This weeks photo roundup is all about vintage skirts. Versatile, easy to wear, and casual or glamorous, the skirt has a long history and a diverse range of styles. Long ankle-length skirts started off the turn of the century and gradually shortened up to just below the knee in the 1920s. Hemlines dropped and the sillhouette narrowed in the conservative yet elegant 1930s. Practicality set in in the 1940s for at the knee A-line skirts during WWII. The ’50s saw both the full circle skirt and the slim pencil skirt being worn equally. Take a look at these vintage skirt pictures from 1900-1950:
Two sisters showing off the classic Edwardian fashion of long skirts and white blouses.
1918 Skirts and blouses- see more like these.
1922 spring skirts. Which one would you wear? The blue suit in the upper right was the Facebook fan vote.
Walking down the boardwalk in 1929. I love her sport knit top and pleated skirt and his suit has some serious swagger! Read about the history of 1920s skirts here.
1933 Skirt Suits. Look like something Bonnie of Bonnie of Clyde would wear.
More 1933 skirts. I love the center “Rhumba” skirt or what we might call a jumper dress.
Teens in plaid skirts, white blouses and saddle shoes. 1940s.
Ladies in A Line Skirts. Read the history of 1940s skirts.
Miss Jane Ryan as a “Decorative dinner companion in pierrot pajamas with dramatic tie-on skirt.” 1946 from the California magazine. I love the giant skirt over pant look also called the Hostess dress.
I would love to make this “clock dress.” What a perfect idea for a circle skirt! Circa 1951
1952 Audrey Hepburn wearing the “New Look” style of full skirt and white blouse. She makes it her own with her signature black “flatties” ballet slippers.
1955 full skirts in plenty of big bold colors. Read about the history of 1950s shirts here.
1950s Pendleton skirt ad. What I love about this brand is that they are still being made today in nearly the same vintage cuts and materials. They prove classic fashion never goes out of style. See some of my fav 1940s and 1950s Pendleton skirts.
1956 women’s poodle skirts
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.
