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The 1920's and 30' were actually pretty similar, the 1920's was the time when fashion entered the modern era. It was the time when women first abandoned the more restricting clothing of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes such as short skirts or trousers. In the 1930's Canada's fashion paid attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves. Men and women wore shoulder pads under their clothing creating a bigger look

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In the 1930's woman were getting very involved in sports, although sports clothing is not the same as active wear they were very similar in design. Trousers became shorter while t-shirts and tank tops became the average active wear.

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Women became more active in the 1920's, garments evolved to offer comfortable movement. Trousers were worn for sports as well as for skiing. Bathing costumes which had been worn for occasional dips adapted for more active engagement in the sea. Women wore very short skirts or bathing dresses that showed more skin than in the past.

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A popular dress was the cocktail dress and prom dresses, they were long and slim. The design hugged every curve of the body to define the women's attributes. Many dresses were decorated with small groups of beaded flowers or rhinestones around the neckline.

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There are many names for 1920's formal dress. Party dresses, cocktail dresses, prom dresses and evening dresses. The dresses were almost always sleeveless and very short, although women often lengthened their ends a little bit for very formal occasions.

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In the 1930's women started wearing clothes that had a boyish look, but lower class women wore very slim clothing with widened shoulder sleeves and sleeve ends.

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Poor women would often make their own clothing because the cost of clothing was much cheaper, poorer quality fabrics and designs.

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Men's active wear in the 1930's was very similar to the 1930's but jackets were more common and longer pants. Short sleeved dress shirts were coming into style in this time period

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Their were many different styles of formal clothing. different seasons had different styles. This style in the photo was for parties and just going out to a restaurant.

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lower class men in the 1930's wore even more old clothing because this was the time of the great depression. They also wore dull clothing but wore denim jeans.

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Active wear was colorful and loose fitted. This type of clothing was influenced by the sporting business. Their colorful clothing showed what kind mood they were in.

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Women's wear in the 1930's (Street Clothes)

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Women's wear in the 1930's (Street Clothes)

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Bias cut slip dresses and natural waistlines replaced drop waist dresses, backless gowns replaced the mini dress trend, and voluminous adornment a la cap sleeves, ruffles and maxi lengths replaced the straight, frill-less lines of a flapper dress meant for comfortable shimmying about the dance floor.

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Women's wear in the 1920's (Street Clothes) 

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Women's wear in the 1920's (Street Clothes) 

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A walking suit (skirt, blouse, and sweater) paired with a sturdy pair of mid-heel Oxfords, Mary Jane, or T-Strap shoes is the most utilitarian of street dress.

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black tuxedo with long ends called tails or the new style of dinner jacket (now called a tuxedo coat). A white button-down dress shirt with a collar and white or black bow tie was worn under a white or black U-shape vest.

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Farmers, steel workers, miners and railroad men all had a distinctive uniform. They wore very dull colors, denim overalls and wool shirts

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In the 1930's men wore trousers that went higher than the waist, about 3 inches or so above the belly button, and hung down in bell bottom -like shapes.

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1920's men dressed up like they were going to work more than for an occasion. Upper-class gentlemen dressed in the finest suits, middle-class businessmen wore similar but not as expensive suits and working-class men were in laborers’ clothes.

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1920's and 1930's

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1920's and 1930's