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I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T. Do You Know What That Means?. Women and Their New “Independence”. Ever since the start of World War I, women took on roles that had previously been taken on by men.
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I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T Do You Know What That Means?
Women and Their New “Independence” • Ever since the start of World War I, women took on roles that had previously been taken on by men. • The men were no longer around to support their families so the women had to find jobs and run all the family finances themselves.
What Happened When the Men Came Home? • The sense of freedom that came from the war was not to be ripped from the women when the war was over in 1918. • This “new-found independent spirit of women” began to spread as they resisted any demands to return to the kitchen. • The 19th Amendment was also a huge factor in that it gave women a right to vote.
An Inspiring Graphic Artist • An American Graphic Artist named Charles Dana Gibson inspired a different perspective of ‘beauty’. • Charles created one of the first pin-up girls with his series of illustrations in "The Gibson Girl". • “This independent woman became the role model of the 1920's woman and was featured in many an art deco painting.”
Flapper Fashion • With their new independence, women began to create outrages clothing styles outside the conservative kind that society was used to. • The style of the flappers at this time made women look young and boyish.
The ‘BOB’ • Flapper hairstyles started out with the short "bob" • “This eventually progressed to the even shorter ‘Eaton’ or ‘Shingle’ in which the hair was slicked down and curled around to cover the ears.”
Flapper Skirt Timeline • 1913 the hemline had begun to show a little ankle. • Between 1916 and 1918, hemlines rose steadily, faltered then rose again. • In 1919 skirt lengths were just below calf length, as seen to the right.
A change in the waist line adjusts from 1918 to 1920. • The calf length, loose fitting dresses show a definite drop in the placement of the waistline. The bust was flattened with tightly wound cloth • The length of the dresses remained around at the calf into 1919. • The arms were often left bare with the low slung waistline.
Meant to be Mysterious. • Skirts were designed to be confusing and strange. • “The skirt lengths on dresses gave the illusion of being first long and then shorter with dipping, scalloped and handkerchief hemlines in floating fabrics.” • From the 1920’s through 1924, skirts remained around the calves. • “It was only in 1925 that skirts rose 14 to 16 inches (45 to 50 cm) from the ground making the shorter hemline we associate with the era.”
Flappers did not truly emerge until 1926 • By 1926 skirts were at their shortest in the Twenties decade and showed the knee until 1928. • The whole leg as far as the kneecap was revealed. This was the height of flapper fashion.
Fashion and Jazz • The short skirts went well with the Music of the 20’s. • The flappers skirts allowed for the knees to be exposed as “the flapper spun herself around the dance floor to the jazz of the Twenties in the scandalous dance styles of the Charleston, the Shimmy, and the Black Bottom.” • “To top it all off, the flappers took to wearing makeup, which up to this time, had only been worn by actresses and prostitutes!”
Anybody Could Be a Flapper • The Flapper Fashion was easily attainable for all people, rich and poor. • The skirts were easy to make since they were either straight cut or layered one on top of the other. • The only difference was that the rich had thicker layers and more extravagant patterns were the poor had plainer, less sophisticated flapper clothing.
Flappers also began picking up habits that women were forbidden from in the past. • Women began to smoke and drink regularly at social gatherings or evening parties
Bibliography • http://www.arikiart.com/1920s/#The%20Flappers • http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm#1914%20-18%20Changes%20For%20Women
