When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.
Before the 1920s, fashion in Western Europe was still somewhat rigid and impractical. Styles were restrictive and formal and there was little room to express yourself. But after the war people began to abandon such styles in favor of comfort and character. Women started to wear short skirts and trousers and men began to dress more informally, and the suits men wear today are still largely based on the style of those adopted in the late 1920s.
This vintage outbreak marked a turning point in contemporary western fashion, and today's styles still owe a lot to the styles of the Roaring Twenties.
(h/t: vintage everyday)
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Women Drinking Coffee In A Terrace Of A Cafe, Paris, 1925
French Born Actress Claudette Colbert In The Phantom President, 1922
1932, silhouette is too streamlined for the '20'. And the Phantom President was released in 1932.
Greta Garbo, In Movie The Torrent, Wearing Adorable Hat, And Lovely Dress, 1926
Alden Gay Wearing Pearls And A Gown Of Black And White Georgette Crepe By Chanel, 1924
Katherine Burke, Performed In The Ziegfeld Follies From 1925 To 1931
Woman Wearing Culottes And Smoking, 1928
Blues Singer Bessie Smith Poses For A Portrait Circa 1925 In New York City, 1925
Teenaged American Actress Loretta Young Wearing A 1920s Metallic Lace Evening Dress, 1928
Silent Film Actress Colleen Moore Basically Invented The Bob, 1929
American Actress, Jean Arthur Playing Golf, 1920s
American Actresses Joan Crawford And Dorothy Sebastian Enjoys A Picnic On The Beach, 1927
A Woman Wearing A Cloche Hat Decorated With Flowers, 1927
Madeleine Vionnet In A Norman Hartnell Dress, 1924
Dancer, Singer And Actress Mary Eaton, 1921
Four Bathing Belles Shading Themselves With Parasols On The Beach At Skegness, 1926
A Model Wearing A Norman Hartnell Evening Gown, 1929
Prince Otto Von Bismarck On His Wedding Day. The Bride Is Wearing A Fashionable Twenties Dress
Evelyn Brent, The Hollywood Actress, 1928
Dinarzade In A Black, Peplumed-Bodice, Velvet Dress Trimmed With Horizontal Bands Of Velvet
British Actress Dorothy Mackaill Dressed In Silk Dungarees For The Film Party Husband, 1920s
Hollywood Film Actress, Singer And Dancer Gilda Gray Wearing A Beaded Blue Dress, 1924
A Young Bride Wearing A Train Decorated With Lace, 1927
A Straw Hat That Is Guaranteed To Keep The Sun At Bay, Worn With A Bathing Costume, 1923
Lee Miller, 1928. Black Tulle Evening Dress Lelong. Black Satin Pumps Delman. Jewels Marcus. In Condé Nast’s Apartment
1928 - Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford, And Anita Page In The Movie "Our Dancing Daughters"
Portrait Of Marion Davies, 1926
1920s Women Fashion
Film Star Clara Bow Models For The Camera, 1926
French Fashion Designer Coco Chanel, 1924
Lady Hiding A Hip Flask Tucked In Her Garter Belt During Prohibition, 1920s
The ladies back then had such a classic and elegant look about them.
even though snorting cocaine, smoking opium and injecting heroin was very much the fashionable thing.
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The ladies back then had such a classic and elegant look about them.
even though snorting cocaine, smoking opium and injecting heroin was very much the fashionable thing.
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