Edwardian
adjective
Ed·war·di·an
e-ˈdwär-dē-ən 
-ˈdwȯr-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Edward VII of England or his age
especially, of clothing
: marked by the hourglass silhouette for women and long narrow fitted suits and high collars for men
Edwardian
noun
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As far as men’s clothes are concerned, the apotheosis for me was between the Edwardian era—Victorian had a few too many frills, a bit too heavy—and the 1920s, the jazz age, with its freedom, a bit of laissez faire, a bit of inventiveness.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Silent voices of the late Edwardian age filled with thousands of stories of life about to be turned upside-down by World War I.
The debris field’s vast unseen mysteries can’t be touched, but are being shared in Magellan’s new must-see video game, vROVpilot: Titanic.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
That actress got married on Saturday, March 29 PEOPLE has confirmed, on a secluded coastal estate with acres of enchanting woodlands and an Edwardian castle.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
What’s more, the hotel is found in one of the most important Edwardian buildings in the capital, designed in 1907 by renowned Anglo-French architects, Mewes & Davis—who also designed The Ritz in London and Paris and the RAC Club in London, among other notable buildings.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Silent voices of the late Edwardian age filled with thousands of stories of life about to be turned upside-down by World War I.
The debris field’s vast unseen mysteries can’t be touched, but are being shared in Magellan’s new must-see video game, vROVpilot: Titanic.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
That actress got married on Saturday, March 29 PEOPLE has confirmed, on a secluded coastal estate with acres of enchanting woodlands and an Edwardian castle.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
What’s more, the hotel is found in one of the most important Edwardian buildings in the capital, designed in 1907 by renowned Anglo-French architects, Mewes & Davis—who also designed The Ritz in London and Paris and the RAC Club in London, among other notable buildings.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Edwardian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Edwardian. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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