The Change Of Fashion In The 1920's
The end of World War I and every one is all smiles. People are making loads of money and spending it on automobiles and radios. Women have the right to vote and their creativity is flowing. The fashion is changing dramatically for the men and women. Everyone is in good spirits and enjoying life. That was the vibe of the 20’s.
It’s end of World War I and every one is all smiles. During the 1920’s people were spending money left and right on new automobiles and radios. The ‘new free flowing, creative women’ was introduced. Fashion was changing to more revealing dresses for the women and suits becoming more conservative for the men. Everyone was going to speakeasies and drinking till they could not drink anymore. That was the life of the 1920’s. …show more content…
In the beginning of the 1920’s everyone was happy that World War I had ended. When the war ended people were able to go back to their normal everyday lives.
On August 26th, 1920 the 19th amendment was set into place allowing women to have the right to vote. After the amendment was put in place women began to feel more free and creative with what they wore and how they acted. Liberation in the creative arts and fashion became bigger as well.
The 1920’s also introduced a whole new women. The year 1920 was the first year that women started to work ‘white color jobs’, jobs that were made for men but women would do. Women started to smoke and drink and talked like the men but still dressed and acted like a lady. The women would wear shorter and more revealing dresses with brighter colors and patterns than ever. They were having the time of their lives. But the 1920’s were not all about the women. The stock market went up during the 1920’s, given the name known as the ‘consumer society.’ The United States wealth had double and was growing quickly. This was the first time in our nation's history that less people lived out on farms and more people were living in the cities. All of the people in the United States were listening to the same music, they dressed the same, went to all of the same chain restaurants, bought the same goods and talked the same slang. People had lots of money to spend which was leading for many businesses to grow, for example radios, appliances and ready to wear clothes. Automobiles became affordable for middle class american families, not only the upper class. Because automobiles were became affordable service stations and motels were affected by the boom in the automobile industry.
In the 1920’s there were many different social rules for women’s and men’s fashion.
Men and women had an outfit for every time of the day morning, noon and night. They also changed if they had to meet with a certain person, party or job. Which lead them to two through four times a day. In the morning the women would wear a morning dress. It was only worn in the house doing chores with the family. It was a simple dress with bright colors and patterns. The dress was made out of cotton, it could be worn with a oxford and apron with low heel shoes. In the afternoon a semi formal to formal dress was worn. It was a sophisticated dress with light colors and patterns with dramatic shoes and accessories. The shoes were either pumps or high heals with a strap. Women also would wear matching gloves, a hat and chiffon stockings. If a women was working they would wear a neutral or black colored lightweight durable dress made out of cotton. When women went out dancing or dining they would wear sleeveless shorter shift dresses that came above the knee that had bold sequence or fringe (which came to be known as the flapper dress). They would wear it with high heels with lots of bold accessories, hair pieces, a purse and a matching jacket. When the women went to church they would wear a neutral colored dress that was below the knee with matching gloves, hat and purse. They would also wear no bold jewelry. When women would travel they would wear a suit and overcoat, hat, gloves with a leather …show more content…
purse. They would also wear neutral colored suit and overcoat in case it got dirty while traveling, the dirt would not show.
Women would wear their hair in many different styles throughout the 20’s. One of the very popular hair styles throughout the 1920’s was the bobbed look. Women would cut their hair to right below their ear lobes and volumize with gel as well as curl it to created that bobbed look. Another hairstyle was the psyche knot. Many women still kept their hair long in the early 20’s and would wear the psyche knot. This hairstyle has a middle part with a low bun with clumps of hair by the ears. The pringle shingle hairstyle was popular in 1925. This hairstyle made your head look like shingles because for this hairstyle your hair stands out around the top of your head half covering you ears.
Men also had a social dress code in the 1920’s. Men would have to wear suits most of the day. Their suits would be either be made of wool, wool tweed or wool flannel. Their suit jackets would normally have three to four buttons and a single or double breasted pocket. Popular suit colors were browns, blues, greys and greens and popular patterns were plaids, check or thick strips (only worn in the summer). A mans suit pants always had to match their jacket. The suit pants were seventeen point five inches wide with a high waist and large pockets. The pant stopped at mid ankle revealing part of the man's sock. The pants were wore with suspenders or a leather belt or brace. Men would wear vests in the 20’s, they were also known as waist coats. They had high V shape neck lines. You would be able to seethe dress shirt between the vest and the pants. A more casual version of this was the wool pullover. The men would also wear a single color knit vest in the winter to keep warm. A type of a suit a man would wear would be a lounge suit, a lounge suit was wider in the shoulders with a more fitted jacket. It had two large pockets and had one to four buttons. Men normal wore this with a wristwatch or pocket watch. A jazz suit was a wide looser suit, it was popular in the very early 20’s but then it went out of fashion quickly when the natural body shape and the more fitted suits came into fashion. British suits were also very popular in the 20’s because they were becoming more affordable so more middle class people could buy them, not only the upper class. Most men would order three to four suits from Great Britain designers at a time. British suits were very conservative but very slim fitting. The british designers liked the slim and tight fitting look with no patterns, compared to some of the american designers who liked to experiment with different colors and patterns. The british suit jackets were double breasted with wide shoulders and narrow sleeves. They had high waisted pants that curved in the hip area. All of men's suits were three piece suits, a matching vest, pant and coat. Mens suits colors were more dark masculine colors for example, dark blues and navys, mediums greys and softer browns.
