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

mocking bird Aunt Alexandria hosts a tea party and they would have worn these dresses with large fancy hats. Another common dress would be the Evening dress. The evening dress were often made of chiffon, silk, crepe-de-chines or satin. The style was often cut to barley touch the floor in the front to having a slight train in the back. These gowns were often worn with fur accessories. The women who were rebellious enough started wearing pants in the early 1930’s. There were only a few social situations that were considered acceptable to wear in public. Places like the beach were acceptable to wear pants. Being involved in hiking, tennis, skiing, picnics or watching any sports could involve them into wearing pants. (“What Did Women Wear in the 1930’s”)
Men’s fashion was created to fit their ideal body shape. Their ideal body shape was extra broad shoulder, thin waists and tapered legs. Popular clothing options were overcoats, tall pants, shirts, sweaters, and suits. Gentlemen’s tall pants were usually around 3 inches above the naval and hung down in a column-like shapes. When men were going for a more casual look pants were cuffed at the bottom. For a professional attire they were straight hemmed. Although pants were enjoyed by all classes. Sweaters were more enjoyed by the lower class. The younger men saw sweaters as a refined fashion element. (“1930’s Men’s Fashion Guide”).
The accessories for both men and women were similar in the 1930’s.

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

1930’s”).
In conclusion, the 1930’s fashion consisted of clothing that was complimentary of the body. It also consisted of the same styles or patterns formed into different objects like hats, shirts or dresses. Styles were modest and not flashy for both men or women. Pants were only sociably acceptable for men. Women who dared to wear them were the rebels or outcasts.