History of Western fashion

Overview of fashion from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914.

Summary of women's fashion silhouette changes 1794-1887

The history of Western fashion is the story of the changing fashions in clothing for men and women in Europe and other countries under influence of the Western world, from the 12th century to the present.

History of fashion by period

• 1100–1200 in fashion
• 1200–1300 in fashion
• 1300–1400 in fashion
• 1400–1500 in fashion
• 1500–1550 in fashion
• 1550–1600 in fashion
• 1600–1650 in fashion
• 1650–1700 in fashion
• 1700–1750 in fashion
• 1750–1775 in fashion
• 1775–1795 in fashion
• 1795–1820 in fashion
• 1820s in fashion
• 1830s in fashion
• 1840s in fashion
• 1850s in fashion
• 1860s in fashion
• 1870s in fashion
• 1880s in fashion
• 1890s in fashion
• 1900s in fashion
• 1910s in fashion
• 1920s in fashion
• 1930–1945 in fashion
• 1945–1960 in fashion
• 1960s in fashion
• 1970s in fashion
• 1980s in fashion
• 1990s in fashion
• 2000s in fashion
• 2010s in fashion

See also

Medieval dress

• Byzantine dress
• Early medieval European dress
• Anglo-Saxon dress

Related topics

• Button
• History of clothing
• History of fashion design
• Fashion
• Clothing
• Clothing terminology
• Haute couture
• Hemline

• Needlework
• Neckline
• Sewing
• Tailor
• Trim (sewing)
• Victorian fashion
• Waistline (clothing)