Mme Récamier, David 1800

Josephine

Neo-classicism1800-1816

Second Empire 1852-1870

Empress Eugenie, fashion leader married to Napoleon III in 1826

Second Empire - Crinoline (1855-67)

Art Nouveau S-form 1896-1907

Modernism - Paul Poiret 1910sManteau 1910

Poiret 1913- oriental

Harem pantsTunicsStraight linesEmpire lineNo more corset, corset like structure

Hellenstic dress 1911

Modernism- Coco Chanel in 1920s

Coco Chanel 1907

1920

1929

1920

Modernism- Schiaparelli 1930s until WW II

Salvador Dali 1936

Elsa Schiaparelli brought surrealists into fashion