Although fashion did not embrace the look of trousers on the female form until the late 20th century, history saw working women wearing them a hundred years prior. From Victorian coal miners who rolled up their skirts around their waist to reveal soot-covered pants underneath to today’s terrible backlash of factory-torn denim, spandex jeggings, and bedazzled bums, women’s pants have undergone quite a transformation.
Let’s take a look at the early fashion of women’s pants from the festooned Victorian era right on through to the ultra glamorous 1930s.
Victorian era (historyandwomen.com)
Victorian era
1896.
Edwardian era
1920s
1920s
1926. (WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011)
Veronica Lake. 1930s.
Ethyl Waters (Jazz singer)
Harpers Bazaar, December 1939
My favorite look has always been knickerbockers with a flouncy blouse, suspenders, and a continental tie (ala Fleur in the Forsyte Sage II).
Fleur Forsyte (Emma Griffiths) in Forstye Saga: Series II (still)
Pray tell, ole girl, what is your favorite pants style throughout women’s fashion history?
Bisous.
Love vintage and pants are back in! <3
http://www.beilovebei.com
I love these
http://images.wikia.com/vintagepatterns/images/8/86/S9922.jpg
Oh my, those are amazing. I loooove the vintage sailor girl look so much. I just wish I were lean/tall enough to pull it off. I’d end up looking more like Shirley Temple, haha.
wow! I really like the Harpers Bazaar picture form 1939! :-)
That’s one of my favs from that time period! So elegant.
I love these. I wish more ladies who lean to the masculine of center would dress to impress. It does not have to be a wedding or a funeral to pull of a nice pair of slacks.
I agree wholeheartedly! I love the dapper look of back in the day…and although I love jeans, sometimes I wish that all of our clothes got whisked away and we were left with only an Edwardian/1920s wardrobe…suspenders, ascots, knickerbockers…not to mention all the fancy dresses for us!