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=1196893907= Men and women's fashions experienced dramatic changes during the 1920's. The changes included everything from hair to clothing. This time of change was famously known as the "roaring 20's".

The fashion styles of the 1920's challenged many of the previously acceptable ideas. The hemlines were made shorter, women's hair was cut into a "bob" and for the first time in western fashion the knee was considered socially acceptable. Women wore fringed "flapper" dresses and feathered headbands when they went out to parties and social events. Tea gowns and lingerie dresses were also every popular. [|Lauren Calvert's Link]. It was considered fashionable for women to have flat chests. Each year dresses became looser and more shapeless in fit, the bust became more suppressed, the waist disappeared, and the shoulders bacame broader. [|Kayla's Link]During the summertime men sported broad brimmed panama straw hats as well as those with shallow, flat tops and stiff brims called boaters or skimmers. In the winter their style had minimum change. English driving caps were ubiquitous for casual wear, felt fedoras for every day wear with suits and sports coats. [|Lauren Calvert's Link] To parties men would usually wear crisp collared shirts with a tie and jumpers, which were trousers with suspenders attached to them. They also wore penny loafers and the host wore impressive suits of bright colors and expensive silk shirts. This was a way to show off wealth and high class.[|Ashley Thompson's Link]

The actress Louise Brooks introduced a new haircut called "the bob." [|Ashley Trammell's Link] The new haircut was very short and flat. It was a very sleek cut. [|Katie's Link] Mens hair was parted near the center and slicked back with brilliantine (oil), to keep it in place. [|Lauren Calvert's Link]. Accessories were also an essential item. For example, women wore cloche hats. These hats fit women with very short, flat hair. Women also wore coats that wrapped around the body and were about calf length. Shoes were very important accessory. Most were over two inches tall. They looked very heavy and usually had a round toe often a peep toe. Many were decorated with sequins. [|Katie's Link]

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby" fashion played an important role. The clothes you wore portrayed your social status. The men and women who went to Gatsby's lavish parties wore extravagant clothing to show off what they were worth. People of a lower status had different fashions. The style your supported reflected your personality and your way of life.

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