Not only did fashion rule the 1920’s, so did alcohol and the mobs. The prohibition banned all selling buying and producing of alcohol.
This lasted from 1919 till 1933, lasting thirteen years. Because the government had banned alcohol people just wanted it even more.
The number of deaths because of alcohol went up even more after the prohibition was put into place because people craved alcohol.
People were spending all of their money on whiskey and booze and not on the important things in life, such as their kids.
Now women were drinking as well as the men. These clubs called speakeasies were set up all over cities. These clubs would sell alcohol and play jazz music but because this was all illegal you need a special passcode to get in. In the 20’s people craved alcohol so much they would bribe judges and law enforcement not to give away where they were selling their alcohol. Elliott Neff was an FBI agent who went around and tried to close almost all of the speakeasies, as well as raid the liquor houses. He was unstoppable. Another unstoppable person in the 20’s was Al Capone, the all around american gangster. He ran the trade of alcohol from Canada to the United States. If he told you that you had to do it you did it, if you didn’t do that it would not be long till you were shot and killed by one of hi mobs or him. He would bribe government officials and law enforcement so they would not arrest him and send him to jail. One of the worst things Al Capone did was the Valentine's Day massacre. Al Capone and his gang dressed up as law enforcement and went and shot and killed their enemy
gang.
The deaths of alcohol very slowly decreased. Once the prohibition had been in place for a many years the number of deaths because of alcohol started to decline. “...June 15th 1927 is the largest decrease of death rates from alcoholic beverages…” Finally the United States government realized that the prohibition was not working and people were going to keep drinking. The prohibition was finally taken away in 1933.
It’s end of World War I and every one is all smiles. During the 1920’s people were spending money left and right on new automobiles and radios. The ‘new free flowing, creative women’ was introduced. Fashion was changing to more revealing dresses for the women and suits becoming more conservative for the men. Everyone was going to speakeasies and drinking till they could not drink anymore. That was the life of the 1920’s. …show more content…
In the beginning of the 1920’s everyone was happy that World War I had ended. When the war ended people were able to go back to their normal everyday lives.
On August 26th, 1920 the 19th amendment was set into place allowing women to have the right to vote. After the amendment was put in place women began to feel more free and creative with what they wore and how they acted. Liberation in the creative arts and fashion became bigger as well.
The 1920’s also introduced a whole new women. The year 1920 was the first year that women started to work ‘white color jobs’, jobs that were made for men but women would do. Women started to smoke and drink and talked like the men but still dressed and acted like a lady. The women would wear shorter and more revealing dresses with brighter colors and patterns than ever. They were having the time of their lives. But the 1920’s were not all about the women. The stock market went up during the 1920’s, given the name known as the ‘consumer society.’ The United States wealth had double and was growing quickly. This was the first time in our nation's history that less people lived out on farms and more people were living in the cities. All of the people in the United States were listening to the same music, they dressed the same, went to all of the same chain restaurants, bought the same goods and talked the same slang. People had lots of money to spend which was leading for many businesses to grow, for example radios, appliances and ready to wear clothes. Automobiles became affordable for middle class american families, not only the upper class. Because automobiles were became affordable service stations and motels were affected by the boom in the automobile industry.
In the 1920’s there were many different social rules for women’s and men’s fashion.
