Make Up Tutorials - Make Up. Miss Selfridge - Style Diaries. Vintage 1920s' fashion. Clothing of the 1920’s The 1920’s in America were great times of change. Coming out of the despair of the first World War, society exploded in a million different directions. The 20’s were a time for women voting, the Harlem Renaissance, and a incredible burst of affluence for the middle class. With cars and appliences making peoples lives easier, leisure time was also an added luxury.
Although the 1920’s fashion (especially for women) tend to be thought of as mannish, skimpy and flamboyant (bobbed hair, long pearl necklaces, cloche hats, knee length and thin dresses etc.) the styles were also elegant, sexy and even contemporary. 1920’s fashion was about so much more than the cliche that many people associate with the era, flapper dresses and feathered headbands.
The twenties had it’s fads as well as its classics, a few of which live on today. It was a romantic era for fashion, which is why people look back at it with great fondness and still emulate it’s style. Fashion History Hats Galore. College Fashion - Tips, trends and style for students. Chignon hairstyle with side waves. The chignon is like the hairstyle equivalent of a swiss army knife: it proves useful in every situation. It’s that elegantly simple idea that first took hold in the ancient cultures and has persevered through the changing fashion of the eras. Your mental association of the chignon might be that it’s a hairstyle for formal occasions; or perhaps that it’s the effortless thing you fall back on when time is short but an up ‘do is required. That’s the beauty of this ever-present, ever-useful style: it’s the weapon in your arsenal that will never fail you. But as seasons change and fresh twists on ideas sweep through in the flurry of fashion weeks we look for new ways to reinvent the dependable chignon.
Follow the step-by-step how to guide after the break. Shoot credits Model: Sophie Van Den Akker @ Chadwick Models Photographer: Kelly Defina at kellydefina.com Makeup artist: Shev Kelly for Napoleon Perdis Hair: Annika Bowen @ Annika’s Stylist: Mercy Watson Make sure the hair is prepped. How to: retro faux bob hairstyle. The time we find ourselves in is one dominated by effortlessness. ‘Done’ hairstyles are, as such, a population in decline. The most admired glamour is the kind that moves, tousles, and looks nothing like a hair salon created it for a wedding. But, if the runways are a reliable oracle, 2012 is a fascinating year for hair. In 2012 hair gets wet, it gets retro, it flows free and gets pinned up tight. The eras influencing fashion have much to answer for in the way of hair: the 20s and 30s give us bobs and finger waves, the 70s and 80s give us the kinds of glamour that come from blow dryers and tubes of gel respectively, the 50s rises to rockabilly heights and the 1960s has the most to answer for of all.
The trend towards 60s fashion gives us everything from Bardot bouffant bed hair to mod androgynous crops. It also brings back a unique opportunity to do a structured, pristine, ‘done’ style that defies effortlessness and still hits a trend note. Shoot credits Section the hair into two parts.