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Glossary

argyle pattern Diamond shapes set in a diagonal checkerboard arrangement.

Bakelite The first plastic made from synthetic components. Non-conductive and heat-resistant, it was used in industry and the kitchen as well as in jewelry and toys.

batiste A soft, lightweight, opaque fabric made of woven cotton.

bias cut Fabric cut not on the straight grain but at an angle of 45 degrees. This gives it a natural stretch.

bolero A very short jacket with sleeves, just covering the shoulders. Similar to the modern “shrug.”

box pleat A double pleat made by turning under fabric on both sides.

brocade A rich, heavy fabric with a raised design woven into it.

bugle beads Narrow, tubular glass beads.

chiffon A sheer crepe fabric made by twisting the yarn: usually made of silk or nylon.

couture High-fashion garments, usually made to order.

crepe A fabric with a wrinkled surface.

culottes A long divided skirt that gives the same freedom of movement as pants.

cummerbund A broad sash worn around the waist. diamanté Sparkling stone resembling a diamond.

directoire knickers Knee-length knickers, elasticized at waist and knee.

Fair Isle pattern Traditional knitting style, using multiple colors, which originated on Fair Isle off northern Scotland.

georgette Lightweight fabric, originally made from silk, with a crinkly crepe-like texture.

handkerchief hem A hemline falling in points like a handkerchief.

jersey A cotton or cotton-blend knitted fabric.

lamé A fabric interwoven with metal threads that give a metallic sheen.

marabou Very fine, fluffy feathers.

marcasite A form of iron sulfide often used in inexpensive jewelry to imitate diamonds.

muslin A very finely woven cotton fabric.

nylon A synthetic material developed in 1935 as a cheaper replacement for silk.

organdie (or organdy) A lightweight fabric similar to batiste but more transparent.

poplin A medium-weight fabric with a slightly ribbed texture, made of cotton or cotton blend.

rayon A high-sheen synthetic fabric, made from wood pulp. Also known as “art silk” or “viscose.”

rouge Red powder or cream used to give color to the cheeks.

satin A medium-weight silky fabric with a glossy surface and a dull reverse.

sequins Tiny circles of metal or plastic foil used to decorate garments.

serge A twill fabric, usually of wool or worsted, with a diagonal ribbed texture.

shawl collar A collar whose lapels descend in a curved line without notches.

shingle A short haircut, slightly waved and tapered to a V shape at the nape of the neck .

smocking Decorative stitching worked over gathered fabric, usually on the bodice of a dress.

spats A kind of shoe-protector that buttons on over the ankle.

swagger coat A triangular-shaped coat with a flared back and raglan sleeves.

toque A small, round brimless hat worn by women.

trench coat A knee-length belted raincoat, based on military design.

tulle A fine net fabric made of silk or rayon.

tweed A closely woven, unfinished wool fabric with a rough texture, originating in Scotland.

winged collar A small standing collar with the points bent outward to resemble wings.

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Further Information

B O O K S

GENERAL

Dearling, Shirley. Elegantly Frugal Costumes: The Poor Man’s Do-It-Yourself Costume Maker’s Guide. Meriwether, 1992.

Haley, Gail E. Costumes for Plays and Playing. Parkway, 2002.

Holkeboer, Katherine Strand. Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915. Drama Publishers, 1993.

Kidd, Mary. Stage Costume, Step by Step. Betterway Books, 2002.

La Motte, Richard. Costume Design 101: The Business and Art of Creating Costumes for Film and Television. Michael Wiese Productions, 2001.

Leese, Elizabeth. Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers. Dover, 1991.

Pecktal, Lynn. Costume Design: Techniques of Modern Masters. Backstage Books, 1999.

Rogers, Barb. Costuming Made Easy: How to Make Theatrical Costumes from Cast-Off Clothing. Meriwether, 1999.

PERIOD

Altman & Co. 1920s Fashions from B. Altman & Co. Dover, 1998.

