The 1920s were a new decade and women were embracing their new found freedoms. The 1920s was an exciting decade, various events were happening, such as World War 1 had just ended, the 19th Amendment was passed, and multiple new fashion trends were coming out. “1920s Fashion for women characterized the free spirited, modernist era of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age as women gained their freedom and independence.” (Linda Alchin)
The events of the 1920s was an exciting time. “As the Western world celebrated the end of World War 1 (1914-1918) clothing styles changed to reflect the enthusiasm of the time.” (Tom Pendergast) World War 1 was a devastating time for the whole world and when it ended it was an exciting time. “During this decade women won the right to vote and many earned their own money. Women needed stylish clothes that they could wear to work or out during the day.” (Tom Pendergast) Considering many American women of the 1920s were …show more content…
“Fashion designers played with fabric colors, textures and patterns to create totally new styles of dress.” (Samantha Critchell) Various designers such as Coco Channel were coming up with new trends for women to wear. “Formal gowns, worn mostly for evening events, were their most elaborate outfits.” (Tom Pendergast) Women loved the feeling the elegant dresses gave them when they wore them out, it gave them a sense of wealth and class. “The most fashionable shorter hemlines were worn most often by younger women, but some older women, curvier women also adopted these fashions and began showing off their legs for the first time.” (Tom Pendergast) Women and designers felt as though long hemlines, bustles, and corsets were a thing of the past, they needed to have loose clothing with their new found freedom. The women were free with what they wanted to wear, the war was over and women were rising as they gained new