The 1920s ushered in a new era for women, especially when it came to fashion and footwear. After World War I, Western society began to shift away from the strict Victorian era and into the swinging ...
Fashion has come a long way in the last 100 years, beginning with the liberated clothing choices of 1920s flapper girls who could newly vote, loved to dance and were entering a booming post-war ...
There was a dichotomy in 1920s fashion. Designers like Coco Chanel introduced a looser, more practical silhouette that freed women from corsets. Yet they also embraced the extravagance of the Jazz Age ...
In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs. The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, and some women voted in the November 1920 election.
Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” isn’t set to hit theaters until May 10, but long before the first flapper has flapped, it’s become one of ...
Content warning: This article includes mentions of racial violence. Thinking of similarities between the 1920s and today, fashion may not be the first thing to come to mind. However, the seemingly ...
There are still plenty of opportunities to dress up as a classic Southern belle or a famous Egyptian queen, but it was a phone call during a recent afternoon that revealed what's been keeping business ...
John Dunn is worried. Not overly, but still. People have told him they're so taken with the looks he and his design team created for the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" that they are tempted to turn ...