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For the first time in history, fashion influences and trends were coming from more than one source. [9] Not unlike today, women and men of the 1920s looked to movie stars as their fashion icons. Women and men wanted to emulate the styles of Hollywood stars such as Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, and Clark Gable. [3]
Paris-based fashion houses no longer solely dictated major fashion trends. Many American and European moviegoers were fascinated by and got interested in overall fashion including clothes and hairstyles of movie stars which led to various fashion trends. [8] After the movie Tarzan, animal prints became popular.
1920 was the first presidential campaign to be heavily covered by the press and to receive widespread newsreel coverage, and it was also the first modern campaign to use the power of Hollywood and Broadway stars who traveled to Marion for photo opportunities with Harding and his wife.
1920s: The Spanish Flu. In the fall of 1918, a mutated version of the virus that claimed its first victims in the spring made its way around the world, causing the death rate to escalate quickly ...
Model T production ended in May 1927, and by then, 15 million vehicles had been manufactured, the museum said on its website. This is an aerial view of the River Rouge Ford Motor Company factory ...
Pages in category "1920s fashion" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1920s in Western ...
Pages in category "1920s fads and trends" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dance marathon; G.
During the early 18th century the first fashion designers came to the fore as the leaders of fashion. In the 1720s, the queen's dressmaker Françoise Leclerc became sought-after by the women of the French aristocracy, [4] and in the mid century, Marie Madeleine Duchapt, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Le Sieur Beaulard all gained national recognition and expanded their customer base from the French ...