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By the 1920s fashion had undergone dramatic changes which were sweeping the world. The photograph above is of a wedding party in around 1925 with my grandmother on the far left as a bridesmaid. She was a milliner in the Binns Department Store in Middlesbrough in the Northeast of England, and obviously had her eye on the fashions of the day. Little did I realise when I was growing up that I had such a fashionable Grandma!
These books are from Amazon USA. For books from the UK or Australia click here. The advent of women's magazines and advertising meant that fashions which were originating in the couture houses of Paris were reaching the far corners of the globe in record time and even the working classes of the North of England were managing to keep up with the times. The girls in the wedding party are wearing the shorter skirts which were in fashion from about 1924 - 1927 and have the style of the flapper dress with an uneven hemline and a daring lower neckline. They are wearing the low healed shoes with the little button over strap which were so essential for dancing the Charleston without your shoes falling off! Flapper fashion wouldn't be complete without the
cloche hat
which was worn with a short brim from 1922 - 1925 as shown in the photo. The Art Deco style was often incorporated with zigzag patterns as seen on the brim of the hat on the right. The look would be completed with a touch of typical
1920s makeup
influenced by the vamps of the silent movies.
Sadly, I don't know who the Bride and Groom were, obviously friends of my Grandma well before my Dad was born. If anyone recognises them, I'd love to know. Likewise the two Bridesmaids in the gorgeous Art Deco fashionable flapper dresses with the zigzag hems and the shorter brim Cloche Hats. More friends of my Grandma, lost in the mists of time.
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