When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.
Before the 1920s, fashion in Western Europe was still somewhat rigid and impractical. Styles were restrictive and formal and there was little room to express yourself. But after the war people began to abandon such styles in favor of comfort and character. Women started to wear short skirts and trousers and men began to dress more informally, and the suits men wear today are still largely based on the style of those adopted in the late 1920s.
This vintage outbreak marked a turning point in contemporary western fashion, and today’s styles still owe a lot to the styles of the Roaring Twenties.
(h/t: vintage everyday)
#1 Women Drinking Coffee In A Terrace Of A Cafe, Paris, 1925
Image source: Branger
#2 French Born Actress Claudette Colbert In The Phantom President, 1922
Image source: John Kobal Foundation
#3 Actress Adrienne Ames
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#4 Greta Garbo, In Movie The Torrent, Wearing Adorable Hat, And Lovely Dress, 1926
Image source: ncartmuseum.org
#5 Alden Gay Wearing Pearls And A Gown Of Black And White Georgette Crepe By Chanel, 1924
Image source: Edward Steichen
#6 Katherine Burke, Performed In The Ziegfeld Follies From 1925 To 1931
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#7 Woman Wearing Culottes And Smoking, 1928
Image source: Sasha
#8 Blues Singer Bessie Smith Poses For A Portrait Circa 1925 In New York City, 1925
Image source: Michael Ochs Archives
#9 Teenaged American Actress Loretta Young Wearing A 1920s Metallic Lace Evening Dress, 1928
Image source: John Kobal Foundation
#10 Silent Film Actress Colleen Moore Basically Invented The Bob, 1929
#11 American Actress, Jean Arthur Playing Golf, 1920s
Image source: Keystone-France
#12 American Actresses Joan Crawford And Dorothy Sebastian Enjoys A Picnic On The Beach, 1927
Image source: John Kobal Foundation
#13 A Woman Wearing A Cloche Hat Decorated With Flowers, 1927
Image source: Sasha
#14 Madeleine Vionnet In A Norman Hartnell Dress, 1924
Image source: Sasha
#15 Dancer, Singer And Actress Mary Eaton, 1921
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#16 Four Bathing Belles Shading Themselves With Parasols On The Beach At Skegness, 1926
Image source: Reg Speller
#17 A Model Wearing A Norman Hartnell Evening Gown, 1929
Image source: Sasha
#18 Three Well-Dressed Women, 1920s
Image source: H. Armstrong Roberts
#19 Actress Dolores Del Rio, 1929
Image source: Edward Steichen
#20 American Actress Nancy Carroll, 1920s
Image source: hello-tuesday.deviantart.com
#21 Four Ladies
#22 Prince Otto Von Bismarck On His Wedding Day. The Bride Is Wearing A Fashionable Twenties Dress
Image source: Hulton Archive
#23 Evelyn Brent, The Hollywood Actress, 1928
Image source: General Photographic Agency
#24 American Actress Myrna Loy In 1920s
#25 American-Born French Dancer, Singer And Actress Josephine Baker, Hamburg, 1925
Image source: Estate of Emil Bieber / Klaus Niermann
#26 Canadian-American Actress Norma Shearer, 1920s
Image source: Public Domain
#27 American Actress Carole Lombard, 1920s
Image source: Imagno
#28 American Actress And Producer Gloria Swanson, 1922
Image source: James Abbe
#29 Gladys Glad, Ziegfeld Follies Showgirl
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#30 Dinarzade In A Black, Peplumed-Bodice, Velvet Dress Trimmed With Horizontal Bands Of Velvet
Image source: Edward Steichen
#31 Actress Alice Joyce In A Straight Dress With A Sheer Beaded Overdress, 1926
Image source: Public Domain
#32 Vina Fay Wray, The King Kong Star
