I noticed that the amount of leg exposed increased throughout the nineteen twenties. The hemlines of the skirts and dresses worn in the early twenties went from above the ankle to below the knee by nineteen twenty nine. The presiding fashion of the twenties was the tomboyish figure of the Flapper, which stressed the lack of curves in the feminine body. The most common outfit worn during the twenties was a suit jacket and skirt with low-heeled Mary Jane pumps. Fake jewelry was also part of the wardrobe to decorate the outfit. Jewelry was worn to show the woman had a sense of style. They seemed to be much more conservative with wardrobe in the twenties than in the fifties. The advertisements that I analyzed of the twenties did not show cleavage. The ‘Why Ordinary Beauty Treatments Fail’ ad showed that there was no cleavage shown and that the woman was truly promoting the beauty of the skin. 5 By the end of the nineteen twenties it seemed like women’s desire for curves had returned. Compared to the women of the twenties in advertising, the women of the fifties looked and dressed much more like a woman. I was
I noticed that the amount of leg exposed increased throughout the nineteen twenties. The hemlines of the skirts and dresses worn in the early twenties went from above the ankle to below the knee by nineteen twenty nine. The presiding fashion of the twenties was the tomboyish figure of the Flapper, which stressed the lack of curves in the feminine body. The most common outfit worn during the twenties was a suit jacket and skirt with low-heeled Mary Jane pumps. Fake jewelry was also part of the wardrobe to decorate the outfit. Jewelry was worn to show the woman had a sense of style. They seemed to be much more conservative with wardrobe in the twenties than in the fifties. The advertisements that I analyzed of the twenties did not show cleavage. The ‘Why Ordinary Beauty Treatments Fail’ ad showed that there was no cleavage shown and that the woman was truly promoting the beauty of the skin. 5 By the end of the nineteen twenties it seemed like women’s desire for curves had returned. Compared to the women of the twenties in advertising, the women of the fifties looked and dressed much more like a woman. I was