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	Topics Artistic Dress movement Topic Home The Artistic Dress movement and its successor, Aesthetic Dress, were fashionFashion The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expressio... trends in nineteenth century clothingClothing Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands , feet ... . Artistic dress Dante Gabriel RossettiDante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an Italian English poet, illustrator, painter and translator.... and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodPre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, ... were conscious archaizers, emulating the work of the "old masters" and choosing romantic, medieval subjects. They dressed their models in long flowing gowns loosely inspired by styles of the Middle Ages. These styles were then adopted by the painters' wives and models for everyday dress. Dresses were loosely fitted and comparatively plain, often with long puffed sleeves; they were made from fabric in muted colors derived from natural dyeDye A dye can generally be described as a colored substance that has an affinity to the to which it is being applied.... s, and could be ornamented with embroidery in the art needleworkArt needlework Art needlework was a type of surface embroidery popular in the later nineteenth century under the influence of the Pre-Rapha... style. Artistic dress was an extreme contrast to the tight corsetCorset A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes.... s, hoop skirtHoop skirt A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashiona... s and bustleFacts About Bustle There are two types of bustles, one worn by women and found predominantly between the mid- to late 1800s, and a second type ... s, bright synthetic anilineAniline Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2.... dyes, and lavish ornamentation seen in the mainstream fashion of the period. In the 1860s, artistic dress became popular in intellectual circles and among artists for its natural beauty; it also reinforced their social ideals of quality materials, respect for the work of the hands, and the purity of medieval design. shows the stark contrast of artistic dress with mainstream fashion Aesthetic dress Aesthetic dress of the 1880s and '90s1890s The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "Mauve Decade," because William Henry Perkin's aniline dye allowed the widespread use ... carries on many of the external characteristics of Artistic dress (rejection of tightlacingTightlacing Tightlacing is the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to achieve extreme modifications to the figure and posture and... , simplicity of line, and emphasis on beautiful fabrics), even though, at its core, AestheticismAestheticism The Aesthetic movement is a loosely defined movement in art and literature in later nineteenth-century Britain.... rejected the moral and social goals of Pre-Raphaelitism. The Aesthetes' belief that the Arts should provide refined sensuous pleasure was a direct rejection of the reverence for simplicity and handwork propounded by William MorrisWilliam Morris William Morris was an English artist, writer, socialist activist and pioneer of Eco-socialism, one of the principal founder... . Aesthetic dress encompasses a range of modes, from the Japonnaise gowns and Kate GreenawayKate Greenaway Kate Greenaway was a children's book illustrator and writer.... -inspired children's smocksSmock-frock A smock-frock or smock is an outer garment worn by rural workers in England and Wales from at least the early eighteen... of Liberty & Co.Arthur Lasenby Liberty Arthur Lasenby Liberty was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England.... to the velvet jackets and knee breeches of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason.... 's "aesthetic lecturing costume" for his speaking tour of America in 1882. Influence on mainstream fashion From artistic circles, artistic and aesthetic dress spread to fashionable ones. The delicate, lightly-corsetted tea gownTea gown A tea gown or tea-gown is a woman's at-home dress of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries characterized by unstructured... s of the turn of the 20th century echo the lines of late aesthetic dress, and in their turn paved the way for the early Art DecoFacts About Art Deco Art Deco also known as Style Moderne or 1925 Style, was a twentieth century movement in the decorative arts tha... creations of Paul PoiretPaul Poiret Paul Poiret was a couturier based in Paris before the First World War, during the Belle Epoque.... . See also The SoulsThe Souls The Souls were a small, loosely-knit but distinctive social group in England, from 1885 to about 1920.... Victorian fashionVictorian fashion Overview The term "Victorian fashion" refers to fashion in clothing in the Victorian era, or the reign of Queen Victoria.... Victorian dress reformVictorian dress reform During the middle and late Victorian period, various reformers proposed, designed, and wore clothing supposedly more rationa... 1860s in fashion1860s in fashion Summary 1860s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by extremely full-skirted women's fashions relyi... 1870s in fashion1870s in fashion 1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after... 1880s in fashion1880s in fashion Fashion in the 1880s in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by the return of the bustle.... External links < br>