Blum, Stella. Everyday Fashions of the Thirties as Featured in Sears and Other Catalogues. Dover, 1981.

Blum, Stella. Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Featured in Sears and Other Catalogues. Dover, 1981.

Grafton, Carol Belanger. Fashions of the Thirties: 476 Copyright-Free Illustrations. Dover, 1993.

Peacock, John. The 1930s: Fashion Sourcebook. Thames & Hudson, 1997.

Peacock, John. Fashion Accessories: The Complete 20th Century Sourcebook. Thames & Hudson, 2000.

Peacock, John. 20th Century Jewellery: The Complete Sourcebook. Thames & Hudson, 2002.

Schiaparelli, Elsa. Shocking Life. V&A Publications, 2007.

Ward, Tammy. Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Early 1930s. Schiffer Publishing, 2007.

Ward, Tammy. Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Mid 1930s. Schiffer Publishing, 2007.

W E B S I T E S

www.bombshells.com

Gallery of publicity photos of actresses in costume.

www.costumes.org/history/100pages/ mensfashhist.htm

Good illustrations of men’s wear advertising of the period.

www.evadress.com

Has vintage patterns, 1800s to 1950s, in a range of sizes.

www.fashion-era.com/stylish_thirties.htm

General information on styles of clothing.

www.thefedoralounge.com

Information on hats and hairstyles.

www.hairarchives.com

Information on hairstyles and beauty in general.

www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/2030svid.html# movies

Has good information on movies of the period.

www.1930s-fashions.co.uk

Excellent period illustrations of the fashions of the time.

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	Source List
A selection of plays, movies, TV series and musicals with 1920s and 1930s themes.
T H E T W E N T I E S	The Moderns (1988), dir. Alan Rudolph, with Keith
	Carradine, Linda Fiorentino

PLAYS

Chicago (1926), by Maurine Dallas Watkins Chicago (1975), musical, by Kander and Ebb The Front Page (1931), by Ben Hecht

Hay Fever (1925), by Noel Coward

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1982), by August Wilson

Once in a Lifetime (1929-30), by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

MOVIES AND TV

The Blue Angel (1930), dir. Josef von Sternberg, with Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich

Bonnie and Clyde (1967), dir. Arthur Penn, with Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty

The Cat’s Meow (2001), dir. Peter Bogdanovich, with Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann

Chariots of Fire (1981), dir. Hugh Hudson, with Ian Charleson, Ben Cross

Chicago (2002), dir. Rob Marshall, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger

The Cotton Club (1984), dir. Francis Ford Coppola, with Richard Gere, Gregory Hines

Mrs Dalloway (1997), dir. Marleen Gorris, with Vanessa Redgrave, Rupert Graves

Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), dir. Alan Rudolph, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott

Once in a Lifetime (1932), dir. Russell Mack, with Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox

Once Upon a Time in America (1984), dir. Sergio Leone, with Robert De Niro, James Woods

Out of Africa (1985), dir. Sydney Pollack, with Meryl Streep, Robert Redford

The Painted Veil (1934), dir. Ryszard Boleslawski, with Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall

The Painted Veil (2006), dir. John Curran, with Naomi Watts, Edward Norton

A Passage to India (1985), dir. David Lean, with Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis

Singin’ in the Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donan and Gene Kelly, with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), dir. George Roy Hill, with Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore

Valentino (1977), dir. Ken Russell, with Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron

The Flapper (1920), dir. Alan Crosland, with Olive Thomas, Warren Cook

The Godfather Part 2 (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola, with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

The Great Gatsby (1974), dir. Jack Clayton, with Mia Farrow, Robert Redford

The Great Gatsby (2000, TV), dir. Robert Markowitz, with Mia Sorvino, Toby Stephens

The Hours (2002), dir. Stephen Daldry, with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore

Gangster movies

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), dir. Michael Kurtiz, with James Cagney, Pat O’Brien

Bugsy Malone (1976), dir. Alan Parker, with Jodie Foster, Scott Baio

‘G’ Men (1935), dir. William Keighley, with James Cagney, Anne Dvorak

Little Caesar (1931), dir. Mervyn LeRoy, with Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.

