fashion of the 1920's

The 1920’s, a period that saw dramatic changes in dress, was perhaps the first “modern” decade of the twentieth century. The corseted woman of the previous decade, with her hobble skirts and huge hats, looked as if she came from another world when compared to the ‘modern’ woman of the 1920’s. The result was extreme. Fashionable 1920’s female body evolved from the elaborately trimmed dress with its high waist position and ankle length skirt at …

…hair, and even their freedom and independence. The women in those days fought hard to get what they wanted, and if they did not get it, the would not give up; they were tough. They had the attitudes of the men. Women got into sports and working, doing what they only dreamed for. They were having fun. These were the good old days, it was the decade not to have missed. FASHIONS OF THE 1920’S