1920s black women and men’s fashion, clothing, and outfits worn by real people — some famous, some entertainers, some unknown. Most are African Americans in the 1920s, middle to upper classes.
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- 1920 Evening Gown and Hat
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- 1921 White Brimmed Hat with Flowers
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- 1921 U Penn Gamma Chapter Ladies, 1921, led by Sadie Alexander (Left in Glasses)
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- 1921 (Candace, député de la Guadeloupe et Diagne )
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- 1922 Tut Jackson and Jack Johnson
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- 1922 Long dress in Embroidered White Lawn
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- 1922 Portrait of Hazel Mcelroy
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- Wedding, Early 1920s
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- Bessie Smith wears a Lace Evening Dress to Sing in Harlem
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- A Group of African American Vaudeville Entertainers, early 1920s
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- 1922 – “A Negro Family just Arrived in Chicago from the Rural South”
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- Marcus Garvey, 1924 Activist
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- 1924 Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou
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- Sweaters, Vests, Trousers, and Hats
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- Afternoon Dresses
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- James VanDerZee, Studio Portrait of Young Man with Telephone, 1929, Black Suit Men’s Noir
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- Early 1920s (around 1922-1924)
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- Richard Samuel Roberts, Photographer
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- The Ladies from the Covered Wagon Whist Club wore a Variety of Stocking Colors
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- Uneven Hem Party Dress (look at those fabulous shoes!)
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- Late 1920s Embroidered Skirt on the Left
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- Middy Top Navy Blue Dress
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- Early 20s White Dresses
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- 1920s Woman in a White Dress
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- Mid 1920s
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- 1920s Female Pilot
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- Aleila Walker of the Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories Hair Care Company
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- Wow! Fur Coats
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- New York, Harlem 1927, Black Flappers in Fur Coats
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- Early to Mid 1920s
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- Poet and Critic Jessie Redmon Fauset
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- Cloche Hats and Furs
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- 1929 Spellman College Students
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- New Orleans Jazz Band
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- 1920s Nina Mae McKinney
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- 1928 Negro American Magazine
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- Beautiful Hat, Fur Stole, and Dress in the Late 1920s
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- Josephine Baker Wears a Knit Dress
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- 1929 Mrs Oscar Jessie Williams De Priest
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- Gladys Bentley Often Performed in a White Formal Suit/Tuxedo
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- 1920s 1930s Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith with Louis Cole Wearing a Full Dress Tuxedo
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- Dapper Men in Wool Suits and Two-Tone Shoes
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Debbie Sessions has been teaching fashion history and helping people dress for vintage themed events since 2009. She has turned a hobby into VintageDancer.com with hundreds of well researched articles and hand picked links to vintage inspired clothing online. She aims to make dressing accurately (or not) an affordable option for all. Oh, and she dances too.