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Miller’s Crossing (1990), dir. Joel Coen, with Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney

The Public Enemy (1931), dir. William A Wellman, with James Cagney, Jean Harlow

The Roaring Twenties (1939), dir. Raoul Walsh, with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart

Scarface (1932), dir. Howard Hawks, with Paul Muni, George Raft

The Untouchables (1987), dir. Brian de Palma, with Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro

T H E T H I R T I E S

PLAYS

Awake and Sing (1935), by Clifford Odets Design for Living (1933), by Noel Coward Our Town (1938), by Thornton Wilder Present Laughter (1939), by Noel Coward Private Lives (1930), by Noel Coward

MOVIES

Annie (1982), dir. John Huston, with Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn

Atonement (2007), dir. Joe Wright, with Keira Knightley, James McAvoy

The Aviator (2004), dir. Martin Scorsese, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett

Bound for Glory (1976), dir. Hal Ashby, with David Carradine, Ronny Cox

Cabaret (1972), dir. Bob Fosse, with Liza Minnelli, Michael York

Cinderella Man (2005), dir. Ron Howard, with Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger

Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles, with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

Death on the Nile (1978), dir. John Guillermin, with Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis

Design for Living (1933), dir. Ernst Lubitsch, with Gary Cooper, Fredric March

A Good Woman (2004), dir. Mike Barker, with Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson

Gosford Park (2001), dir. Robert Altman, with Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins

Grand Hotel (1932), dir. Edmund Goulding, with Greta Garbo, John Barrymore

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), dir. John Ford, with Henry Fonda, John Carradine

His Girl Friday (1940), dir. Howard Hawks, with Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell

I’m No Angel (1933), dir. Wesley Ruggles, with Mae West, Cary Grant

Julia (1977), dir. Fred Zinnemann, with Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave

King Kong (1933), with Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong

King Kong (2005), dir. Peter Jackson, with Naomi Watts, Jack Black

Letty Lynton (1932), dir. Clarence Brown, with Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery

Murder on the Orient Express (1974), dir. Sidney Lumet, with Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), dir. Joel Coen, with George Clooney, John Turturro

Paper Moon (1973), dir. Peter Bogdanovich, with Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), dir. Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels

Le Quai des Brumes (1938), dir. Marcel Carné, with Jean Gabin, Michel Simon

La Règle du Jeu (1939), dir. Jean Renoir, with Nora Gregor, Marcel Dalio

Road to Perdition (2002), dir. Sam Mendes, with Tom Hanks, Paul Newman

The Sting (1973), dir. George Roy Hill, with Paul Newman, Robert Redford

Sweet and Lowdown (2000), dir. Woody Allen, with Sean Penn, Samantha Morton

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), dir. Sydney Pollack, with Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), dir. Robert Mulligan, with Gregory Peck, Mary Badham

Victor/Victoria (1982), dir. Blake Edwards, with Julie Andrews, James Garner

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Numbers in bold refer to illustrations.

accessories 9, 13, 15, 26, 26, 33,

35, 56–8, 56–8

Algonquin Round Table 6 art deco 5, 23, 58

art nouveau 12 ascots 19

Bakelite 57, 58 beading 8, 8, 12, 26

bias cutting 12, 32, 34, 34, 40, 43 blazers 14, 19, 20, 50

Brooks, Louise 23, 23, 27

Capone, Al 16 cardigans 19, 49 catalogs 10, 28, 29

Chanel, “Coco” 19, 24, 34, 43 chiffon 8, 11, 12, 19, 19 children’s wear 53–4, 54–5

coats 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 25, 30, 35, 38, 38, 50, 54, 55, 56, 58

collars 30, 38, 54

colors 12, 15, 23, 31, 34, 36, 41, 44 cotton 20, 34

couture 11, 12, 12, 22, 25, 32, 46 Coward, Noel 20, 25, 37, 39 crepe 8, 12, 31, 52

dresses 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10, 11, 11, 28, 29, 31, 35, 40, 41, 42–3, 43, 48, 53, 54

