DRAMATIC ART 470/H-001

Survey of Costume History Vocabulary list #3

Directoire and Empire (1790-1820) aka End of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Century

• breeches
• empire waist
• fichu
• fillet
• Greek revival
• neo-classical
• pelisse
• reticule
• sabat
• spencer

VICTORIAN

Romantic (1820-1849)

• corset
• gigot sleeve (gigot is French for lamb and is the shape of the sleeve)
• bowler / derby

Crinoline (1850-1869)

• artificial crinoline and crinoline
• bowler / derby
• frock coat
• hoop skirt
• sack (sacque) coat
• top hat/stove pipe hat
• snood
• Prince Albert

Bustle and the 1890s (1870-1900)

• banyan
• bloomers
• bustle /tournure
• cutaway
• four-in-hand (method of tying a necktie with a large knot)
• leg-o-mutton sleeve
• tail coat / claw hammer coat

TWENTIETH CENTURY

Edwardian (1901-1909) and World War I (1910-1918)

• artificial silk (rayon and nylon)
• elastic
• hobble skirt
• hour-glass figure / wasp waist / mono-boxom
• lampshade tunic / minaret

Twenties, Thirties, and World War II (1920-1947)

• cloche (close fitting hat worn by women in the 1920s, over a bobbed haircut)
• fedora (even if it was not mentioned in class - you should know)
• knickerbockers (plus-fours / plus sixes)
• nylon: see Edwardian list
• rayon: see Edwardian list
• snood: hairnet made from larger scale materials than crispinettes; worn and popularized by "Rosie the Riveter" in the 1940s who wore them to work (and after)
• tuxedo
• zipper (slide fastener); introduced into men's trousers in 1931 and women's dresses after WWII

The New Look (1947-1960)

• Bermuda shorts
• bikini
• Christian Dior
• girdle
• New Look
• polyester
• sneakers

End of the 20th Century (1960-1999)

• business casual
• leg warmers
• leisure suits
• mini / midi / maxi
• rainbows

21st Century (Note: Incomplete effective July 18, 2020)

• burkini
• fade
• muffin tops
• slides
• etc., etc., etc.