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The Roaring Twenties

At the birth of the 1920s, many people were single-minded to forget the deprivations of the war, and as the Roaring Twenties swept in, the 1920s became an era of excesses.

A younger social set, soon became branded as "bright young things," and dressed in a style that was deliberately decadent, exciting, and provocative. These voting, smoking, drinking, driving young things showed off the tops of their stockings to the beat of the Charleston.

Glamour was in, and it could be bought, with the recently acquired wealth of the new social mobility. The leg was revealed for the first time in fashion history, and although early bras were not sized efficiently, they struck a chord with the hunger for everything modern and the emancipated young woman of the 20s.

Flat chest and long, slender body was the ideal body shape, and the once flattering corset, developed into the more discreet item, of the shorter and more pliable girdle. Tight bandaging and flappers were also both popular, and yet despite the boyishness of the "flappers," women wore indulgent and quintessentially feminine garments under the streamlined, androgynous outer dress of the twenties.

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A New Era and a New Look

The Roaring Twenties

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The Age of Austerity

Rock and Roll

The Age of Aquarius

Disco Fever

Power Dressing & Designer Labels

"Hello Boys"

A New Century