Great Gatsby Fashion Vs 1920's Fashion

Have you ever seen the movie Great Gatsby? You would think the clothing today was totally different from the 20’s. Gatsby’s clothes was fun and colorful. In the 1920’s fashion became a huge thing for women because they were giving the right to vote.
In august 26. 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed and that gave women right to vote (Jordan, EBSCO). After the 19th Amendment was passed women started enjoying the liberty. Many of them started their own fashion line, working, and educating. Others enjoyed by becoming flappers. “Flappers liked to go on dates, wear makeup, dance, drink alcohol, and smoke cigarettes (Jordan, EBSCO).
After the 19th amendment was added to the constitution the fashion began to become something important to the women.

In this decade the first bra was invented, also the fiber became known as rayon. The clothing changed, this was the decade were you first started seeing women’s legs (Nolan, Internet). For men there was not much, they wore a suit with bows with the pocket watch their shoes had laces, socks were patterned (Gordon, Book). Also men wore hats, battered, bent, twisted, or folded, falls over his nose (Gordon, Book). In 1925 the women began wearing straight bodices and collars, also by this time they wore baggy cloth (Nolan, Internet).
Finally, by the end of this time the women’s right to vote, also gave them the right to work, educate, and design. If women were not given the right then we would not have channel today. Fashion gave women another thing to love to enjoy. Designer from the 20’s were well known in their decade and up to this point many are still known for their amazing clothing work.
In the early 20’s the Amendment was passed, which gave women the right to vote. The Amendment also gave women right to work, and designers like channel started to come out. Fashion was a big thing during the 1920’s because of the right to vote given to the women.