1920s Fashion Exhibit
Fashion of the 1920s
WWI brought around many changes in society, particularly for women’s fashion. In the past, high fashion was reserved for the upper class, but due to design changes, dresses became less complicated and more affordable for middle class women.
Corsets lost their general appeal as flappers refused to wear them and instead rolled their stockings to the knee. Long Corsets produced the boyish figure, but instead of thick boned corsets, many women preferred thin elastic webbing Lastex girdles that flattened the abdomen, with suspenders attached to the girdles. Underwear was minimal, sheer and lightweight.
The arms were bared and the legs were covered with beige stockings visible to the knee. The young and fashionable woman during this period paid attention to legs and footwear. Stockings with patterns were hot fashion items with embroidery snaking around the ankles and up to the knee. Flesh and soft pastel colors were made in either silk or rayon. Rayon stockings were very shiny so girls powdered their legs to dull them before venturing out.
Women wore cloche hats throughout this period, which signified that you had short hair. It was only possible to get a close fitting cloche on the skull if the hair was cropped short and flat. The cloche hat affected body posture as it was pulled well over the eyes which meant young women held their head at a specific angle in order to see where they were going as showing your forehead was considered unfashionable in the 1920s.
Information from: http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm
WWI brought around many changes in society, particularly for women’s fashion. In the past, high fashion was reserved for the upper class, but due to design changes, dresses became less complicated and more affordable for middle class women.
Corsets lost their general appeal as flappers refused to wear them and instead rolled their stockings to the knee. Long Corsets produced the boyish figure, but instead of thick boned corsets, many women preferred thin elastic webbing Lastex girdles that flattened the abdomen, with suspenders attached to the girdles. Underwear was minimal, sheer and lightweight.
The arms were bared and the legs were covered with beige stockings visible to the knee. The young and fashionable woman during this period paid attention to legs and footwear. Stockings with patterns were hot fashion items with embroidery snaking around the ankles and up to the knee. Flesh and soft pastel colors were made in either silk or rayon. Rayon stockings were very shiny so girls powdered their legs to dull them before venturing out.
Women wore cloche hats throughout this period, which signified that you had short hair. It was only possible to get a close fitting cloche on the skull if the hair was cropped short and flat. The cloche hat affected body posture as it was pulled well over the eyes which meant young women held their head at a specific angle in order to see where they were going as showing your forehead was considered unfashionable in the 1920s.
Information from: http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm
