made a lovely white dress for her high school graduation. The photograph of the dress is dated 1901 (that's when she made it). Well, this aunt was downsizing her home and planning to sell much of her estate, so she invited all of us her relatives to come to the place she was moving out of in case we wanted anything before it was sold. Long story short...I now own an authentic 1901 dress styled for a young lady just a bit older than me. Tried it on, the skirt sort of fits but my hands are too big to go through the sleeve cuffs so I couldn't see how the bodice fits. Of course, I didn't have all the proper undergarments then....
Rosie Johnson OMG take care of that amazing historical piece 😱😍😍
I wish I had an Aunt like that!!
This ensemble is my absolute favorite of all of them, this one and your wedding dress.
She manages the corset very well......she ties it up herself! I give her the gold medal!
+Ann Soldano well that was the whole point of a split busk invented in the 1830s- that a person can lace herself without the need of a maid. And yes, having someone to help is easier, it with a split busk it was not needed anymore. Also, working women, women of less standing/ means didn't have a maid themselves and yet that managed corsets well.
What beautiful clothes - these videos are amazing!! If you make these clothes yourself, you are an incredibly talented seamstress and clothes desigmer!!
i do - that's my job :-)
Love it so much! I really appreciate all the work you put into your videos! Fabulous team at priorattire! It's like time traveling. Keep it up 😃
I love your video's. I am obsessed with historical attire and I have always wondered if there was a channel that did stuff like this.. and lucky for me, I found one!
Beautiful. I'm a sucker for anything with lace.
My Grandma was born in 1903 so this is how my Great-Grandma would have dressed. I wonder what maternity wear was like. I will have to do some research.
Great video. Thanks.
Why don't we dress like this?? It's so beautiful! I'd love to make it in style again. Maybe I was just born in the wrong era :)
I feel the exact same way.
I am dressing like edwardian already, minus the skirts.
Mel D samee
I love your channel and this video 😊 I'm sewing also historical clothes (these days it's a tea gown 1882 - but I'm still sewing the undergarments) I really enjoy your videos. Kind regards from Germany 😊
I found a picture of my great grandmother from the early 1900s and she was wearing something almost identical to this, just no hat.
I am doing a movie and have to wear all this. During summer. Some days I can't even turn around and move. They look amazing, but what an effort to wear these dresses! Lovely video, really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very very interesting and well done
which means the clothes are not fitted well, and made of unsuitable materials fort he season. All the layers here are very, very light, breathable and comfortable. alas many film stuff is regrettably seldom fitted and made to the actors, and limited budget means economizing on fabrics - and getting lovely looking polyester stuff., that serves as a portable sauna....
E X A C T L Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Ugh polyester.
Whoever invented that can go sit in hell in their own clothes, that'll teach 'em!
Aahahahaahahahahaahahahaahahaahahahahaahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be one of my number one fave looks from you! i love the cream and lavender color scheme!
No words! This was such a pleasure to watch! Absolutely Stunning.
Very beautiful! I love how multi-purpose the garments were--separate sleeves, separate bodice, separate skirt that could be mixed and matched.
That's gorgeous. I love Edwardian corsets. I didn't know they were so fabulous. And the hair! I'm not good with hair, mine being extra fine and too straight to even curl. So seeing something that simple that looks that good is wonderful. Fantastic video. I love the entire look
The headdress was one of my favourite parts, soo beautiful ❤
This is BY FAR my favorite dress!!
Really enjoy these early 1900s videos. My Granny was born in 1900 and talked about clothes she remembered over the years. She lived to 100. My question is how did ladies keep the bottom of their dresses clean. And how did they take care of their monthly flux. And weren't all those layers hot?
Oh I just love this outfit! So Anne of Green Gables!
Bliss Fancy Who?
@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon Anne of Green Gables is a very famous novel (and now several films and TV shows) depicting life in the Edwardian era in Canada. I agree that it reminds me of it, especially the most recent adaptation, Anne with an E. Mrs Barry would certainly approve of this dress.
@@alicehannibal2580 Hi Alice,
I've done some reading over the years and I now know who Anne of Green Gables is. But thank you for the explanation.
How delightful your humorous and truthful performance that lets us ladies of today know just how spoiled were are!
it’s such a small thing but i love that u used the little :-) face in ur commentary, it just makes the whole thing feel so friendly!
