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?
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Rare Fashion Footage from the 1920s Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s The Silhouette,Colors and Hemlines revolution Body Outline was straight, no curves at all. Sleeveless wispy dresses with little if no visible waistline.Lots of beads were the rage. Close fitting hats, low over the forehead,almost cupping the face – the Cloche or Bell Hat being …
A vintage fashion show displaying the latest 1920’s Dress. The venue was the famous Great Cumberland Place in London. Lots of Fashion houses resided there in the 1920’s. All very House of Elliot ! Download rare and beautifully restored 1920’s make-up and beauty guides.
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 …
Early YouTube 1920’s makeup tutorial for flapper parties by Lea WhiteFeather. Cupid bow lips, eyeshadow and more. 3. A preview of Make-up and beauty – A 1920’s Guide 4. Visit Vintage Makeup Guide.com – where you can download beautifully restored makeup and beauty guides from that era as well as other decades. Also a gallery …
Hollywood Glamour – The ideal female body shape Anita Page and the ‘ Ideal Screen Type ‘ 1928 Hollywood constantly measured the perfection of it’s starlets beauty against ideal types. The examples include Norma Talmadge /Pola Negri /Clara Bow / Gloria Swanson / Gilda gray / Aileen Pringle /Mary Pickford / and of course Garbo …
Vintage Swimwear and Bathing Beauties – 1900’s -1920’s The new swimsuits post relied heavily on the form of the “fashionable” body, gradually exposing more and more skin. The beginning of the twentieth century marked a new daring era in swim wear for women. In 1909, Australian Annette Kellerman was arrested in the United States for …
Head over also to a Full tutorial on 1920’s Makeup Don’t miss 1920’s Fashion – Womens Dress and Style The Complete 1920s Make-up & Beauty Guide [ Instant download]. The heavily made-up look of the 1920s was a reaction to the demure, feminine style of the pre-war period.In the 1920s, an international beauty culture was …
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 …