the.com/edwardian era

means The period from roughly 1901 to 1910 (sometimes stretched to 1914), when Edward VII reigned over Britain and the mood turned lighter, richer, and more leisurely after the long Victorian clampdown.

from Named simply and directly for King Edward VII, who took the throne in 1901 after his mother Victoria's 63-year reign finally ended. He'd spent decades as a restless, pleasure-loving Prince of Wales — all racehorses, mistresses, and good food — while waiting for his turn at the crown. When he finally got it, the national mood seemed to catch up with his appetites: fashion loosened, society relaxed, and the era took on his name and something of his temperament, right up until the First World War closed the curtain on it in 1914.