Fashion Trends

Fashion Trends

Roaring 1920’s

• Men and Women dressed more alike
• Men: Fedoras, tapered trousers, pin-stripe suits
• Women: “Flapper” Fashion, pantsuits, bob hairstyle

1930’s Fashion in the Depression

• Women in the workforce:
• Business Suits
• Tight Skirts with side slit
• Tight jackets with shoulder pads
• The majority of people were left poor and didn’t have the money to spend on leisurely things like clothes and shoes

1940’s Fashion During WWII

• Women:
• Conservative (extra material needed for men at war), no cuffs, collars, buttons or extravagances
• Men:
• four piece deal suit; vest, jacket, two pair of pants
• suits with wide lapels, sports jacket with double-breasted look
• Mixing and matching

1950’s Fashion of Teenage Rebellion

• Girls:
• Fluffed out petticoats under skirts, ratted/flipped hair, white Keds/tennis shoes, pedal pushers
• Boys:
• Tight Levi’s, Chinos, white/black tight shirts, loafers, Converse shoes, leather jackets, “Rebel Without a Cause” look

1960’s Fashion During Vietnam

• “Hippies”
• Tight Levi’s, bell bottoms, wide flare from the knee with patches, drawings, fabrics
• Men:
• Leather vests with bare chests
• Women:
• loose-fitting cotton blouses flowery loose dresses

1970’s Fashion Disco Era

• Bell bottoms
• Lycra, Acrylic, Polyester fabrics
• Women:
• Ruffled/loose dresses stopping at knee
• Men:
• Platform shoes, swirls/dizzying designs on shirts, solid color shirt with gold chains

1980’s

• Polo shirts
• Designer Jeans
• “Flashdance”, Leg warmers, ripped sweatshirts
• Parachute pants
• Acid-wash jeans
• Big Shoulder pads
• Punk

1990’s

• Grunge
• Power bead bracelets
• Pashmina
• Ghetto fabulous
• Long, straight hair with middle part