1930s Fashion

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	Skirts & Dresses Party & Formalwear Outerwear & Activewear Shoes & Accessories Hair & Makeup At The Beauty Shop

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Skirts & Dresses Fashion went from one extreme to the other in just 20 short years. Edwardian fashions were characterized by floor-length gowns and tightly-corseted silhouettes. By the 1920s, modern young women were sporting above-the-knee hemlines and slim, boyish figures. After the frivolity of the 1920s, fashion found a middle ground in the 1930s. During this decade, dresses were slim, modest and elegant. Hemlines moved from well below the knee in the early 1930s to just below the knee in 1939. The boyish silhouette that was popular in the 1920s was gone, and healthy feminine curves were back in style. 1930s Patterns & Images			Smart styles for college students, 1936

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Party & Formalwear Evening gowns were bias cut, which meant that the fabric was cut and sewed diagonally against the grain of the threads. This technique created garments with soft, flowing lines. Dresses that were bias cut had a tendency to cling to the body, which made a trim figure a neccessity.

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Outerwear & Activewear Resort wear Traveling to warm climates during the winter was a new trend in the 1930s. This was the resort season, and naturally it required a complete line of resort wear. Women who worked in factories during World War I were the first to wear trousers. By the 1930s, trousers for women were a standard part of any resort wardrobe.

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Shoes & Accessories accessories cloche hats fur stoles elegant wristwatches Empress Eugenie hats clutch purses hats with veils foot & legwear stockings made of silk, chiffon & rayon pumps open-toe sandals shoes with buckle straps lingerie silk & rayon chemises bras with different cup sizes elastic girdles with garters flexible elastic corsets silk nightgowns After decades of torture, women were finally able to say farewell to the corset. In the 1930s, new fabrics and stronger elastic thread made it possible for an undergarment to shape the torso without boning and lacing. As a result, new figure control garments were made of elastic and fastened with side hooks. There was now very little difference between a corset and a girdle, and the girdle became the most common type of figure control garment. Before the 1930s, many different devices were used to provide bust support. They included corsets, wraparound bust bodices, elastic bands that flattened the bosom, and simple cloth bands with shoulder straps. Bras became thoroughly modern in the 1930s when they began to feature individual cups for separation, four different cup sizes and heavy-duty lastex construction. Bras & Girdles			Stockings held up with garters In the early 1930s, some fashions from the 1920s were still popular. They included fur stoles and close-fitting cloche hats. Fur accessories were made of rabbit, muskrat, sable, mink, chinchilla, moleskin and silver fox pelts. When spring came, fur pieces were cleaned and put in cold storage until fall.

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Hair & Makeup hair Short hair was very much in vogue in the 1930s. Early in the decade, hair was cut close to the head to resemble the bobbed and shingled styles of the 1920s. By the late 1930s, women favored slightly longer styles. Hair was soft and wavy and decidedly feminine. Finger waving and marcel waving gave it a very distinct look, like ripples and waves on the water. Long-lasting curls were achieved with the help of a home permanent kit or a visit to the salon for a professional permanent wave. Actresses like Jean Harlow inspired women to color their hair, although the practice was still considered scandalous by most people. Hair Archives 1930s Authentic Coiffures makeup Eyebrows were plucked to a fine line and drawn in with an eyebrow pencil. Wearing makeup had become completely acceptable, and the manufacture and sale of powder, rouge and lipstick was big business.

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At The Beauty Shop curls & waves *Wave clips were clamped onto wet hair to create rippling waves. *A finger wave involved skillful combing of very wet hair and curling it with your fingers. *Croquignole curls were spiral or figure-eight curls on flat rods. *For nearly 60 years, the marcel wave was a popular style for both short and long hair. The marcelled look was invented in 1872 and consisted of natural-looking waves that were created by flipping the curling iron upside down. By the 1930s, the term marcel was applied to all manner of wavy hairstyles and hair-waving methods. Finger Waves The Finger Wave Marcel Wave permanent waves In the 1930s, permanent waves used chemicals and heat to produce curls. The chemicals were known as reagents, and were applied to the hair with a brush or by using special curlers and sachets saturated with chemicals and activated with water. In the 1930s, most reagents used ammonia, borax, lanoil or sulphur dioxide. Heat was applied in one of three ways. The most common method was the electric permanent wave machine. This rather intimidating device used electricity to heat an array of metal tubes and clamps that were attached to the curlers with wires. There were also two machineless methods in use during the 1930s. The first method simply used preheated clamps. The second method was introduced in 1931 and used chemical pads, which were wrapped around the curlers and moistened with water to generate their own heat. This was a popular choice for women who were afraid of electric perm machines. services at the beauty shop basic services haircut, shampoo & finger wave shingled bob style special hairstyles finger waves croquignole curls marcel waves croquignole wave with ringlet ends permanent waves other services Oil of Pine Needles scalp treatment hair tints henna packs hair dyes color rinse facial packs body contouring		Electric permanent wave machine Machineless method with preheated clamps

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