Women In America In The 1930's

The majority of the historical events that took place in the 1920’s, greatly influenced the way women dressed, as the automobile industry grew, so did female’s interest in cars. As they became drivers, women’s clothes were adjusted accordingly to their more liberated lifestyle, with sporty clothes becoming one of the leading fashion trends.
Designers influenced by the revolutions in the film and music industry, began creating clothes similar to those seen on the big screen. Among them, there were glamorous, shockingly short dresses that enabled women to dance the night away.
As the Unites States emerged a multicultural country, due to a rising number of immigrants, American women began looking for style inspirations in other cultures. Mainly, they were infatuated with the simple, yet elegant garments promoted by the European designers.
1.2. The Age of Decline: United States of America in the 1930’s
As the 1920’s was the period of innovation and prosperity in the United States of America, the next decade was quite the opposite.
When referring to 1930, the term “period of depression” is often used. The downward tendency, that earlier resulted in the Stock Market Crash began with the surplus of agricultural products, which led to deflation and therefore reduction of the farming population’s income. With the agricultural industry down, other manufactories gained in strength, until the fear of the market becoming saturated came. “On October 24 1929, 13 million shares were sold on Wall Street” , following the loss of about forty billion dollars owned by the American investors
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