period clothing
Era-appropriate garments worn
Period clothing refers to garments authentic to or imitating a specific historical era: The actors wore period clothing from the 1920s.
The term appears most often in contexts of theater, film, and historical reenactment, where accuracy to a particular time matters.
A period costume is the same thing; period dress emphasizes the style of an era more broadly.
- bonnetHat secured under chin
- top hatTall formal headwear
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
- chemiseLoose sleeveless undergarment
silk · velvet · crinoline · tunic · Renaissance · frock coat · court dress · riding habit · doublet · Victorian · folk costume · lace · ball gown · stomacher · Elizabethan · Regency · Georgian · gloves
- reenactmenthistorical reenactment, living history, war reenactment, mock battle, battle scene
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
temporal reference
period clothingcontemporary fashion
Present-day clothing trends
avant-garde fashion · fast fashion · athleisure · modern apparel