1. Fashion in the 1920s
By: Rebecca Adams

2. Who influenced fashion?
Women just started to be in the work force and they needed to be comfortable and active in their clothing.
And the corset was abandon
Coco Chanel was a major figure, people liked her chic and progressive designs.
Bouffant introduced the short bobs.
Jeanne Lanvin made sports wear, furs, lingerie and men's fashion.

3. What was the prominent silhouette?
The women were looking more mannish.
Their was no waist, their was no bust.
The shoulders are broader.
It emphasised a flat chest their were no womanly curves as the clothing's were becoming more simplified.

4. What were the fashion trends?
Women:
Flapper dresses (can be short or long, the neckline was either square or straight)
Spaghetti straps
Bras were first used in the 1920s
Large coats

5. Continued
Men:
Sleek suits
Shaped ties, pattern ties and bowties

6. What colours were popular?
Bright and vibrant colours.
Standard colour was blue for women's dresses.
White meant purity

7. What textiles were used?
Cotton and wool
Silk was expensive because it was luxurious

8. What clothing parallels can be made to other time periods?
Spaghetti straps they were in the 1920s and still are now.
Large coats

9. What historical moments occurred?
Flapper dress was a big hit in the trends the neckline and the beading made it a classic dress.

10. Words and quotes that describe this time?
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening”. – Coco Chanel
“Flapper" “the notorious character type who bobbed her hair, smoked cigarettes, drank gin, sported short skirts, and passed her evenings in steamy jazz clubs, where she danced in a shockingly immodest fashion with a revolving cast of male suitors.”

11. Who were the popular designers/ or labels?
Coco Chanel
Jeanne Lavin
Jean Patou
Bouffant

12. Work Cited
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13. Continued
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