Why Is Fashion Important In The 1920s

Fashion doesn’t really fall into the category of U.S History but the events that impacted Fashion does. The 1920s can be said as the Women’s era, why? Well because women gained the right to vote, when congress passed the 19th amendment on June, 4 1919. Women at this point were only housewives and didn’t really have a voice but when the 19th amendment was passed women felt “equal” for once; it gave them freedom it was really significant for them. Due to this change some women became dressing different with new, different unique styles. Men on the other side weren’t really bringing new fashion, but they didn’t say behind the new style during this time the gangster suits were really popular, they were getting their style from famous celebrities, especially from …show more content…
Women wanted to express their selves dressing with unique clothes and unique styles and make up helped them feel special. Some even dressed as men, they had their so called “boyish look” Some of the outfits that women would wear were short dresses with no corset. Women also loved the floral prints in the 1920s, and the soft colors like the Nile green, French Blue, Sunset Orange and more colors that were popular. Women also changed their hairstyle from long to short, some of the popular styles were called finger waves, bobbed hair, and putch boy. Women loved this hairstyle it made them look different and look different. During this time women would also wear hats with theur short hair, women would wear either fancy hats or men’s hats. One of the popular hats was the Cloche Hat that allowed them to tuck their hair into the hat. Women got their style from the famous designer Coco Chanel that brought all the flapper style. Flapper style consisted of short dresses with fancy hats, with unique make up their make was dark mascara and eye liners, with eye shadow and variety of color lipstick. Women’s fashion or style was different and unqie during this