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1920s Fashion: Style in The Jazz Age

1920s fashion was the perfect blend between style and function. Beautiful clothes that allowed women to move.

Even 90 years after The Roaring Twenties ended, almost everyone still recognizes the style:

* Cloche Hats

* Flapper Dresses

* Famous Fashion Designers

* Elegant Art Deco Inspired Evening Wear

* High Heeled Shoes

* Simple Costume & More Complex Jewelry

* Men's Fashion (suits and sportswear)

* Art Deco Fashion

Louise Brooks Wearing the Top Fashion of the 1920s

History of 1920s Fashion

Fashion is shaped and influenced by the society and events which surround it.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. -Coco Chanel

1920s fashion is still famous because it was a huge shift from the previous era.

Society changed quickly after World War 1: customs, technology, manufacturing all rocketed into the 20th century.

Society was speeding up, airplanes were taking people across the country in a matter of hours rather than a matter of weeks, automobiles could travel between several states in an evening.

Young Women Dressed in Typical '20s Fashion

1920s fashion reflects society's rapid movement and change.

No longer were women willing to trade their mobility for the old stodgy customs of the Victorian era. Old-fashioned torture devices like the corset and the crinoline no longer served a purpose for young women who wanted to dance, go to work, hop into cars, and walk around town.

Society was changing & fashion changed along with it. Hemlines on 1920s dresses were rising quickly, one year mid-calf, the next year just below the knee...

Victorian Era corset and crinoline Vs. Louise Brooks in fashions of the 1920s

Influence of Suffrage & Prohibition on Fashion

In the United States women won the right to vote in 1920. And in the same year Congress said it was illegal to sell...