1920's Women's Fashion

A lot happened to women in the 1920's. Women got the right to vote, alcohol became legal, and world war one ended. The younger generation stopped obeying the high standards due to all the deaths brought by world war one. They became more liberal and more understanding of the lesser things in life. For the first time, the older women copied the younger women in fashion. The strong liberation of women was expressed in the fashion. Women's legs and arms showed. They drove around in Model T's, showing off their raccoon coats and pretty hair.

The flapper was the heroine of the 1920's Jazz Age. People still idle the flapper to this day. People now and then admired her confidence and sex appeal. The flappers signature outfit was the tight fitting dress with two to three inch tassels from the top to the bottom, giving her a perfect shape that every guy imagined their perfect girl would look like. Another popular fashion was flatten breasts, and hips, and bobbed hair. Shirts dresses, with big bows and peter pan collars were a big hit too.

In the 1920's everything was still hand made by tailors and dress makers. However there were still some ready-to-wear pre-made clothing in department stores. In 1923, the bobbed hair cut turned into the shingle cut. Silk tights became popular, and even though there was wrinkling, they still made the girls legs look almost naked. Women's P.J.s became cotton pants and halter tops instead of night gowns the previous generation sweared by. In 1926 the skirts became shorter and evening dresses no longer had to be so long. the evening dress were shorter, making some leg show, and most of them were patterned with bold colors, fringe and detail work. In all ways the 1920's women's fashion became a reflection of individuals and the obsticles women over came.

-Kara Klaczynski