Anybody thinking of Mrs Banks from Mary Poppins? The movie/ book was set in 1910, as Mr Banks sings, "It's great to be an Englishman in 1910..." so the clothing style would have been perfectly matched.
Things were changing just before 1910. The shape was getting more columnar and eventually evoked the Regency period.
Yup the line after that is,, "King Edward's on the throne it's the age of men" hence Edwardian
Yes! You can tell styles were starting to change, but this dress is VERY similiar to Mary's dress in "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
A lovely dress. Reminds me a little bit on that white dress with the red belt which mary poppins wears on her holiday with Bert and the kid´s.
You're beautiful, loved this era style. Thanks for doing this!
so beautiful, I love your channel!
I gives me the urge to finally get into historical sewing again
These videos are wonderful. Whenever I'm reading historical fiction I like to be able to visualize the garments, so, for a long time looked in my treasured book, "What People Wore."
These videos help too! Once you get a gander at a corset you know why ladies perched on chairs and never relaxed their bodies. I'm so glad wom.en are now free of these things for every day, and can wear them for historical re-creation or plays, then get on the jeans and casual shirt. With just a bra and panties, god bless 'em!
Of course now we have silly strictures like shaving our underarms and legs ...
Katma Tally can I have that book?
i would love to be able to do this!!! wearing such gorgeous dress sounds amazing, even with the corset!
I love Edwardian Fashion! It's one of my favorite decades:)
I absolutely love these videos. It’s nice to know there’s so many people who love readdressing these different eras
Nice. I could imagine the hardship of women dressing up those days but it’s beautiful work of art.
@Priorattire: I love this dress and I wish I had one myself!
I love the way these ladies looked! ❤
I love all the elegant dresses from 80'-90'
I love your vids they're fantastic ❤ I know it looks hard work but I adore those fashions,this is by far my favourite era I wish we still dressed like real ladies 🌹
no reason whatso ever to NOT dress like a 'real' lady. we are profoundly lucky now days to where what we want to/what we like. NO one dictates to you what you can wear (except some of the more fundy types groups) so you like dresses? WEAR them.. so you like hats? WEAR them. so you like gloves? WEAR THEM. if people stare/make comments? WEAR IT ANYWAY. and simply smile the "i know something you dont know" smile and thank them for the attention. works every time
Tajkatt tyler I agree and for many women wearing a dress all the time wasn’t practical plus it was used as another form of discrimination as women who had to actually work for a living didn’t have the funds to afford silk and lace since they got (and still do) paid less than their male co-workers or they lived in areas where they were impractical.
Thank you for this video! Isn't it interesting that this is what was normal attire just over 100 years ago? It makes me wonder what fashion will be like in 100 years time....
Thank you for explaining so much in an entertaining manner, ma'am.
Thats just crazy so many layers lol but it looks so elegant and womanly too
this style is definitely my favorite, I love all of the lace and the corset shape, I want to put together an outfit but there very expensive c':
thank you girl, I'm writing a novel set in this period of time, and fashion was my biggest concern. now I'm learning. amazing job indeed, thx a lot
Wow! Beautiful dress and beautiful work! It makes me want one for myself. :)
Me too😍
entplady I can’t help thinking how hot it would be. Mind you I do live in Australia.
I think this is my favorite look out of all the amazing things you've shown!
This is the second time I’ve watched this and this time I realized it is the way my great grandmother would have been dressing. My grandmother was born in 1903.
By the time your grandmother was 18, fashion would have already changed drastically. She lived through some of the most interesting evolutions in fashion.
At 18, your grandmother would have seen gartered corsets become separate garments (brassiere & suspenders). After the Great War, there were significant changes in clothing styles, and a straight figure was preferred over a curvaceous one. Things become a little more relaxed too, as bathing costumes begin to change.
I think this is the prettiest dress of them all. Thank you
The skirt's really pretty!
My very favourite era. I'm glad you went with purple. So pretty!! Thank you. this is my fav video yet.
Wow. My mom’s wedding dress looked almost exactly like this. Beautiful!
My favorite era of dress by far. One day I will go to the grand Hotel for the Somewhere in time weekend.
The purple belt was my favorite part. :)
so wicked!! I really love these period little documentary vignettes,AWESOME!!!
The Edwardian Age is my second favorite era.
Which one is your favourite then?
Every layer is so pretty but all covered up (like literally every layer could be an outfit on its own) I love it.