The '30s fashion was the decade of elegance and glamour . It is often thought of as a rather boring decade, the bit in between the exciting, decadent 1920s Jazz age with its crazy flappers who had thrown away all their corsets, cut their hair off and dressed like boys and smoked, took opium and danced the Black Bottom.
The awful Second World War that began right at the end of the decade, where there wasn't any money for dresses but everyone knitted their own from recycled cushion covers and at least they were all brave and went out to work and had spirit.
In contrast, women in the 1930s abandoned trouser suits, grew their hair, permed it and dyed it a dizzy blonde, wore an awful lot of silk, fur and velvet, and looked up to very ladylike film stars. Femininity had returned to the scene in 1930s fashion – although women never did climb back into those corsets.
Take a look at these found snaps from Vintage Cars & People to see what ladies looked like in the 1930s.
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
Fashion Styles of the '30s Ladies
