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The Roar of the Twenties: 1920-1929 Clothes for Women
Ideal Body Shape Female Shape: • slim • shapeless like a young girl • bustless, waistless, hipless
The silhouette Silhouette: • essentially straight and slim • flat chest • waistline at the hips • hem trend is upward until 1927ric
Changes in waist, hip and hem lines:1920-1929: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
Compare 1925 1918
1920 About 8” from floor
1923 NOTE:• Hemline dropped almost to floor
1925-1928 NOTE:Hemline rose slightly above • also slightly below knee • Flapper shape = 1925• stays about 2 years• symmetrical
1926 The Flapper Look
The Flapper Look 1926 NOTE:• fastened left side of dress• buttons, hooks, snaps• ‘zipper’ later
The Flapper Look NOTE:• cloche hat 1927
The Flapper Look Cloche hat = a small and tight hat with a narrow brim that became popular as the bobbed hair style evolved. Generally the felt was relieved only by a grosgrain ribbon band or a jeweled pin. NOTE:• cloche hat F 1927
1928 NOTE:• asymmetry
NOTE:• dismay - amount of fabric• added pendants• lengthened (uneven hems)• asymmetry • cotton, wool (silk)• 1924: “rayon” (“artificial silk”) 1929
NOTE:• dismay - amount of fabric• added pendants• lengthened (uneven hems)• asymmetry • cotton, wool (silk)• 1924: “rayon” (“artificial silk”) Rayon = a fiber originally called artificialsilk that did not wear well. But it gradually improved, was named “rayon,” and was widely used in the 1920s. 1929 G
NOTE:• new hat shape 1929
Evening Wear NOTE:• hemline same for evening• large feather fans• bangle bracelets 1920
Evening Wear NOTE:• beads/fringe/spangles• chiffons• rayon• soft satins• long bead necklace• large # of bangles 1925
1929 NOTE:• handkerchief skirt line • bias 1928
Lengthwise grain Crosswise grain True bias
Coats NOTE:FUR:• squirrel• beaverette• muflon (wild sheep) 1924
1927 NOTE:• fur collars
NOTE:• raglan sleeves • clutch coat 1928
Coco Chanel: 1926“The Little Black Dress” NOTE:• simple cut/style• signaled liberation from snobbery• based on childhood convent uniform• egalitarian -- shop girl chic
Coco Chanel: “The Little Black Dress” Today evening Coco Chanel: Chanel jacket
Underwear 1923 “The Boyshform Brassierre Co.
NOTE:• straight cut brassiere • “garter belt” 1925
NOTE:• straight cut brassiere • “garter belt” F Garter belt = a belt-like garment worn around the waist with suspenders attached to hold up the stockings. 1925
NOTE:• cut of the brassiere • pocket! • negligee • dolman sleeve 1927
NOTE:• slips • trousers • cut of brassiere 1928
NOTE:• slips • trousers • cut of brassiere Slip = a straight-cut chemise or petticoat was renamed the slip, and was comparable to the garment of the same name today. F 1928
Shoes Cuban heel early 1920 later Charleston
later NOTE:• Cuban heel • ‘spectator’
NOTE:Stockings: • dark/white earlier• tan/flesh color later• conservative: • brown, grey, black • silk• new rayon• lustrous $.48 = $5.20 1928
Stockings Ads ‘cheesecake’?
Hair “Bobbed Hair” Irene Castle
Hair Irene and Vernon Castle Remember?• dance team • created fox trot, etc.
Hair by 1923 Louise Brooks “Bobbed Hair”
Hair by 1923 Louise Brooks F Bobbed hair = short, close-fitting hairstyle that was clipped very close in the back and trimmed to a V at the nape, first made fashionable by the dancer Irene Castle around 1919. “Bobbed Hair”
Bernice Bobs her Hair F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Saturday Evening Post, 1920
Bernice… 1920