Essay On 1920s Fashion

The decade of the 1920’s - 1930’s was an era of a drastic change in fashion. Women fashion changed dramatically; however, their hemlines rose , make-up began to get popular, and their hairstyles became shorter. “The notorious flapper girl is known by all and the short sleek hair, above the knee straight shift dress and the boyish figure will never fail to be remembered.¨ (www.catwalkyourself.com) Women had a more masculine look , but playful applied make-up onto their face. They rocked short bobbed hairstyles usually for men, and rebelliously demonstrated them in public. They began to develop a more sleek and slim look in the 1920’s. To get a more sophisticated look , women began to wear spaghetti straps and revealing more, for a more sexy look. Women dresses were created with no waist creating a more masculine look; therefore, this was an easy look for middle class woman to make at home. However, middle class women made their dresses at home to fit in with the higher

During the decade era more people began to live in cities than on farms. Between 1920-1929 the nation’s wealth more than double. The economic growth swept many American’s to a more wealthy society. While some freedoms expanded some were getting curtailed. In the early 1920’s it was the start of the prohibition. The eighteenth amendment had banned manufacture from selling intoxicating alcohol. However, this lead to underground liquor trades, and illegal Speak-Easy’s. Prohibition wasn’t the only social tension during the twenties, The Great Migration of African American came to happen. As usual the white American felt uncomfortable when so many African American came to their cities they began to develop their own crew. The white American began a group known as Ku Klux Klan (KKK). To them they felt the Klan represented a return to all