Twenties Fashion Marked the Dawn of the ‘Modern Woman’

Sandwiched between the First World War and the Great Depression, the glittering decade of the Roaring 20s marked the dawn of the modern era.
Twenties Fashion Marked the Dawn of the ‘Modern Woman’
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/Dutch_Starburst.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/Dutch_Starburst.jpg" alt="Starburst shoe, made by Th. J. de Bont, Dutch, 1922-1925--By the early 1920s, the term 'flapper' had come to describe young women who flouted social conventions, particularly in how they dressed. The gold starburst that explodes across the uppers of these shoes, a style favoured by the more elegant flapper, is a translation of the dynamic Art Deco design of the 1920s into fashion. (2011 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada)" title="Starburst shoe, made by Th. J. de Bont, Dutch, 1922-1925--By the early 1920s, the term 'flapper' had come to describe young women who flouted social conventions, particularly in how they dressed. The gold starburst that explodes across the uppers of these shoes, a style favoured by the more elegant flapper, is a translation of the dynamic Art Deco design of the 1920s into fashion. (2011 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1869844"/></a>
Starburst shoe, made by Th. J. de Bont, Dutch, 1922-1925--By the early 1920s, the term 'flapper' had come to describe young women who flouted social conventions, particularly in how they dressed. The gold starburst that explodes across the uppers of these shoes, a style favoured by the more elegant flapper, is a translation of the dynamic Art Deco design of the 1920s into fashion. (2011 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada)
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
Joan Delaney is Senior Editor of the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times based in Toronto. She has been with The Epoch Times in various roles since 2004.
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