Fashion In The 1930s
1930s fashion At the beginning of the 1930s more than 15 million americans were unemployed.(“The Great Depression”) The fashion in the thirties was a completely different story. They showed themselves to be fancy and elegant.The 1930s was a time we struggled and had a significant social change. The 1930s was a somewhat “depressing” era of time. In 1929 the stock market crashed which led to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many Americans went into debt and by the time 1931 arrived nearly 6 million Americans were without jobs! In 1933 every single state in the U.S. closed all of the remaining banks, and the Treasury didn't have enough money to pay all of the government workers they had working at the time ( “The Great Depression”).
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The thirties apparel had a very intelligent look. Women wore dresses a lot back then. Dresses for the day would flow past the knee, almost to the ankles.To go along with their dresses women wore a nice belt to show off their curves or a comfortable coat, usually fur, or both! The heel and the leather bag was what really topped off the sophisticated look (“The Knees Disappear”). Evening dresses were a different story. They would gracefully swoop all the way to your feet so they could make beautiful strokes on the ballroom floor. The dresses needed glitter,the more the better!( “The Knees Disappear”)Women were just starting to grow their hair out with a little curl into it, and needed the hat to pull it off. Everyone wore hats with their attire,usually having it tipped a little more to one side than the other. Women weren't the only ones to have the sophisticated look.While women wore evening gowns,men wore a nice tuxedo to compliment them, and during the day nothing looked better than a silk scarf,briefcase,and a pipe. But what about the times men want to kick back and relax? Men wore rubber soled shoes ( like our tennis shoes) called skokie's, and a cool straw hat called ‘Yippies’ or ‘Jippa Joppas’. Men looked just as well on a regular basis as they did on vacation also! They wore striped t-shirts on the beach and sometimes a silk scarf around the shirts just to make their look a little better.( “The Knees
The thirties apparel had a very intelligent look. Women wore dresses a lot back then. Dresses for the day would flow past the knee, almost to the ankles.To go along with their dresses women wore a nice belt to show off their curves or a comfortable coat, usually fur, or both! The heel and the leather bag was what really topped off the sophisticated look (“The Knees Disappear”). Evening dresses were a different story. They would gracefully swoop all the way to your feet so they could make beautiful strokes on the ballroom floor. The dresses needed glitter,the more the better!( “The Knees Disappear”)Women were just starting to grow their hair out with a little curl into it, and needed the hat to pull it off. Everyone wore hats with their attire,usually having it tipped a little more to one side than the other. Women weren't the only ones to have the sophisticated look.While women wore evening gowns,men wore a nice tuxedo to compliment them, and during the day nothing looked better than a silk scarf,briefcase,and a pipe. But what about the times men want to kick back and relax? Men wore rubber soled shoes ( like our tennis shoes) called skokie's, and a cool straw hat called ‘Yippies’ or ‘Jippa Joppas’. Men looked just as well on a regular basis as they did on vacation also! They wore striped t-shirts on the beach and sometimes a silk scarf around the shirts just to make their look a little better.( “The Knees