fashion 1920
Elsie Ferguson
Starry Night Costume
1926
Hillwood Museum
Stylish parisiennes in The Love Parade (1929).
STENCILLED BLACK SILK GAUZE TUNIC, 1920’s.
Probably Gallenga, square cut wrap with silver Renaissance style trees and stylized creatures, black Venetian glass beads along hem, knotted cord closure with glass bead tassels.
John Galliano F/W 1997 RTW
From the bob to finger waves, vintage photographs depict some of popular women’s hairstyles of the 1920s.
Judge magazine, July 23, 1921
Pretty sure my ancestor was a lesbian in the 1920’s
Art Deco illustrations
Wedding Ensemble
1925
National Gallery of Victoria
Anastasia Broadway costumes and their historical counterparts.
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CLARA BOW the It Girl
The leading sex symbol of the 1920s and flapper extraordinaire.
Buffalo Labor Journal, New York, August 25, 1921
• Evening Dress.
Designer: Callot Soeurs
Place of origin: France
Date: ca. 1926
Medium: Teal silk velvet with glass beading and metallic thread.
Anita Page
Ensemble
Morocco
1900-1950
The red fabric of the tunic and the silk embroidery on its front and sleeves distinguished Jewish women’s dress in the Tafilalet region. The women would wrap a fabric over their tunic and fasten it with pins.
The distinctive head covering of married women, the grun (“horns”), was an elaborate construction demanding much expertise to fit and adjust. On the eighth day of wedding celebrations, a married woman would put the grun on the new bride, who would thereafter do it herself every morning. It was believed that this head covering would ensure her a long and happy marriage.
The Israel Museum
A dapper Moga (modern girl) in Taisho era Japan
Assorted Flappers: Anna May Wong, Josephine Baker, Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Joan Crawford & Colleen Moore.
Pola Negri, 1929