1930’s in fashion for women. What did women really wear in the 1930’s? The trends, dresses, hairstyles and makeup and where to buy them.
The influence of Hollywood and Art Deco modernism on women’s fashion was never greater than in the 1930’s.
Costume designers names were almost as well known as the Paris couture designers. The crash of 1929 and the Depression which followed, only slowed the inevitable rise in consumerism and ready to wear clothing. Makeup and stockings sales steadily rose through the decade. Women’s day-wear became more tailored with single buttoned jackets and matching gored skirts.
Hems dropped to just above the ankle in 1930 and rose to below the knee by the mid 1930’s.
The gored skirt ( made from several triangular gores) created a more feminine flare at the hem.
Curves returned and newer synthetic foundation girdles were worn by women of all ages. Brassieres now came in cup sizes and 1930 saw the seamless bra go on sale.
In hairstyles, the Marcel wave replaced the 1920’s crop and bobbed hair look. Good for the hairdressers but hard on the pocket for a young woman of limited means. Makeup was now commonly worn in day time and the sale of swivel lipsticks and mascara pots soured.
These are just some highlights of the fashion trends in the 1930’s. Jump in to our time machine archive of posts on 1930’s fashion history.
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 – …
Glamour Daze – An Image Archive of Vintage Fashion and Beauty Festive Greetings to all my friends ! The vintage fashion and glamour channel. Educational videos from public domain archives like the Prelinger Archive.Makeup Tutorials,Dress,and Hairstyles from the flappers of the 1920’s,to the art deco styles of the 1930’s,and up to the glamourous 1940’s,and 1950’s.Celebrate …
See also Gorgeous Shoe Fashions ( Vintage 1936 Film) 1930s Fashion – Glamour of Womens Shoes In the early twentieth century women demanded more comfortable, flat-soled shoes– that is until the roaring twenties when higher hemlines encouraged visible, elaborate, high heeked and slender Louis heels. The Depression during the 1930’s highly influenced shoe fashion in …
The Corsetiere – Professional Corset and Girdle fitting in the 1930’s and 1940’s Thought i’d post this interesting feature on The Corsetiere.These corsetieres worked for the major firms that supplied conventional foundation garments to the vast majority of women for many decades in the last century.Found these wonderful images and accounts on The Corsetiere Here …
Carole Lombard wearing typical ladies shoe styles of the 1930s Had an idea recently about collecting together images of Hollywood stars shoe stylesfrom the 1930s and 1940s.This is the first – the lovely Carole Lombard who died so tragically young in a plane crash.[ She was married to Clark Gable ]And yes – these ARE …
1930’s Swimwear Fashion While the 1920s would proved to be a liberating decade for swimsuit designers, as they experienced with new fabrics and cuts to make swimsuits shorter, tighter, and flirtier,this prototype consisting of a short, dress-style skirt with a lower neckline and bare shoulders remained the same into the 1930’s. Until the introduction of …
My Vintage Vogue – Found Fashion Another cool page from My Vintage Vogue.These are wonderfully cool photos of ‘real’ women and their own fashion picks.This set is from the 1930’s
The invention of Nylon Stockings ! The story of nylon, and subsequently – nylon stockings began with a gentleman called Wallace Carothers, whose team at DuPonts chemical company, after ten years of research in the field of Polymers, produced a fiber that was to replace silk in many clothing garments.After his lab came up with …
1930’s Fashion – How to be Chic on a low income ! A woman can dress within her income and be chic !almost no matter how small that income may beGet into sewing ! Though getting patterns isnt as popular as it used to be -there are somebrilliant sites for getting you started !I adore …