The aim of this article is to consider Japonism in Britain at the end of the 19th century through two types of dresses; tea gowns worn by women for five o'clock tea at home, and fancy dresses for boys and girls at fancy dress balls. In this period , in formation on Japan and the Japanese spread through the in troduction of Japanese customs, arts, and skills in the Japanese village in London, and through plays on Japan like ‘The Mikado' and ‘The Geisha'.At the same time, tea gowns were also popular, so Japanese styles such as the kimono, obi, Japanese-style sleeves, and Japanese patterns were adopted as a part of their design. Fancy dresses for children also had a Japanese flavour. For example, dresses imitating ‘three little maids' in ‘The Mikado' and ‘a geisha', were seen at fancy dress balls every year after 1892. A linear kimono design provided a new view of the body, and it can be suggested that these dresses had an influence on the later fashion trends.
