1920’s in fashion for women. What did flappers really wear? Trends, Gatsby dresses, hairstyles and makeup guides. Where to buy.
As the roaring 1920’s dawned, the consumer boom of the post war era brought many new freedoms and swelled the ranks of the middle class.The popularity of sports encouraged designers like Madeleine Vionnet, Jean Patou and the ubiquitous Coco Chanel to discard the corsets of the past. The 1920’s woman was slim, vivacious. Her skirts were rising. She cropped her hair, wore stockings and makeup. And she is forever remembered as the iconic flapper.
Browse the 1920’s in fashion. The trends as actually worn by women of the 1920’s. Get inspiration for bobbed hairstyles and makeup for your next flapper or Gatsby party.
These are only a few highlights. Sit back and dive in to our glorious roaring twenties fashion archive. Learn what flappers really wore and how they lived. Learn the names of popular 1920’s hairstyles like the Dutch bob. The Eton crop or the Poodle bob. Who made them famous?
The 1920’s look – L’officiel Echo de la mode 1928. Also visit The History of 1920s Fashion – 1920 – 1929 Drew Barrymore in Flapper mode at the premier of Grey Gardens Angelina Jolie in The Changeling Flapper Fashion on the catwalk 1920’s Fashion Comeback ! Vintage 1920’s style is on the way back again …
1920’s Womens Fashion Boots Womens boots were a mainstay of womens fashion right up to the early 1920’s by which time the scandalous rising of womens shirts to the knee caused boots to fall out of fashion as there was an uncomfortable gap between the top of the boot and the hem of the skirt …
Louise Brooks and Clara Bow, possibly the two greatest female screen icons of 1920’s beauty style. Their individual beauty helped define the flapper look and the jazz age of the roaring twenties.This film celebrates them both. If you should ever need a definitive tutorial or just some tips on 1920’s, fashion, dress, bob hairstyles, clothing …
Rare 1920s Color Fashion Film – This rare 1920’s fashion archive color film found by archivist Murray Glass features some stunning 1920’s dress styles from the spring of 1928. Here it is again with a breakdown of each item of clothing as worn by some well know women of the late 1920’s. Read our exclusive …
Women’s Vintage Swimwear Secrets Before you go shopping for some cool Vintage swimwear or Retro Swimwear, why not sit back and learn a bit about what you’re wearing! Photo courtesy My Vintage Vogue Perhaps more than any other garment, the swimsuit has changed beyond all recognition in the last century. One of the most appealing …
We have now updated this popular post to a much more in-depth and fully illustrated page – A Concise Illustrated History of 1920s Women’s Fashion ! Also if you’re a fan of the 1940s, read the Concise history of fashion – 1940 to 1949. They’re entertaining and an educational read and packed with oodles of imagery and links. …
Rare Fashion Footage from the 1920s Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s The Silhouette,Colors and Hemlines revolution Body Outline was straight, no curves at all. Sleeveless wispy dresses with little if no visible waistline.Lots of beads were the rage. Close fitting hats, low over the forehead,almost cupping the face – the Cloche or Bell Hat being …
A vintage fashion show displaying the latest 1920’s Dress. The venue was the famous Great Cumberland Place in London. Lots of Fashion houses resided there in the 1920’s. All very House of Elliot ! Download rare and beautifully restored 1920’s make-up and beauty guides.
A feast of archive vintage fashion clips from the 1920’s to the 1950’s showing the finest in lingerie design. With music by the Olympic Dance Orchestra from 1927.This is the first of several films which will showcase the diversity of womens fashion from the halcyon days of glamour.
The Female Body Shape – Which are you ? A vintage tutorial on how to dress correctly for your body shape.Everything you need to know about what kind of figure you have, and what kind of figure you might like to have ! The irreverent Trinny and Susannah have identified 12 different body types – …