Men and women had an outfit for every time of the day morning, noon and night. They also changed if they had to meet with a certain person, party or job. Which lead them to two through four times a day. In the morning the women would wear a morning dress. It was only worn in the house doing chores with the family. It was a simple dress with bright colors and patterns. The dress was made out of cotton, it could be worn with a oxford and apron with low heel shoes. In the afternoon a semi formal to formal dress was worn. It was a sophisticated dress with light colors and patterns with dramatic shoes and accessories. The shoes were either pumps or high heals with a strap. Women also would wear matching gloves, a hat and chiffon stockings. If a women was working they would wear a neutral or black colored lightweight durable dress made out of cotton. When women went out dancing or dining they would wear sleeveless shorter shift dresses that came above the knee that had bold sequence or fringe (which came to be known as the flapper dress). They would wear it with high heels with lots of bold accessories, hair pieces, a purse and a matching jacket. When the women went to church they would wear a neutral colored dress that was below the knee with matching gloves, hat and purse. They would also wear no bold jewelry. When women would travel they would wear a suit and overcoat, hat, gloves with a leather …show more content…
purse. They would also wear neutral colored suit and overcoat in case it got dirty while traveling, the dirt would not show.
Women would wear their hair in many different styles throughout the 20’s. One of the very popular hair styles throughout the 1920’s was the bobbed look. Women would cut their hair to right below their ear lobes and volumize with gel as well as curl it to created that bobbed look. Another hairstyle was the psyche knot. Many women still kept their hair long in the early 20’s and would wear the psyche knot. This hairstyle has a middle part with a low bun with clumps of hair by the ears. The pringle shingle hairstyle was popular in 1925. This hairstyle made your head look like shingles because for this hairstyle your hair stands out around the top of your head half covering you ears.
Men also had a social dress code in the 1920’s. Men would have to wear suits most of the day. Their suits would be either be made of wool, wool tweed or wool flannel. Their suit jackets would normally have three to four buttons and a single or double breasted pocket. Popular suit colors were browns, blues, greys and greens and popular patterns were plaids, check or thick strips (only worn in the summer). A mans suit pants always had to match their jacket. The suit pants were seventeen point five inches wide with a high waist and large pockets. The pant stopped at mid ankle revealing part of the man's sock. The pants were wore with suspenders or a leather belt or brace. Men would wear vests in the 20’s, they were also known as waist coats. They had high V shape neck lines. You would be able to seethe dress shirt between the vest and the pants. A more casual version of this was the wool pullover. The men would also wear a single color knit vest in the winter to keep warm. A type of a suit a man would wear would be a lounge suit, a lounge suit was wider in the shoulders with a more fitted jacket. It had two large pockets and had one to four buttons. Men normal wore this with a wristwatch or pocket watch. A jazz suit was a wide looser suit, it was popular in the very early 20’s but then it went out of fashion quickly when the natural body shape and the more fitted suits came into fashion. British suits were also very popular in the 20’s because they were becoming more affordable so more middle class people could buy them, not only the upper class. Most men would order three to four suits from Great Britain designers at a time. British suits were very conservative but very slim fitting. The british designers liked the slim and tight fitting look with no patterns, compared to some of the american designers who liked to experiment with different colors and patterns. The british suit jackets were double breasted with wide shoulders and narrow sleeves. They had high waisted pants that curved in the hip area. All of men's suits were three piece suits, a matching vest, pant and coat. Mens suits colors were more dark masculine colors for example, dark blues and navys, mediums greys and softer browns.
Not only did fashion rule the 1920’s, so did alcohol and the mobs. The prohibition banned all selling buying and producing of alcohol.
This lasted from 1919 till 1933, lasting thirteen years. Because the government had banned alcohol people just wanted it even more.
The number of deaths because of alcohol went up even more after the prohibition was put into place because people craved alcohol.
People were spending all of their money on whiskey and booze and not on the important things in life, such as their kids.
Now women were drinking as well as the men. These clubs called speakeasies were set up all over cities. These clubs would sell alcohol and play jazz music but because this was all illegal you need a special passcode to get in. In the 20’s people craved alcohol so much they would bribe judges and law enforcement not to give away where they were selling their alcohol. Elliott Neff was an FBI agent who went around and tried to close almost all of the speakeasies, as well as raid the liquor houses. He was unstoppable. Another unstoppable person in the 20’s was Al Capone, the all around american gangster. He ran the trade of alcohol from Canada to the United States. If he told you that you had to do it you did it, if you didn’t do that it would not be long till you were shot and killed by one of hi mobs or him. He would bribe government officials and law enforcement so they would not arrest him and send him to jail. One of the worst things Al Capone did was the Valentine's Day massacre. Al Capone and his gang dressed up as law enforcement and went and shot and killed their enemy
gang.
The deaths of alcohol very slowly decreased. Once the prohibition had been in place for a many years the number of deaths because of alcohol started to decline. “...June 15th 1927 is the largest decrease of death rates from alcoholic beverages…” Finally the United States government realized that the prohibition was not working and people were going to keep drinking. The prohibition was finally taken away in 1933.