Before the 1920’s, women were wearing tight corsets to push up their breasts and make their waists look very slim and tight. Women would wear long full skirts and not show they’re legs. For example, think of the Titanic women and the way they dressed. They were very conservative and proper, displayed by the style of that era. By contrast, in the 1920’s women were proud of showing off they’re legs as more emphasis on sex appeal was put there. Women taped down they’re breast to make themselves look “flat.”. Bobbed hair was becoming popular as well. For the first time women were looking more masculine.

One of the first major changes in women’s style was the cut of dresses. In the early 1920’s, waistlines were loose, sometimes baggy around the w

aist. Some women wore suits with long hemlines and somewhat full skirts with belts at the waist of jackets. The silhouettes of most women in these first years was long, cylindrical, and curveless. The skirt fell to 7” to 10” below the knee. Most women’s garments were proportional to the body in the early 1920’s, however, around 1923, waistlines began to drop to a point in between the natural waist and the hips. In 1924, they were even lower; the waistline had dropped to the hips. In 1925, dresses with no waistline emerged as “shift” type dresses and at the end of the decade, dresses were being worn with straight bodices and collars. Tucks at the bottom of bodices were popular, as well as pleated skirts with a hem about an inch below the knee.

a wide band of shirring or smocking

1920’s style dresses were made out of beautifully designed fabric with influence from China, Russia, Japan, and even ancient Eqyptian art. Most common colors during the day were neutral grays, browns and blues, but pastels and other bright colors were also popular. Evening wear included a rainbow of color; prints were common but usually in checks or figures, or a floral pattern. Evening and Party dresses overflowed with beading, furs, feathers, flowers, and lace.

The popular hairstyle in the 1920’s was the bob. It was first introduced in America after World War I and popularized by a dancer named Irene Castle who aquired the look from a tour of Europe where she had seen Parisians wearing the short boyish hair-do. Complmenting bobbed hair was the cloche hat. It was worn close to the head and pulled loosely to the eyes. The

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