#33 British Actress Dorothy Mackaill Dressed In Silk Dungarees For The Film Party Husband, 1920s
Image source: Hulton Archive
#34 Hollywood Film Actress, Singer And Dancer Gilda Gray Wearing A Beaded Blue Dress, 1924
Image source: James Abbe
#35 Anita Page, Film Actress Is Pictured Wearing A Stunning Striped Dress, 1920s
Image source: General Photographic Agency
#36 Actresses Marie Fitzgerald And Sonia Watson At The Make-up Mirror, 1926
Image source: Sasha
#37 Flapper Fashion At The Beginning Of 1920s
#38 Model In Coat, Vogue,1929
Image source: George Hoyningen-Huené
#39 A Young Bride Wearing A Train Decorated With Lace, 1927
Image source: Sasha
#40 Film Star, Mae Murray Poses In A Neglige, 1925
Image source: John Kobal Foundation
#41 A Straw Hat That Is Guaranteed To Keep The Sun At Bay, Worn With A Bathing Costume, 1923
Image source: General Photographic Agency
#42 Young Woman In Piazza San Marco, 1922
Image source: Alinari Archives
#43 American Models Marion Morehouse and Helen Lyons wearing masks
Image source: Edward Steichen
#44 A 1920s Cloche Hat, 1929
Image source: Sasha
#45 A Women Models A Dress Of Jeanne Lanvin’s Black Fault, On 1929 In Paris, France
Image source: Roger Viollet
#46 Actress Alden Gay Wearing A Dress By Chanel, 1924
#47 Lee Miller, 1928. Black Tulle Evening Dress Lelong. Black Satin Pumps Delman. Jewels Marcus. In Condé Nast’s Apartment
Image source: Edward Steichen
#48 1928 – Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford, And Anita Page In The Movie “Our Dancing Daughters”
Image source: Vintage-Stars
#49 Marion Morehouse In Crepe Romain Dress By Chanel, 1926
Image source: Edward Steichen
#50 Portrait Of Marion Davies, 1926
Image source: Sydney Franklin
#51 A Flapper In Her Bathing Suit On A Rock At The Beach, Los Angeles, 1922
Image source: Underwood Archives
#52 A Glamorous Brunette Wearing A Matching Fringed Wrap And Dress, 1928
Image source: Sasha
#53 Woman With An Umbrella, 1921
Image source: Alinari Archives
#54 The Actress Jeanne Eagels Taking A Break From ‘Rain’ In 1928
Image source: Maurice Goldberg
#55 Two Fashionable Women, Wearing Twenties Drop-waist Dresses And Cloche Hats, 1925
Image source: Seeberger Freres
#56 American Actress Louise Brooks, 1927
Image source: Silver Screen Collection
#57 American Actress Colleen Moore, As She Appeared In The 1923 Film Flaming Youth
Image source: Bob Thomas
#58 Ballerina Ruth Page, Wearing An Off-The-Shoulder Dress, 1920
Image source: Maurice Goldberg
#59 Actress Clara Bow, Modelling An Ideal 1920s Ensemble
#60 Lanvin, 1927
#61 A 1920s Evening Dress, 1925
Image source: General Photographic Agency
#62 1920s Women Fashion
#63 American Actress Joan Crawford, 1926
Image source: Public Domain
#64 Film Star Clara Bow Models For The Camera, 1926
Image source: New York Daily News Archive
#65 Hollywood Actress Marion Davies, 1920s
Image source: Bain News Service
#66 American Actress Eleanor Boardman Wearing A Fur-Trimmed Outfit, 1925
Image source: Hulton Archive
#67 French Fashion Designer Coco Chanel, 1924
Image source: Phillips
#68 American Dancer Cynthia Perot Poses In A Sparkling, Sleeveless, Dress, By Jenny
Image source: Hulton-Deutsch Collection
#69 Lady Hiding A Hip Flask Tucked In Her Garter Belt During Prohibition, 1920s
Image source: Public Domain
#70 A Model Wearing An Evening Dress, 1922
Image source: Hulton Archive
#71 Debutante Maud Hyde Arrives At Buckingham Palace To Be Presented, 1924
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#72 Fashionable Woman In 1920’s
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