1920s skirt

The Folkwear 210 Armistice Blouse is typically associated with the romantic aesthetic of the Edwardian period. However, there is more to it's story. This blouse became synonymous with the fight for women's liberty in the early 20th century. The "War to end all wars" would unexpectedly create new found opportunities for

Women in the 1920s weren't always wearing dresses. The two-piece outfit - a skirt and blouse - became everyday clothing in an Art Deco lady's closet. The early twenties saw long column plaid skirts, followed by pleated mid-knee skirts in the mid-1920s (the Gatsby skirt era), and handkerchief hem chiffon skirts in the later years.

Just like 1920s blouses, skirts during the twenties went from the vogue thing to wear in the early years to out of fashion by mid-decade. Women wore skirt and blouse separates around the house and while visiting friends, traveling, playing sports, and running into town in casual, comfortable attire. In most cases, they were not

________________ Yola Letellier: Yola Letellier served as the model for the character Gigi in the novel of the same name by the French writer Colette. A friend of Pamela Hicks, the youngest daughter of Earl Mountbatten, Hicks wrote that her father had met a “young, extremely attractive, boyish-looking girl with cropped hair and a little snub nose – a French ‘gamine’. Yola did not live with us but would visit frequently, bringing us charming gifts.” Mountbatten had married Edwina Ashley in…

Wool skirt. 1914-1915.

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Pleated Long Skirts Pattern