Everyday Fashions of the Twenties by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486134093
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

1919

(pages 5-14)

The hobble skirt of the prewar period took on the “peg-top” look (pages 5 and 6) and the 1913 “barrel form” was shown along with pyramid shapes popular in 1915—16. The waistlines were either high or undefined. The bust retained the earlier low monobosom look. By our standards, the figure was quite full. The use of decorations, such as a proliferation of buttons, tassels and braid, was also a holdover from past fashions.

Although the current silhouette actually required little constriction, women, except for the most liberated, continued to wear corsets. There were even corsets for “children up to 12 years” (page 8). White cotton, trimmed with eyelet and lace, was popular for lingerie. Very pointed high shoes, laced or buttoned, with solid or spat tops and Louis or military heels were preferred. Stockings, which showed only when pumps were occasionally worn, were generally black or dark gray, although white was sometimes worn with white shoes. Hats, which had large crowns to accommodate long hair, were worn low, just above the eyebrows.

Male fashions reminiscent of the Edwardian styles are shown on models with large, square-jawed heads, and hair neatly plastered down. Their clothes had narrow shoulders and were slightly high-waisted, like the women’s fashions. For sports there were Norfolk jackets and knickerbockers for golf or hiking and suits for riding.

The cosmetics available were limited to rouge, face powder and discreet lip rouge. One could buy a pencil to darken eyebrows, lashes and, for the men, beards and mustaches. For the nails there were cuticle removers, nail whites and polishing pastes.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.