How did 1920s fashion help to make the Roaring Twenties roar?
The LBD was deemed such a closet mainstay thatVoguedrew a comparison to Fords revolutionary Model T of 1908.
A breakdown of all these 1920s fashion trends and more, below.
The house of Premet championed this aesthetic.
All the while, flesh-colored stockings sheathed the leg.
Flapper Style
Think of the descriptor offlapperas being synonymous with trendy.
Illustrated by Georges Lepape,Vogue, February 1, 1925
The flapper look was the prevailing trend, and flappers were those girls who dressed the part.
Others traceflapperback to a Victorian term used to describe (clutch your pearls!)
It took some consideration to rebrand flapper.
Illustrated by Georges Lepape,Vogue, July 15, 1920
In 1917Voguetitled an article The Term Flapper Carries No Stigma.
By 1920, Frances Marion released the filmThe Flapper,starring Olive Thomas and the rest was history.
Every girl wanted to be a flapper.
Illustrated by William Bolin,Vogue, November 10, 1928
Plus, the LBD’s unfussiness was a striking departure from previous modes.
The dress typically featured a gathered and expansive skirt but with zero waist on show.
It reads as diaphanous, floaty, and highly feminine.
Illustrated by William Bolin,Vogue, June 8, 1929
A Magritte-style bowler hat.
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La Garconne, after a sketch by the designer Madame Premet. Toilette de Ville, 1923
Josephine Baker showcasing her Kiss curls.
Louise Brooks in her angular bob.
Design for a day dress, from Art Gout Beaute, c. 1920s
The cover ofLifemagazine by John Held Jr.; a flapper “teaching an old dog new tricks,” February 26, 1926
Four illustrations featuring the fashions of Molyneux, Brialix, Berthe, and Vionnet, 1928.
Chanel’s 1926 Little Black Dress on display at the National Museum of Scotland.
A model in a Jeanne Lanvin dress, c. 1925
A Robe de Style by Lanvin housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Gabrielle Chanel on Fauborg, St Honore, Paris.
Elsa Schiaparelli, photographed on March 1, 1934.
Then Prince of Wales and Prince Hirohito, later Emperor of Japan, in Japan, August 12, 1926.
Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen
The intersection of fashion and tenniswear, as seen in the Art Gout Beaute magazine Paris, April 1926.
Poster for ‘Black And Tan,’ starring Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, 1929.
