Blanton said girls have come from as far as Wayne County to pick out a dress, albeit dozens of the participants are from Boyd County High School. 1920s was a decade filled with ‘all night’ partying!
Money seemed plentiful, and electrifying parties at mansions and ballrooms were always in the mix.
Women in the 1920s went ‘allout’ for eveningentertainment Opulence, decadence, glamour -whichever way you need to say it, 1920s formal dresses had it! While doing the Charleston, the Shimmy and the Tango, jazz music exploded and people danced the night away in clubs worldwide. In the 1920s all after six dresses had very similar look and feel and went by many different names. Now please pay attention. Party dresses, cocktail dresses, prom dresses, and evening dresses. Mostly there’re many names for 1920s formal dress. Downton Abbey has created a wave of interest in the early 20’s long bead and chiffon gowns while Boardwalk Empire and the Great Gatsby movie feature short flapper dresses. My absolute favorite site is Unique Vintage for 1920s reproduction beaded dresses and twenties inspired prom dresses.Offline formal dress departments insideMacys, Dillards or Nordstrom will carry many beaded gowns.
I have found many formal 1920s style dresses online that are modern but with enough 1920’s style to make them great choices for proms, blackish tie weddings, galasand other formal occasions.
The final accessory is an evening bag.
By the way, the new fad, makeup, was carried in the evenings bags gether with a few cigarettes and a jeweled cigarette holder. Furthermore, women didn’t have much to carry so bags were small, lightweight, andbeautifullybeaded or designed in metal mesh. They have been a work of art in of themselves. Certainly, evenings purses complimented but did not necessarily match the dress. Shawl like draping was popular with low cut backs recent discovery of King Tuts mb made anything ancient Egypt very fashionable.
Fabric was sometimes draped and gathered in interesting shapes at the dropped waistline, that was also often decorated with a big sash and bow at the front or on the side. Decorative jewelery similar to large clips and pins carried a very Egyption look and feel on the dresses. Design and the length was simply to risqué for all fringe, very short flapper dresses most people identify with the 1920s were NOT worn in good company. Even the hems of dresses were not neglected on 1920s formal dresses. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… These dresses appeared on show girls and similar ladies of the night in the mid 1920s. Gold and silver metallic were ‘eyecatching’ color choices. Of course, it was perfect to show off those gorgeous decorative elements and jewelry!
Even blackish became acceptable for evening wear -before the 1920s it was only worn by ladies in mourning.
Really, the sky was the limit looking at the color.
You shouldn’t skimp on the fancy, when choosing a 1920s evening dress. Cream, pastels and jewel nes were also common to see. Fabrics were very luxurious -velvet, silk, satin, layers of chiffon and lamé. Oftentimes thanks to Coco Chanel, who introduced the now famous ‘Little Black Dress’ in the course of the ‘20s, it became an extremely popular color for evening and remains so to this day. Reproduction 1920s dress patterns to sew your personal dress are a great alternative. Anyway, vintage dresses are very nearly impossible to find as well as very fragile to wear. Consequently, they have been many different styles of headbands and placement on them on the head. Across theforeheadgave them a Egyptian queen look while others wrapped around the head for a youthful girlish look. Beautiful beaded headbands or all rhinestonehaircombs and tiaras accented ladies short hair styles. Hair jewelry replaced hats for evening wear. Read more about and shop for 1920s headbands. Women wore layers of long necklaces over their evening dresses, usually strands of fake pearls and beads.
Motifs of gold snakes,Egyptiancats, butterfly’s and dragonflies were especially in demand.
Even beaded or feather headbands or turban hats made it into formal wear.
Cuff bracelets in gold or silver were often worn with a couple of going up the arm and around the bicep. Accordingly the exception was Sue Wong who’s signature styleincorporates20’s and 30s style beading in her formal gowns. Actually, in the past very few clothing designers had introduced 20’s style dresses to their line. This is the case. All of this has changed recently as a lot more TV shows and movies set in the 20’s have influenced popular fashion. Buying 1920s evening dresses was a challenge until now. Oftentimes with a flattened bust, the boyish shape that was so stylish throughout the decade for day wear, was sought after for nighttime even though women often lengthened their hems a little for very formal occasions, cocktail dresses were almost always sleeveless and daringly short.