1920s fashion photos

Beautiful color photos of 1920s women and their lovely styles from National Geographic archive

When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.

Artist Anna Hyatt Huntington c.1924, autochrome. She is so lovely.

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1920 Style

This is a set of 2 matted French fashion prints that date to the early 1920's. They originally appeared in a French haute couture fashion magazine, La Femme Chic. They are NOT recent reproduction prints. They each feature elaborate, detailed fashion for daywear. Note the layering, patterning and intricacies of the designs. Wonderful, vivid color. They are in excellent clean condition with no indication of aging or discolorations. Measure 9 x 12.5 in size. Each comes matted in a neutral tone…

The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I've been collecting photos on the internet, as well as submissions from readers who rifled through their attics to help me compile more preserved moments of historical sass! Found in Good Housekeeping, June 1952 Found he

“Scheherazade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.” ~Coco Chanel Some years ago, my sister and I were talking about the LBD and our younger brother overheard. “What is an L…

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