The Truth about the Fringed Flapper: Making 1920s Evening Dresses

Click here https://bit.ly/3MQmYXo and use my code NICOLER50 for 50% off your first month at Care/of Though the fringe dress and the Flapper have become synonymous, they don't appear to have much of a connection in the 1920s. Why did this change? And if the little fringed mini dress wasn't the beloved icon of the era, what were the evening and party dresses actually like? As for fringed dresses themselves, they certainly did exist in the 1920s, just in a different form than we often see bouncing about on screen. Long fringe dripping over silk gowns was fairly popular throughout the decade, though it was never more so than any other trim or style. Mentions range from chenille, wool, and silk to beads and sequins. Many of which were time consuming to produce or care for, since they were often worked by hand and tangled or broke easily. But change was on the way by the end of the decade with chainette fringe. It allowed for fast application of strips of fringe in any length, while resisting tangles. The revolution for fringe was set- but it didn't happen in the fashion world. Movies and theatre picked up this cheap way to make dresses not only look more expensive, but move with exuberance in musicals and dance sequences. The time of the fringed flapper dress had arrived- 20 years late. And so it continued through movies like Singin' in the Rain, The Great Gatsby, Chicago, and more to form our modern version of the infamous 1920s. Leicestershire Museums: https://www.leicestershir