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Vintage Dancer | 1920s Fashion | 1920s Women’s Suits for Travel, Work, & Leisure

1920s Women’s Suits for Travel, Work, & Leisure

1920s Fashion History

7 Oct 2018

In the 1920s, women would wear suits (matching skirt and jacket sets) for day to day work, travel, and leisure. In sporty environments, suit jackets were often replaced with cardigan sweaters or pullover vests. Suits were made of a thick wool in winter and light blends in summer. Sports clothes were made of wool tweed.

Women’s suits of the ’20s were nothing like today’s suits. Jackets were quite long with a matching belt to pull in the waist. Here are some 1920s women wearing suits from my collection:

1920 wool suits
1920 wool suits
Early 20s sport skirt, blouse and cardigan
Early 20s sport skirt, blouse and cardigan
1920 suit with middy jacket
1920 suit with middy jacket

1921 wool suits
1921 wool suits
1922 Emily Dial wears a suit
1922 Emily Dial
1922 sport suits (togs)
1922 sport suits

1922 sport suits
1922 sport suits
1924 ladies wrap jacket suits
1924 ladies wrap jacket suits
1924 white suit
1924 white suit

1926 ladies in winter suits and scarves
1926 ladies in winter suits and scarves
Downton Abbey's Mary Crawley wearing a late 20s suit
Downton Abbey’s Mary Crawley wearing a late 20s suit
Miss Fisher wearing a plaid wool suit - late 20s
Miss Fisher wearing a plaid wool suit – late 20s

Miss Fisher's blue skirt with matching jacket and striped blouse.
Miss Fisher’s blue skirt with matching jacket and striped blouse.
Traveling in a late 20s suit
Traveling in a late 20s suit

 

 

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