The fashionable, if uncomfortable, look for women in the first decade was an S-shaped silhouette with a tiny waists, moulded by tight corsets. All flesh was completely covered by full-length, high necked, long-sleeved dresses. For men, formal frock coats or morning suits, with starched, high shirt collars.

Illustrations from The Look of the Century, an illustrated book about the style of the 20th century, to be reissued in softback by Dorling Kindersley at £9.99