#1920s Fashion

[historical-fashion-polls]

submitted by @shilohta 🤎💙🩶

[achronalart]

FWIW, "mauve" was one of the coal-tar dyes developed in the mid-19th century that made eye-wateringly bright clothing fashionable for a few decades.

It was an eye-popping magenta purple

HOWEVER, like most aniline dyes, it faded badly, to a washed-out blue-grey ...

...which was the color ignorant youngsters in the 1920s associated with “mauve”.

(This dress is labeled "mauve" as it is the color the above becomes after fading).

They colored their vision of the past with washed-out pastels that were NOTHING like the eye-popping electric shades the mid-Victorians loved. This 1926 fashion history book by Paul di Giafferi paints a hugely distorted, I would say dishonest picture of the past.

Ever since then this faded bluish lavender and not the original electric eye-watering hot pink-purple is the color associated with the word “mauve”.

[laurenillustrated]

I started drawing the Ever After High girls in random historical fashion eras… why? I have no idea

Raven Queen in 1890s, Apple White in Italian Renaissance.

Briar Beauty in 1920s, Madeline Hatter in 1880s

No particularly reason for the eras, just the vibe I get from the characters and their designs!

[vavoom-sorted-art]

puttin' on the ritz III

The third installment of J.C. Leyendecker inspired art for @moonyinpisces' amazing 1920's fic puttin' on the ritz.

I hope you guys enjoyed my delve into the Roarin' 20's as much as I did!

Here's links to the other two:

Outfit Designs | Opulent Pillar

[cyclesofmystery]

1926: “This girl has all of [the] trends and she’s not loath to wear them at once: bell earrings, a dog collar worn as a necklace, a large beauty spot on her cheek, an ivory cigarette holder, a design to cover the vaccination mark on her arm, heavy bracelets, an anklet, a photo of a boyfriend on her stocking, an anklet watch, fancy garters worn below the knee and a mirror fastened to her wrist.”

Waiting for wristwatch anklets to make a comeback

[dark-longings]

Pola Negri. The Way of Lost Souls, 1929.

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Dress

1926

Callot Soeurs

teal silk velvet with glass beading and metallic thread

Drexel University

[fleursscaptives]

"a modern flapper in an old fashioned gown" by arthur kales, 1923

[dollsinvogue]

C.A. Cupid and her 1920s inspirations 💌🏹

@the-ghost-rat and I were having a conversation and he told me that someone tried to tell him that Cupid wasn’t 1920s inspired…so I took that personally and said I will analyze her doll and compare it to 1920s fashion

if anyone who is particularly knowledgeable about this era of fashion and has some corrections to make please inform me!

[daguerreotyping]

Postcard of a very refined young man reading a letter with the precise degree of drama appropriate to the task, c. 1920s

[inthedarktrees]

Lillian Gish as "Letty” in The Wind, 1927

[historical-fashion-polls]

for the purposes of this poll we're focusing on the three figures on the right

submitted by @wordmage-girl 💚❤️💛

[wh0-is-lily]

1920's Lingerie ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚♥

[aereenity]

RIP Shadowheart. You would've loved 1920s fashion

[vavoom-sorted-art]

puttin‘ on the ritz

From the fic puttin‘ on the ritz by @moonyinpisces. Seriously its a crime I didn‘t make art for it sooner give I’ve loved it forever. (Or maybe not because now my art skills are better :P)

Done during the real, real love discord paint‘n‘sip event where all artists drew the same reference.

[redhairclara]

Louise Brooks featured in Artists and Models Magazine, 1925. From my collection.