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Flappers became the most popular fashion trend during this time. Flapper dresses were shorter, with calf-revealing lengths and lower necklines. Flappers wore high heel shoes and threw away their corsets in favor of bras and lingerie. They gleefully applied rouge, lipstick, mascara and other cosmetics, and favored shorter hairstyles like the bob. -
The young, boyish silhouette of 1920s women developed into a conservative, more sophisticated shape in the 1930s. The ideal, popular profile was tall and thin, with strong shoulders and slim hips. Women most commonly wore dresses with wide shoulders; puffy sleeves; modest necklines; higher, belted waistlines; and mid-calf flared hemlines. -
Women’s 1940s fashion was about creating an hourglass silhouette with masculine details: padded shoulders, nipped-in high waist tops, and A-line skirts that came down to the knee. -
Key designs for the decade included dresses with cinched waists, pencil skirts, poodle skirts, gingham and polka dot garments, cropped sweaters and cardigans, and much more. The key shape for the decade was a feminine, exaggerated hourglass silhouette. -
Bright, swirling colors. Psychedelic, tie-dye shirts and long hair and beards were all very common. -
For women, the Hippie look of the 1960s carried over to the early ’70s. Popular styles included bell bottom pants, frayed jeans, midi skirts, maxi dresses, Tie dye, peasant blouses, and ponchos. Big hair was also very popular as well as showing a lot of mid-drift. -
It was a decade of big hair, shoulder pads, large and dramatic earring types, acid wash jeans and eye-straining fabric colors and patterns. -
Both men and women adopted grunge fashion in the early part of the decade and loose, oversized clothing and jeans became staples. -
2000s fashion was influenced from 1960s bohemian looks. Yoga pants, low-rise jeans, cowl-neck shirts, peasant tops, capri pants, cropped jackets, and dresses over jeans were popular outfit choices for women. -
Fashion became casual for both women and men as well as bringing back many fashion trends from earlier decades. People used clothing to express themselves and used many different patterns and materials to do this.