Fashion was starting to become very relaxed during the Edwardian era. Although corsets were still worn with formal wear women were given the liberty of wearing tea dresses when not with company.
S-Bend corsets became fashionable around 1904 in order for women to retain their structure and support but in a slighty more comfortable way.
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the moulin rouge: a painting by
Toulouse LeTrec
a bohemian revoltutionary
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The bohemian revoltution was partly inspired by the pre-raphaelite art movement focused on romance poetry and art Both art movements changed Edwardian fashion greatly.
In 1909 Ballet choreographer Sergei Diaghilev came up with the Ballet Russe. An innovative idea that influenced many different people.
The Ballet Russe's costumes were delicate and feminine and based upon the seductive dresses the bohemian revoltution brought to a high.
The ballet russe became an inspiration to designer Paul Poreit who took eastern oriental influences to create such eccentric garments that the shocked the people of high society simply because they were so unusual.
The Pre-Raphaelite movement also inspired the Liberty shop to be set up. 
This shop sold many eccentricities like fancy dress costumes and fabric covered furniture which was an entirely new concept.
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