The 1920’s was a period of dramatic social and political change. More than half of America lived in cities and fashion was changing like crazy. The most familiar symbol of the “Roaring Twenties” is the flapper: a young woman with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, and smoked, in addition to being more sexually “free” than previous generations. The world was constantly changing, not even with just prohibition or the American Dream, fashion changed forever. Fashion was a symbol of the 1920’s.An iconic fashions look are the cloche hat and the flapper dress. Woman often wore knee length dresses, with a shaw and some kind of layers. These outfits were accessorised with lace and ribbon. The more formal dresses showed off lace, velvet, silk, and ruffled details, while the casual dresses gave girls a straighter more modern silhouette. Childrens outfits had a little more choice to them. Children were often dressed nice, boys' fashion in the twenties is made of all wool cheviot, the 1920 showcase frilly yet chic party dresses, sailor dresses, and plaid outfits, reflecting the styles of adult clothing with a variety of designs. Boys …show more content…
More than half of all Americans now lived in cities and the growing affordability of the automobile made people more mobile than ever. Although the decade was known as the era of the Charleston dance craze, jazz, and flapper fashions, in many respects it was also quite conservative. At the same time as hemlines went up and moral values seemed to decline, the nation saw the end of its open immigration policy, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the trial of a Tennessee high‐school teacher for teaching evolution. New forms of financing allowed every family to spend beyond their current means (“A Consumer Economy.”.) This allowed people to splurge on things they would have got once- twice a year. With a developing nation on the way people had more opportunities for jobs and a way of