In the magazine I was asked to do a magazine article that supports the V&A eras video that myself and Ameila Bacon did. We chose to vlog about the 20’s, 40’s and 80’s.
Following the video we did a presentation for the purpose of communicating our findings and other parts of extended knowledge on The History Of Fashion.
The 20’s will always be known as the Flapper era. The impact the 20’s decade had was enormous as everything around was changing, not just fashion wise but culturally as well. The era brought on new adopted styles, especially for women. I fell it was their era to shine as they were now empowered, they were empowered with the right to vote, smoke and drive. It took some time to embrace the new era along with its fashion changes.
A major fashion change was the flapper dress. This made women rebel as they were able to live a little on the wild side! Jazz heavily influenced these choices, as the music had an impact on how women expressed themselves. This was hard for men to take because they were so used to having all the freedom but now women were able to join in too.
In my opinion I think it was an important change, a change that was needed. It broke the classic Victorian rules, and women could live a little. It started to show the world that men and women are equal and it was the perfect time for a change to come.
In the 1940’s, it was the era of women embracing their bodies and allowing themselves to flaunt what they’ve got! It was all about wide shoulder pads, a line skirts and nipped in high tops. They weren’t afraid to show off a little more leg anymore.
The hour glass shape was an important silhouette in the 40’s, clothes were being designed to achieve that shape, just like corsets tried to in the 1900’s.
However, clothing was limited as WWII rations meant a limited supply of fabric.
Men’s fashion in this particular era was unique in its own way as it supported women’s fashion and bright colours.
We chose the 40’s in this ear as I think we both really loved how even though there was a shortage of fabrics they still managed to make an iconic look out of it. Also the sense of colour and vibrancy the era portrayed was amazing, I think we felt like it brought out a feeling of inner youth.