Fabulous Fashions

Less starch, more style, and an affair with a new sassy simplicity in line, leisure and lifestyle. The Jazz Age was more than flappers, it was a fashionable fusion of flexibility and function, accessorized with flair. Try saying that three times fast. Gentlemen entered the “modern era” with an eye toward automobiles, aeroplanes and a sleek style that saw “tails” shorten to tuxes and suits cut closer to the body. Collars were turned down and Fedoras with wide bands ruled. Cloche hats and the bobbed cuts were in. What else was new? The cocktail dress, a French innovation for an American clientele who wanted to go from afternoon into the evening cocktail hour with as little fuss as possible. Matching hat, gloves and shoes and the perfect little glass of something.