boyish figure.As hems rose

Women's Fashions of the 1920's - Flappers and the Jazz Age,1873 Mahogany UGG Bailey Button Triplet
Fashions of the 1920's - HemlinesNot all women wore the short skirts or flippant styles of the flappers.Skirt hemlines began to rise in 1913 when skirts stopped just above the ankles. By 1818, hemlines had risen to just below calf length and for the next several years showed variations of a few inches one way or another.In the early 1920's, uneven hemlines gave the appearance of shortening when uneven, scalloped, and handkerchief hems became fashionable. 1925 saw the dramatic rise of skirt hems into the Flapper style that has come to typify women's clothing of the Roaring Twenties, but was a relatively short lasting phenomena.The short skirts of the Flapper was generally worn by younger women while older women wore longer skirts.By 1929, asymmetrical skirt hems brought hemlines back down. But fashions brief flirtation with short hemlines gave us the image of the modern woman, a style that continued (more or less) throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. Women's Underwear of the 1920'sRejection of the stiff tailoring of earlier styles made corset sales plummet. A new, elasticised corset replaced the old, stiff, restricted whale bone corsets of the past.Young women flattened their breasts with fabric bands to enhance a slim, boyish figure.As hems rose, the legs were suddenly ( and shockingly) on display. Silk and rayon stockings hooked onto the long 'girdles' with snap on garters. Stocking came in shades of skin or sun tan, colors that gave the appearance of bare legs. Flappers rolled their stockings to just below the knee for ease of movement while dancing. 1920's Fashion - Joan Crawford in Hostess Pants See all 18 photos