Can you date this very old photo by the clothes fashions?

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I’d like an idea, roughly, of the decade.
Thanks

I think 1900's.

www.familysearch.org/blog/en/1900s-fashion-edwardian-era/

1890s or 1900 I'd guess

I'd say 1890s

1900 - 1905, the man is posed quite informally, isn't he, which makes me think it is circa 1900 rather than 1890's.

I would guess 1890s-1900s too. Late Victorian era.

If you google the photographers their photographs all seem to be dated 1890-1908, so likely between that period.

I was going to say 1900-1910. It looks Edwardian to me.

The photographer Hellis and sons had a studio in London from 1835-1895. So some time between then.

I would say earlier, more like 1870’s or 80’s

If you look at the skirt it has no fullness at the front but pleats at the side. This is typical of the ‘bustle’ shape of that era.

Although the bustle went in for quite a long time.

1884

1890 ish. although i think given the man’s ‘working’ clothes and their age it might be later... I don’t think they would up to the minute in fashion? The props in the studio look very victorian to me.

I’d say somewhere between 1885 and 1895.

Late 1800s I’d say by her dress (so she isn’t an older lady wearing old clothes)

It’s very hard to date by era as people wore clothes for much much longer.

Late Victorian/early Edwardian. The wallpaper and curtains are very Arts and Crafts influenced. So by the time they got it on the wall, 1890’s?

Do you know why they are, OP?

1870's to 80's. The waist isn't quite as tiny as later on and she's not got the button chop sleeves of the 1890's

1890

Mutton chop

Leg o’ mutton sleeves?

Hellis was a very successful photographer with a large chain of studios all across London.
The firm changed its name to Hellis & Sons in 1887, so your photograph is later than that.
There has been a lot of work done on dating the various styles of mounts the company used, which might give you a more accurate date for your photograph.
Perhaps contact The Science Museum, they have an Hellis archive I believe, so might be able to help you date your photograph.

Toddlertea, that’s my thinking. But then l thought maybe she couldn’t afford them, they used a lot of fabric.

I think it's late Victorian or early Edwardian, so late 1890s to early 1900s.

The chain of photographers packed up shop in 1928

collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp105130/hellis-sons

This site might prove useful

www.cartedevisite.co.uk/2011/08/the-victorian-photo-dating-wizard-incorporates-hellis-sons/