If you see a guy in a three-piece suit staring out the window at female legs this autumn, don't jump to sexist conclusions. Maybe he's not just a chauvinist pig, after all: he could be diligently seeking clues to the financial future.
The Roaring Twenties were a period of experimentation, boldness, youthfulness at the expense of tradition. Glitz and glamour, paired with underlying simplicity, revitalised post-war fashion, as skirts shortened and silhouettes grew linear. While convenience and rejection of formality were key, beadwork, sequins and embroidery adorned evening-wear. Both waistlines and hemlines mirrored this new sense of audacity, respectively falling and rising throughout the decade. At the dawn of the 20s, the legacy of the First World War weighed on society, having an irreversible effect on culture and fashion; necessity for labour reformed women’s clothing, in turn allowing designers to grow their brands and dictate their taste. Popularised by Coco…
