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In the 1920s, an international beauty culture was forged, and society increasingly focused on novelty and change. [1] [2] Fashion trends influenced theater, films, literature, and art. [1] The introduction of makeup was reasonably new to the society. Women were figuring out methods to apply it correctly, which later defined makeup looks.
It became popular during the 1920s because it was ideal to showcase the shape of cloche hats. [1] It was worn by Josephine Baker , among others. [ 1 ] The name derives from its similarity to a hairstyle allegedly popular with schoolboys at Eton .
The Face of the Century: 100 Years of Makeup and Style. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-1895-2.. Dumenil, Lynn (1995) The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s. New York: Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-1566-5; Fass, Paula S. (2007) The Damned and the Beautiful: American Youth in the 1920s. 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-502492-0
A hairstyle popular in the second half of the 17th century. French braid: A French braid is a braid that appears to be braided "into" the hair, often described as braided backwards—strands, going over instead of under as in a Dutch braid. French twist: A hairstyle wherein the hair is twisted behind the head into a sort of bun style. Fringe ...
Conk hairstyle. The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. [1] This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene, an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often mixed with eggs and potatoes.
During the mid-1920s, all-in-one lingerie became popular. For the first time in centuries, women's legs were seen with hemlines rising to the knee and dresses becoming more fitted. A more masculine look became popular, including flattened breasts and hips, short hairstyles such as the bob cut, Eton crop, and the Marcel wave. The fashion was ...
Marcelled hair was a popular style for women's hair in the 1920s, [2] often in conjunction with a bob cut. [2] For those women who had longer hair, it was common to tie the hair at the nape of the neck and pin it above the ear with a stylish hair pin or flower. One famous wearer was Josephine Baker. [3]
This shifted in the early 1920s when the new feminine idea became based on the body. [4] Women revealed more of their bodies in 1920s clothing; and at the same time they began using bras, makeup, and dieting. [4] Author of The Body Project, J. Brumberg, summarizes, "The body itself became the fashion in the 1920s."