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1920’s. After the personal freedom allowed them during the World War 1, young women go out to work, get permission to vote, play sports and demand to leave the house unchaperoned. New financial independence and emancipation followed and cutting long hair became a symbol of independence and strength equal to men. Why did girls have […]

Did you know that the male equivalent to a flapper is a sheik? Thank the wildly popular 1919 novel The Sheik by E.M. Hull which was turned into a wildly popular film starring heartthrob Rudolph Valentino. These men had slicked-back hair parted down the middle, listened to jazz and danced the fox-trot. Did flappers change […]

Art Deco may be one of the most iconic movements of the 1920s. By combining luxury materials like ivory, gold, platinum, and diamonds with the decorative use of geometric shapes and lines, Art Deco became an art form that represented luxury and modernity. What style of art was popular in the 1920s? The Art Deco […]

Click here to see more photographs of Hoovervilles and homeless encampments in Seattle and Tacoma. “Hooverville” became a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression. What were the slums in the Great Depression called? A “Hooverville” was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United […]

Woman’s Clothing Budget in the 1930’s Total clothing budget for the year: $76.55, about one month’s salary. Budget for living on $20 per week. How was clothing in the 1930s? At home or in public, women most commonly wore dresses with wide shoulders; puffy sleeves; modest necklines; higher, belted waistlines; and mid-calf flared hemlines. Frilly […]

They became an iconic part of rural life from the 1920s through the Great Depression, World War II, and post-World War II years. When did they stop using flour sacks? On April 28, 1922, The Washington Post announced, “Farewell to the Old Flour Sack.” Millers thought replacing the cotton sacks with paper cartons would be […]

homelessness, and hunger to millions. THE DEPRESSION IN THE CITIES In cities across the country, people lost their jobs, were evicted from their homes and ended up in the streets. Some slept in parks or sewer pipes, wrapping themselves in newspapers to fend off the cold. How did people live and survive during the Great […]

Flour Sacks were Material for Clothing in the Depression. “Repair, reuse, make do, and don’t throw anything away” was a motto during the Great Depression. Very few farm families had enough money to buy new clothes at a store. Mothers mended socks and sewed patches over holes in clothes. What did poor people wear in […]

Things you need for this look: Almost anything neat and well-fitted. Sweaters, jackets, and light coats for top layers. Casual dress shirts or solid, dark-colored T-shirts, henleys, and other relaxed styles. Trousers in a variety of styles (jeans are fine, but keep them dark and fitted). How should a man dress in his 30s? How […]

The 1920s was the first decade to have a nickname: “Roaring 20s” or “Jazz Age.” It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats, bathtub gin, flappers, flagpole sitters, bootleggers, and marathon dancers. How can you describe the 1920s roaring 20s? The Roaring Twenties was a period in American […]

Suits of the 1930s typically had high waists and slightly tapered, creased trousers with turned-up cuffs. Younger men preferred baggier trousers and longer jackets. Suits were darker blue, brown, or gray for cooler weather, with lighter tones for warm weather. Bold patterns included stripes, checks, and plaids. What did poor people wear in the Great […]

Who was the most Famous Flapper? The most famous flapper was Clara Bow. Clara Bow, “The It Girl”, achieved world wide fame personified the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age. She wore short bobbed hair, bright-colored sweaters & scarves that were typical clothes of the flappers. Who was the most important flapper? Colleen Moore, Clara […]

Quick Navigation. Look for loose, shapeless dresses. For party attire, look for frills and glitz that accent movement. Look for knee-length (or slightly shorter) hems. Headwear and footwear 1920’s women wore. For less formal attire, look for suspenders and vests. What should I wear to the roaring 20s? For a true flapper-inspired look, try a […]

Undershirts. The tank style undershirt was the most popular style in the thirties. Like the swimsuit top, it had very deep arm circles, thin tank top straps, and a deep round neck. What did men in the 1930s wear? Suits of the 1930s typically had high waists and slightly tapered, creased trousers with turned-up cuffs. […]

Flapper Shoes A simple plain pump was the most commonly worn 1920’s shoe. They were comfortable and pretty. Dressy shoes for evenings had either chunky Cuban heels or slender Spanish heels. Shoe designers exposed more of a girls foot too. What did flappers actually wear? They donned fashionable flapper dresses of shorter, calf-revealing lengths and […]

Also known as the flapper, the look typified 1920s dress with a dropped waist and creeping hemlines that could be created in economical fabrics. Coco Chanel helped popularize this style (Fig. 1) and was a prominent designer during the period. What were the trends in the 1920s? With their bobbed hair and drop-waist dresses, flappers […]

In the 1920s, hats were almost always made of beaver fur felt. What hat was popular in the 1920s? It includes iconic 1920s hats like the cloche, the fedora, bowler and boater hat– among the most worn during that era. All were symbolic of an age that brought such dramatic change to our nation. These […]

Flapper fashions included short hair under cloche hats, lingerie over corsets and loose dresses with hemlines that rose from the ankles in 1920, knee length or higher by the mid-1920s and back down to below the knee by 1930. A 1920 magazine advertisement for the Mary Garden brand rogue from Paris. What were the styles […]

Flappers wore high heel shoes and threw away their corsets in favor of bras and lingerie. They gleefully applied rouge, lipstick, mascara and other cosmetics, and favored shorter hairstyles like the bob. Designers like Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli and Jean Patou ruled flapper fashion. What does flapper style mean? The flapper dresses’ fundamental characteristics pointed […]

Art Deco is a popular design style of the 1920s and ’30s characterized especially by sleek geometric or stylized forms and by the use of man-made materials. What was the 1920s fashion called? Womenswear. This simplicity created the popular tubular “la garçonne” look that dominated much of the decade. Also known as the flapper, the […]