Fashion and style Années folles



women s fashion of year 1927.


the emancipated look

the garçonne (flapper) in women s fashion emerged in paris, promoted coco chanel. boyish characterized loose, streamlined, androgynous silhouette neither bust nor waist evident, , accompanied short hairdo. became symbol of emancipated woman: free , autonomous, , expressing new social freedom woman—she goes out on town, smokes, dances, engages in sports or outdoor activities, drives car, goes on trips—and, flying in face of moral conventions of day, flaunts extra-marital liaison, perhaps homo- or bisexuality, or cohabits openly partner.


also chanel, celebrated little black dress came out in 1926. straight sheath 3/4 sleeves , no collar, crêpe de chine tube in black (a color reserved bereavement) perfect evocation of garçonne style, erasing forms of female body. copied many times over, ford signed chanel vogue magazine dubbed it, referring mass-produced american car, become classic item of womenswear of 1920s , beyond.








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