LibGuides: Primary Sources: The 1920s: Fashion

Research Tip - Fashion

Newspaper & magazine ads from the time period can be a great source for fashion images!

Online Sources: Fashion in the 1920s

1920s Fashion images - Metropolitan Museum of Art
1920s Vogue Magazine Articles
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"For the fashion lover, there is no publication quite like Vogue. Available articles include the observations of a princess on her travels to Turkey, "The Rise of Rude," and the wedding announcement of Mrs. Prescott Sheldon Bush--the mother of President George Herbert Walker Bush. There is little doubt that these articles will intrigue you as you learn more about the fashion and culture of the early 1900s." Old Magazine Articles
NYPLDC: Clothing & dress -- 1920-1929
The Corset and Underwear Review
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Oct. 1913-Mar. 1914; v. 4 (1914-15); v. 5 (1915); Oct 1915-Mar 1916; Apr-Sept. 1916; Oct. 1916-Mar. 1917; v. 9 (1917) - . 19 (Apr.-Sept. 1922)
Digital Dress Collection 1716-1992
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Images of clothing worn in Michigan. Images can be browsed by year.
NYPLDC: Evening Wear 1920s
Fashion, 1900-2000 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
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Clothing from the museum's collection.
Fashion2Fiber (Ohio State University)
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"The Historic Costume & Textiles Collection is a scholarly and artistic resource of apparel and textile material culture. The 11,500+ holdings encompass a range of three dimensional objects such as textiles and articles of clothing and accessories for men, women, and children, including national dress costume, from the mid-18th century to contemporary 21st century designers."
Flapper Images Wikimedia
Vanity Fair
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"Vanity Fair is a magazine of fashion and popular culture published by Conde Nast."
Woman's Rebellion Against Fashion
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by Mary Alden Hopkins
New Republic, August 16, 1922

Book Sources: Fashion in the 1920s

A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.
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Off campus access instructions (for e-books)

20th century Fashion : 100 years of Apparel Ads by Alison A. Nieder; Jim Heimann (Editor)
Call Number: HF6161.C44 N54 2009
ISBN: 3836514613
1920s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook by Emmanuelle Dirix; Charlotte Fiell
Call Number: GT596 .N55 2015
ISBN: 9781783130146
American Men's Wear, 1861-1982 by Wm. Harlan Shaw
Call Number: GT610 .S45 1982
ISBN: 0881270083
Provides images of men's fashion.
Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl by Virginia Alexander
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Publication Date: 1920
Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe by Jose Blanco F; Patricia Kay Hunt-Hurst; Heather Vaughan Lee; Mary Doering
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Call Number: Online - Ebook Central
ISBN: 1610693108
Everyday Fashions of the Twenties As Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs by Stella Blum (Editor)
Call Number: GT615 .E93 1981
ISBN: 0486241343
Presents fashion pages from the Sears, Roebuck, and other mail-order catalogs of the 1920s, featuring over 750 captioned illustrations of clothing and accessories for men, women, and children.
Women's Wear of the 1920s: With Complete Patterns by Ruth Countryman; Elizabeth W. Hopper; William-Alan Landes (Editor)
Call Number: GT615 .C68 1998
ISBN: 0887346545
Includes images and patterns for 1920s women's fashions.

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