Describe The Different Types Of Fashion In The 1930's

Fashion of the 1930’s
Look at your legs, what are you wearing? Are they pants? Then you must be a rebel…in the 1930s. The 1930’s fashion was conservative and started to focus on the feminism of clothing for the women. The men focused on the classy yet comfortable looking apparel. The fashion was mostly created and designed to insinuate your genders perfect body type. In To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee the topic of fashion is touched on when scout prefers to wear pants rather than a dress and is considered unlady like but scout argues that it is more comfortable. (lee 108).
Women’s fashion in the 1930’s included embroidered dresses, covered decorative buttons and long gowns with open tops. In this time period what they wore was to often compliment or to accentuate the ideal body types. The ideal body type was tall, slender with small waist and narrow hips. Dresses were very common, and it was strange for anyone to not wear one. There were many types; like house dress (dress that you would wear around for home work or with your friends), an afternoon dress (used to shop, run errands, or to attend a tea). In the novel to kill a

Both men and women wore hats. The men often wore hats daily while the women wore hats to special occasion or running errands. Men’s hats were often flat caps, ivy caps or fedora. They were often tweed and herringbone patterns because they were the most common. In the early 1930’s men’s swim suits were one piece and made from wool. With deep necklines, open back and shorts. As the years went on men’s swim suits evolved to shirtless swim trunks and high-waisted shorts with a white webbed belt. (1930’s men fashion guide). Women wore one piece fitted wool suits with cotton jersey lining, a mini skirt over boy shorts and sometimes little belts that emphasized the waist. They often had simple tank straps and low or plunging open backs. (“What Did Women Wear in the