1920s in fashion for women. What did flappers really wear? Trends, Gatsby dresses, hairstyles, and makeup guides. Where to buy.
As the roaring 1920s 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 1920s 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 1920s in fashion. The trends as actually worn by women of the 1920s. Get inspiration for bobbed hairstyles and makeup for your next flapper or Gatsby party.
A Concise history in 1920s Fashion from 1919 to 1929.
Explore our main 1920s fashion content hub.
1920s Dress Code.
1920s Flapper Fashion – the top tier page for all flapper-related history.
1920s Hats – The iconic Cloche Hat.
Explore 1920s hairstyles – bobbed hair, crops
The 1920s Dress – drop-waist dresses.
What did 1920s Flappers really wear?
1920s Lingerie.
1920s Makeup styles.
1920s Women’s Shoes.
The 1920s Silhouette.
1920s Ladies Stockings.
The 1920s Swimsuit.
1920s Old Hollywood Style.
Art Deco Fashion history.
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 1920s hairstyles like the Dutch bob. The Eton crop or the Poodle bob. Who made them famous?
Glamourdaze is a vintage fashion and beauty expert with years of experience bringing historical style to life. Our deep-seated expertise is the foundation for all the content on this site, including our detailed history of women’s 1920s fashion. We also bring 1920s women’s fashion to life with our unique film restoration artistry, which you can see on the Glamourdaze YouTube channel.
Louise Brooks – The Bob hairstyle – GlamourDaze Colleen Moore – The Bob -1920’s Hairstyle – GlamourDaze Louise Brooks – The Bob Hairstyle – GlamourDaze Colleen Moore – The bob hairstyle – Glamourdaze As modelled by the imcomparable Louise Brooks and Colleen Moore Below is one of the first references to the ‘ Bob’ written …
Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer in America and abroad when, in early 1923, he was offered the most prestigious position in photography’s commercial domain: that of chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Over the next fifteen years, Steichen would produce a body of work of unequaled brilliance, dramatizing and glamorizing …
Beautiful Flapper Dress and Hat fashions – in glorious color Watch this rare 1920’s fashion film in early color on the Glamour Daze YouTube channel. Beautiful Flappers is a rare color film of 1920’s fashion, dress and hat styles. A wonderful find by film archivist Murray Glass, who has given us permission to show on …
These beautiful hats were inspired by those Cloche hats worn by Angelina Joliein the Changeling.Found here at Kitty GalleryI don’t know about you,but I really think the hats from that period are unmatchedfor pure femininity.
A CAMISOLE NOTE Your browser does not support iframes. Found on Pathe News.Those 1920’s girls were so resourceful !
For all you House of Elliot Fans out there ! They were originally published by a Spanish fashion house. Download beautifully restored vintage 1920’s make-up and beauty guides.
1950’s Hosiery – The Golden Age of Hosiery in my humble opinion ! 1940’s Hosiery 1930’s hosiery 1919 Hosiery Ad – artist – Coles Philips A quote from 1950 issue of Good Housekeeping, found on The Vintage Connection Thirty–five years ago hosiery was strictly utilitarian—underwear, in fact, since no nice lady permitted it to show. …
A very sweet image from Rachel who has a great vintage fashion sense.Second Life is quite a hangout for fashion designers.Don’t do it myself,but head on over thereand have a look !
My latest video on YouTube.Hollywood glamour from the 1920’s !A womens’s fashion film featuring prominent actresses of the silent movie period, modeling the latest trends in 1920’s fashion.This film shows some beautiful vintage womens clothing,hairstyles and hats.
Hollywood Fashion in the 1920’s This is a beautiful color film from 1928 featuring some female stars of the day in sparkling up to date styles.By the late 1920’s fashion designers were very forward looking. The Cloche hat was queen – whichhas become the iconic image of that decade.The single biggest change in womens fashion …