Flapper fashion 1925The costume history image in our minds of a woman of the 'Roaring Twenties' is actually likely to be the image of a flapper. Flappers did not truly emerge until 1926. Flapper fashion embraced all things and styles modern. A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, a shorter than average shapeless shift dress, a chest as flat as a board, wore make up and applied it in public, smoked with a long cigarette holder, exposed her limbs and epitomised the spirit of a reckless rebel who danced the nights away in the Jazz Age.
Butterfly Sleeves 1930s
Uniforms and Patriotic Fashion Looks 1940During the Second World War Paris produced restrained clothing to match the economic atmosphere. The general wartime scene was one of drabness and uniformity, continuing well after the war finished in 1945. There was an austere atmosphere and people were encouraged to 'make do and mend.'
Uniforms were seen at all civilian social occasions from cinemas, weddings, restaurants to gala events. It was impossible to go anywhere without being aware of war as uniformed men and women in auxiliary services were an everyday fact.
Flared Trousers, Bell Bottoms and Trouser Suits 1970
Trousers and trouser suits were serious fashions in the 1970s.
Pants began gently flared and reached wide bell bottom proportions by about 1975. After which they slowly reduced to straight and wide until by the end of the seventies they were finally narrow again. Popular fabrics included heavy crepes, wool jersey knits, Courtelle jersey and woven Polyester suiting such as Trevira. Emerald green, apple green and bottle green were all favoured fashion colours of the early 1970s. Right - Green trouser suit pattern of 1971. This style of trouser suit with a hip length tunic, was very typical of fashion trends of 1971 and 1972.
Farrah Fawcett Major and her actress colleagues of the series 'Charlie's Angels' helped popularise not only flared trousers, but also a rough cut hairstyle which demanded constant use of tongs, or heated rollers to make the hair flicks. Many women kept spare electric curling tongs or heated rollers at work, to maintain the flickups in Farrah style.
Tights sales plummeted when some women chose to wear pop socks beneath trousers. Heavy crepes used to make wide legged trousers often emulated the Chanel trousers of the 1930s. They were worn with small knitted short vests or scoop neck tank tops. Waistcoats were popular in any length from traditional, to hip length to maxi.
Platform shoes 1970s
In the early 1970's platform shoes strated with quite a slim sole which moved from 1/4 inch up to about 4 inches at the peak of popularity. When they were that high, individuals frequently got friendly clobbers, or handy men to halolow out cheese hole form the sole base.
Disco fashion 1970s
Disco looks began in the 1970's and was memorable for its hotpants look and spandex tops. Shiny clinging lycra stretch disoc pants in hot strident shiny colours with sequin bandeau tops were often adaptions of professional modern dance wear that found itself making an impact in disco dancing became serious. Gold lame, leopard skin and stretch halter jumpsuits and white clothes that glowed in ultra violet lights capture the 70's disoc fashion perfectly.
Power Dressing 1980s
1980s fashion history is memorable and quite distinctive. A variety of fashion looks ran parallel to each other in the 1980s. Women of this era began to feel they that really could at last choose from one of the many contrasting looks available. The fashion look that was the most powerful over the decade was the wide shoulder. Fashion history reveals that the 80s fashion look was a tailored look. It was hard to go anywhere without at least a jacket, but preferably a complete suit. This was influenced by several movements including media influence on 1980s fashion through the popularity of TV dramas like 'Dynasty' and 'Dallas'. Costume dramas brought fashion into real everyday eighties life.
The 1980s Madonna Look
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