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Twenties Fashion: Ladies' Fashions of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Women's fashions during the 1920s: less formal, legs shown, bobbed hair.
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Twenties Fashion: Men's Fashions of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the appropriate clothing and styles for men during the 1920s. Describes the various articles of clothing considered suitable for men to wear during this time.
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Glamour Daze: A Short History of Women's Fashion 1900 to 1969

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of women's clothing and fashion spanning the years from 1900 through 1969.
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Ram Samudrala: Fashion (Or Life in New York)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief review on the play, Fashion, written by Anna Cora Mowatt. Also known as Life in New York, this play "emphasizes the ridiculous and comically depraved side of humanity."
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Bata Shoe Museum: All About Shoes: Suffragettes, Sports, and Smoky Nightclubs

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry in a history-of-shoes exhibit underscores the link between the style of women's footwear and their growing emancipation in 1920s America.
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The Costume Gallery: A Year in Fashion: 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
View ladies fashion from the flapper era. Some sections require a Library Card from The Costume Gallery.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Early Drama, 1756 1860.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the significance of the play, Fashion, written by Anna Ogden Mowatt. It tells the basis of the play, and the success of it.
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Springfield Public School District: Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
Springfield Public School District provides comprehensive information on England during the Elizabethan time period. Includes historical figures and events, everyday life, arts and architecture, Shakespeare, and it offers links to other...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Dating Old Photographs From Clothes Worn: 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs and fashion illustrations of clothing typically worn in 1920's America and Europe.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: A Fashionable Woman, Circa 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
After women were given the right to vote in 1919, other aspects of women's lives began to evolve, one being women's dress. No longer confined by the restrictive fashions of the 19th century, women wore dresses, like the one shown here,...
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Victoriana Magazine: 1920s Fashion & Vintage Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore 1920s fashion with advice on how to dress for a variety of social situations for both men and women.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Fashion for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview provides interesting facts about women's fashions, designers, dresses, and trends in clothing in the 1920s.
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In The90s: Clothes of the 90s

For Students 9th - 10th
For 1990s cultural literacy, a list of popular clothing from that decade of baby doll dresses, backpack purses, cargo pants, and so on.
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Curated OER

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilmann Timeline of Art History: Coco Chanel

For Students 9th - 10th
Coco Chanel day ensemble - little black dress.