Edward, Prince of Wales 14, 15, 19, 37, 38, 52

embroidery 8, 12, 23, 25, 26 evening wear 12, 12, 25, 29, 31, 31,

32, 32–3, 34, 34, 38, 47, 57

fashion

Egyptian influence 13, 13

1920s 5–13, 6–13, 14–15, 14–15, 18–27, 18–27

1930s 16–17, 28–35, 28–35, 36–9, 36–9, 40–47, 40–47, 48–59, 48–59

oriental influence 8, 12–13, 13, 24 sailor influence 19, 21, 52, 52

Index

feathers 12, 25, 43, 44, 56, 56 felt 25, 54, 56

flappers 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10, 23 footwear 7, 9, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26,

33, 40, 41, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57 furs 29, 45, 49, 56

gangsters 16, 17, 30, 47 gloves 57, 58

hairstyles 21, 23, 23, 26–7, 27, 33, 44, 46, 47, 49, 59

handkerchiefs 15, 16, 54

hats 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 25, 25, 35, 38, 41, 45, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56–7, 56

headdresses 5, 25 hemlines 8, 8, 10, 29, 51

jackets 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 31, 37, 38, 39, 48, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 58

Jazz Age, the 5

jersey fabric 11, 19, 31, 48 jewelry 15, 19, 26, 58

kimonos 12–13, 13 knitwear 49

linen 19, 19, 20 lounge lizards 15

makeup 24, 24, 27, 45, 59, 59 men’s wear 14–17, 14–17, 19, 19,

36–9, 36–9, 41, 46–7, 46–7, 50, 50, 52–3, 53, 56

movie stars 24–5, 24, 29, 29, 32, 36, 37, 41, 42–5, 42–7, 49, 54,

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necklines 8, 11, 11, 43 Norfolk suit 20 nylon 5

Oxford bags 20

pajamas 25, 39, 52

pants 14, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54

pantsuits 23, 45 plus fours 19, 20, 52

Prohibition 16, 30 purses 57, 57

rayon 5, 8, 34

satin 12, 29, 32, 34, 40, 40, 41, 43 scarves 15, 16, 25, 25

serge 14

shirts 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 36, 38, 41, 45, 46, 50, 52

shorts 52, 55

silk 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 25, 29, 31, 39

skirts 19, 21, 22, 22, 23, 31, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52

sleeves 37, 38, 38, 47, 54 socks 19, 53, 54, 55 spats 16

sports wear 20, 22–3, 22, 50, 51 stockings 8, 9, 20, 21, 25, 27 suits 14, 16, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 29,

35, 36, 36–7, 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56

sweaters 19, 21, 23, 34, 45, 49, 50, 51, 55

swimwear 49, 51, 51

taffeta 11

tailcoats 14, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45 ties 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 36, 36, 37,

38, 39, 41, 44, 46, 49, 54 tuxedos 15, 23, 40, 41

tweed 14, 19, 20, 23, 48, 50, 52

underwear 7, 35, 46

Valentino, Rudolph 14, 15, 15, 27 velvet 11, 12, 23, 23, 25, 41, 55, 56 vests 14, 15, 16, 37, 38, 41, 53

Wall Street crash 5, 28 weddings 40–41, 40–41 wristwatches 58, 58

women’s wear 5–13, 6–13, 18–19,

18–19, 22–3, 22–3, 24–7, 24–7, 28–35, 28–35, 40–43, 40–43, 48–9, 48–53, 52–3, 56–7, 56–7 wool cloth 11, 14, 15, 20, 29, 31, 48,

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World War I 5, 18

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