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first couture fashion house
the first haulte couture fashion house was established by englishman charles worth in paris. -
rayon
rené de réaumur invents, whats called art sick, rayon. rayonisa cellulose fiber. -
brassiere
a brassiere was like a bra in the 1920. in the 1920's they were finally made and this replaced the corsets. -
corsetless dress
since it was unhealthy for women to wear corests paul poiret designed a corsetless dress. this was one very popular trend in 1920's. -
gabrielle chanel
gabrielle chanel, known as coco, creates chain jerseys, quilted handbags, and tailored suits. she also opend a boutique -
Period: to
women could wear pants
since women had to work in factories because to war world 1 they were allowed to wear pants -
t-shits
a light undershirt is finally made and it includes an elastic collar on the neck opening. they were made for the U.S Navy t-shirt -
bras
this was when bras actually came in and they did use corsets and they make diffrent styles like strapless and backless. -
cotton crash
The cotton crash was when company suffered a serious loss of cotton. This was because since the price of cotton dropped from 42 cents a pound to 6 cents. -
circa 1920
women started to be in sports, so they started new trends which main one was called the flapper. -
the chemise
a chemise is called skirt in french. they usually hung stright down to kness. they were VERY popular -
New hemline
women were finally allowed to wear knee high lenght hemlines as the new high. -
Period: to
late 1920's
elsa schiaparelli creates zippers and unusal buttons, very bright colors, and shoulder pads.
