Gatsby Trends ~ The Twenties

Sometimes called “The Jazz Age” or more popularly the “Roaring Twenties”; the twenties were a time of change. American author F. Scott Fitzgerald caught this time in American history in his great classic The Great Gatsby. His great classic has been brought to life in this last year echoing the dashing styles of the twenties.

Fashion played a great role in the expressions of the Twenties, bobbed hair styles, lots of make up and accessorizing with eyeglasses was part of the game. No outfit was compete without the accessories…hat, gloves, handbags, hosiery, shoes and glasses.

The 1920’s basically marked the end of the stuffy Victorian age. A shift in attitude marked a shift  in fashion and style.

No outfit was complete without the quintessential glasses, and horn-rimmed and round frames were worn by both men and women. The frame shapes where not confined to these, there were some hexagon and octagon shapes as well as rimless pinch-nes (French for pinch -nose, indicating the temple-less frames that simply sat perched on the nose, pinched)

The faux tortoise shell frames  usually had wire for the temples, and where made filled with gold or silver with a cellular wrap. And of course, at that time the lenses were ground from actual glass.

Today, with the revival of great literature like The Great Gatsby the trends of the 1920’s have been further fueled (they started in 2012)  and are the talk the cat walk.

Modern high-end designers like Miu-Miu , Tom Ford, Lacoste and others have taken to the twenties styles. It looks to be sticking around for a while too as GQ comes out with the London Collections  it plain to see the Flapper styles are going strong, complete with the stylish slim pants and round glasses!