The 1920s were years of change across the world – particularly for women. Women began to embrace all things modern and stylish, without regard to the stricter conventions of bygone eras, with this trend peaking around 1926-1928, the years of the Flappers. These daring women wore short limb-revealing dresses, lots of makeup and jewelry, and embraced a long cylindrical form of figure. They would accentuate this shape on their own bodies by wearing dresses lacking in waistline or with a dropped waistline, that were loose enough to make their chests appear flatter.
Hairstyles were worn much shorter, and with the invention of cloche hats it was necessary for ladies to crop their hair short – it was impossible to get a tightly-fitting cloche hat on your head if your hair wasn’t cut completely short and flat! This coupled with the coveted skinny, curve-less figure led to girls idolizing the look of a typical fifteen-year-old boy. Ladies clothing was also becoming more mannish, with an eye more to comfort than to cinching the waist with a corset.
For more trendy silhouette outlines from the roaring 20s, click on the pic at the top of the post – the site is awesome. The one at right is my own sketch … not particularly great anatomy but interesting nonetheless. That’s all for now!
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