1910-1913 Suffragettes

From about 1910 when King Edward died women had began to tire of being ignored and began to take a stand. They called themselves Suffragettes and they began a change to society and fashion.

The Suffragettes main colours were green which symbolised hope, white symbolising purity and purple which signified dignity.

Naturally many women wanted to copy the style of the freedom fighters.and so began wearing those particular colours both for support and because it was becoming the fashion. As were hobble skirts which emerged in 1910 these skirts are very much alike to the modern  fishtail dress only more restricting.



The hobble skirts came in at the ankles making the women wearing them well..hobble.

Emily Davison's funeral was a
monumental moment .

In June 1913 suffragette Emily Davison was tragically killed when she jumped in front of the King's horse at the Derby. She became a martyr to the suffragette movement allowing her sacrifice to be a historical landmark in the suffragettes history.