Women and Fashion
Fashion in the 1920s for women had followed the guidelines of what women wanted to have: equal rights. Since the early years of the 1900s, women organizations had started to pop up around the country but even as the new rights such as voting came to women from the 19th amendment, those organizations did not stop running. Most people (mostly men) thought that women would give up their privileges, since the job of the woman was to cook, clean and take care of their many children.
Flapper: A young woman, especially one in the 1920s who showed disdain for conventional dress and behavior.
Flapper: A young woman, especially one in the 1920s who showed disdain for conventional dress and behavior.
Cover of Life Magazine, 2/18/1926 illustration by John Held
Many women became idols for sex, beauty and fashion during the 1920s. Many women were starting their own make up companies that are still around to this day. Women were becoming increasing interested in sexual freedom, which was against the social norms. Young women were expected to be excited to find love which was set up by their parents.
“Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a billingsgate fishwoman blush!”
― Agatha Christie, Murder on the Links
“Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a billingsgate fishwoman blush!”
― Agatha Christie, Murder on the Links