From the 1920s to the 1950s there was a certain glamorous element to fashion. Women wore beading, hats, bright colors, sequins, polka dots, gloves and elegant dresses. This trend seems like its becoming fashionable again, at least for pin up girl bridesmaid dresses.
In the early 1920s the fashion was almost floor lenght dresses with drop waists and large sashes around the dropped waist with bows or flowers. Later in the decade, women wore flapper dresses which rose above the knee. These fashion trends rose out of the women's rights movement and women began to cast aside their girdles and heavy clothes in protest. Quite a significant statement to wear a dress like one of these in the wedding. A tribute to both fashion and women.
The 1930s and 40s was a return to glamor and elegance, for women. Gowns, fur, long sleeved gloves, flowing long curls (the Lana Turner look) and the mermaid style gown (tightly fitted around bodice to hips then flowing to the ground.
The 1950s, my favorite, were the years of the infamous Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe. Both ushered in a different type of halter dress. Bettie with her peter pan collared, polka dot, swing skirt and Marilyn with a traditional halter, fitted waist and flowing bodice.
You can find more of my planning a wedding vintage style on my other blog. I've also written quite extensively on wedding table decor for a vintage style wedding.
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