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How did 1920s fashion help to make the Roaring Twenties roar? Bernice had ; French tennis star was fueling the craze; the taste for all things Art Deco carried over into fashion; and had slipped women into something more comfortable—the The LBD was deemed such a closet mainstay that Vogue drew a comparison to Ford’s revolutionary Model T of 1908. In an article in our October 1, 1926 issue entitled “ ” Vogue captioned a sketch of a black, long-sleeved frock that fell just below the knees: “The ‘Ford’—the frock that the world will wear is model 817 of black crepe de chine.” Sportswear, masculinity and emancipation On our covers, we celebrated the decade with illustrations from the likes of and A harmony of linear elements that appear plucked from the sketches of the forthcoming Chrysler Building, these illustrations helped feed the Art Deco frenzy.

wise, women were dressed in cloche hats, tubular silhouettes with drop waists, and handkerchief hemlines boldly skimming shins—which were on show for the very first time. Women’s Trends of the 1920s While the archetypical woman of the 1920s wasn’t yet ready for a full-on menswear-inspired moment (that would take a few decades—about five, for Le Smoking), she was here for the “La Garçonne” look—which was boyish, not manish. A play on words with the feminine article for the French “man” La Garçonne-style aimed to unsculpt the female body, with silhouettes that draped over her curves—no pinching.



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