1900's Fashion | Important Events in Fashion and Design, 1900–1909

1900

• The S-curve silhouette is the dominant look in women's fashion.
• Rollin H. White of the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio, begins marketing a steam-engine automobile, which he calls "The Incomparable White." Stately and powerful, the White becomes the first official presidential car when it is adopted by the William Howard Taft administration.
• The Franklin, Peerless, Stearns, Packard, and Auburn gasoline-powered automobiles are introduced.
• Woods Electrical Car, with enclosed passenger compartment and elevated seat for a footman, sells for three thousand dollars.
• The influence of American architect Louis Sullivan on Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen is displayed in his designs for the Finnish Pavilion at the Paris Exposition.
• From November 3 to November 10, the first U.S. automobile show, featuring a wide array of steam-, electric-, and gasoline-powered models,...