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|  Fashion and Culture among American Women in the 1920s | |
|    Uploaded by paulvd on Jul 25, 2006 | |
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|Fashion and Culture among American Women in the 1920s  |
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|There are many types of people in the world today. The past has shown how the fashion has changed. Each era has their own different |
|style and fashion. The twenties was a particularly wild decade. After WW1, it was a time for change. “Women became rebellious and |
|shocked everyone by their new style and morals”(Louise brooks Society, 3). Women before the twenties were more conservative and were |
|obligated to act like ladies. The rising of music like jazz gave women motivation to be individuals and have fun. Dances like the |
|Charleston had an influence on women in the twenties. Cutting hair and exposing skin was rare considering women in the past had never |
|been daring or even thought about being rebellious like this. Women in the twenties were very different than traditional women in |
|society.  |
|Women’s fashion changed a lot in the twenties. The fashion went from “ladylike” to more daring. The typical woman in the twenties is |
|considered to be a flapper. “No longer confined to home and tradition, the typical flapper was a young woman who was often thought of |
|as a little fast.” (Louise Brooks Society, 1). They wore short...