Flappers In The 20's

In this time period not all of the women were flappers. The other women were called ‘Sheiks.’ Sheik was a term used for young women of the time who slicked back her hair, wore fashionable camel-hair jackets loos, flannel pants and long raccoon coats (Chris Routledge, Sara Pendergast, and Edward Moran: 2012). Even though there were two types of women in the 20’s, flappers were the most popular. Some may believe that the reason the clothing style was so highly liked, even until this day, is because it was more “sinful” and “disgraceful” than what was worn in the decades before. Flappers had a unique attitude and vibe to their personalities. Flapper women were seen as such high socialites. They were young and youthful, their clothing was chic
and modern, and it boosted their social statuses. Society refused to continue the Victorian wardrobe they had endured before. This generation was the “happy-go-lucky” generation. The popular American culture at this time was to go to wild outrageous parties, drink, and smoke cigarettes. Scott Fitzgerald who wrote the chronicles the “Jazz Age” described flappers as “the generation that corrupted its elders and eventually over-reached itself—through lack of taste” (Chris Routledge, Sara Pendergast, and Edward Moran: 2012). Sadly enough the dazzling, thriving, and scandalous 20’s ended when the Great Depression started in 1929-1941. As the economy gradually declined so did the fun and lightness of the 20’s era. The flapper fashion will live on forever in memories, and movies, and so on thanks to their very distinctive style. As iconic as the 20’s were, the next big fashion era that will forever be remembered were the hippie-like 70’s.
It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that a fashion revolution occurred in the 70’s (Paul Phipps: 2016). The 70’s were huge with polyester. Bright flamboyant colors were the eye catchers of this time period. Both men and women wore tightfitting pants with bell-bottoms and platform shoes. Eventually the bell-bottomed pants became a normal. The women had a tendency to wear high cut boots with low cut pants to keep the balance. The early 70’s was known as a fun decade. A lot of the styles from this decade were passed on by the late
60’s. The 70’s were the start of the famous mood rings, hot pants/mini skirts. This time period was sexually open and that’s how the production of the mini skirt began. Before the 70’s instead of mini skirts there was just hot pants. These hot pants were dressy shorts made of a velvet leather material. Hot pants were the ideal form of shorts in the late 60’s because of the fact they were short enough to be provocative yet being that they were pants and not skirts, they were still modest enough for the time era. However pleasing to those who wanted to be a little more rebellious in the start of this decade, it was seen as a sinister style of clothing for the fact that mostly prostitutes and nightclub performers wore these shorts (Tina Gianoulis: 2012). Even though this fashion was a bit promiscuous women wore it anyway because of the temperature in the 1970’s. The most memorable jewelry in the 70’s was mood rings.
Mood rings are a piece of jewelry worn on ones finger that detects ones mood. Joshua Reynolds was the inventor of the mood ring. The mood ring works by temperature, which caused the change in colors. They worked like this: small crystals in the rings would react to temperature and change colors. Warm temperatures produced bright colors, indicating a bright or happy mood. Cold temperatures caused dark colors, an indication of a dark mood (Timothy Berg: 2012). When celebrities were seen wearing them it became more popular in society until it became one of the most used accessories in the 1970’s. Eventually this new trend began to fade away in popularity. By 1975 the mood ring viewed as being in style anymore. A big flaw in the ring, the crystals in the ring turning permanently black, didn’t help the fact that the ring was losing the amounts of likes it once
had.