Retro Snap…Flapper Fashion

Eaton’s department store, c.1927

Dancer Jean Rai performing the Black Bottom Blues at the Lido club in the Champs-Élysées, c.1925.

Callot Soeurs evening dress, c.1925

Vintage Lingerie…Embroidered silk tap pants and bra, early 1920s

Vintage style…Doris Eaton Travis c1920s

Fabulous fashion from 1919…the beginning of a new era. 

Photos by Baron Adolph De Meyer

Clara Bow & those rolled stockings

“Rough House Rosie” c. 1927

1920s Glam…Black & white patent leather high heeled shoes.

Street style…1920s

Flappers in Furs!

Flapper fashion…Garters & stockings.

Flapper Fashion…Patterned Stockings c.1920s

Rolled stockings and roll garters were a big part of flapper fashion. In the 1920’s, stockings were made from silk so they didn’t stretch or hold a shape. Women had to rely on corsets with garters or garter belts to hold up their stockings.Wearing corsets was seen as old fashioned and outdated as there was simply no need for such constriction with all the new relaxed fashions.  Garter rolls were a legit way to hold stockings, but for the rebellious flapper, it also gave the chance for a little leg to be shown. . Some even went as far as rouging their knees!

Flapper Fashion c.1929

Theatrical stage and costume designer, Doris Zinkeisen

Photo by Harold Cazneaux

Flapper fashion…Shoes!

c.1920s