Well, doesn't look like anything I've ever seen from 1914. I designed a "Three Penny Opera" that was set in 1914....to compliment the fox trots and 2 steps in the music...and so I researched that very year. The waist was at a high-natural line..kinda like the late 1820s or where men wore their pants in the 1950s...y'know, high but at the waist. Bodices usually had no darts of any kind. The backs would be narrow...almost fitted, even on a shirtwaist... and the fronts would be full, but not baggy like the pigeon breasted look of just before in the 1900s. Lots of raglan and dolman sleeves with narrow cuffs....V necks and high collars. Skirts were gored usually and slightly flaring stopping at the ankle. Sometimes the front would be a single gore that was straight from the hips down and the back would be 2 goes that flared a bit. Evening things had a layering of shears effect with beading and embroidery, and skirts were sometimes curiously draped. When the war starts, military influences come into play, with things like large pockets with pleats and flaps, lots of buttons, and high boots, that lace up the front...a great look with a wool suit. Hats could be wide and flat but not as large as in the period before. The brim would often be oval with the long sides over the shoulders. And you see less stuff on them. Also a whole range of fez-like and novelty shapes of smaller hats appear. Hair is not short yet but often put up. Crimping is popular. It's a transitional period going out of La Belle Epoch into the 20's. You see all kinds of half-and-half combinations.
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