The Great Depression Fashion

During the 1930’s the public began to feel the effects of the Great Depression, many designers were restricted in experimenting with new fashions due to the fall in the economy and the rise in employment. However, this difficult time period did not stop women from flocking to the shops to enjoy the new fashion craze that was arising. Women were expected to wear clothing that was sombre and modest, it reflecting the difficult social and economical situation of the decade. In Italy, women’s fashions moved away from the seductive and daring style of the 1920s towards more romantic, feminine silhouette inspired fashion. Fashion was more significant during this time period in Italy because

The 1920’s fashion was a period of liberation, change, and even more importantly a movement towards the modern era. Fashion in the 1920’s varied throughout the decade but one could see the noticeable change from the previous fashion statements and eras. At the start of the decade, women began emancipating themselves from the constricting fashions by wearing more comfortable apparel. As women gained more rights and World War I forced them to become more independent, flappers came to be, mass-produced garments became available, and artistic movements increased in popularity, one can see how the fashions from the roaring twenties characterized the time and redefined womanhood. (1920s clothing 1)

One of the first resources to go during the depression was food, partially due to the lack of money to afford it and its impossible production due to the Dust Bowl. During the early stages of the depression people were still holding out for a miracle to revive their economy, because of this many individuals tried to live as they did before instead of trying to conserve food for later, ultimately exhausting their pantry. A photograph taken by H.W. Felchner in 1932 depicts a long line of people wrapping around a corner waiting for a meal at a restaurant. The picture also accurately illustrates the desperation of the people in like waiting for anything to eat, as they most likely ate all their food at home. Because many of the American People were not prepared for the depression to strike, and some were just in plain deniable of the current situation, most of their efforts were reactive

Have you ever wondered how your favorite pair of jeans or blouse came up in the fashion world? It happened from history. History affected everything we wear today. Although the Great Depression caused setbacks along with the World Wars and Cold war that went on. The fashion industries still managed to come out with iconic statements that we still wear today. Woman’s fashion changed dramatically throughout history, from the Great Depression, World Wars, and the Cold War.

Before the depression happened many factories and farms alike, were producing mass amounts of cheap goods/produce, more than people could buy. This led to product prices falling, due

During the 1920’s, America was a prosperous nation going through the “Big Boom” and loving every second of it. However, this fortune didn’t last long, because with the 1930’s came a period of serious economic recession, a period called the Great Depression. By 1933, a quarter of the nation’s workers (about 40 million) were without jobs. The weekly income rate dropped from $24.76 per week in 1929 to $16.65 per week in 1933 (McElvaine, 8). After President Hoover failed to rectify the recession situation, Franklin D. Roosevelt began his term with the hopeful New Deal. In two installments, Roosevelt hoped to relieve short term suffering with the first, and redistribution of money amongst the poor with the second. Throughout these years of the

“At one point in the Depression, the cupboard was literally bearing of money.” What effect did the Great Depression have on the people who lived through it? The jobs they had, how they had to use their money, and the help they had to get.

The Great Depression was a major effect on the economy, and it affected the supply and demand of the United States. Before the Great Depression hit, people were building a large amount of things,and once the Great Depression hit people had all of the supplies with nobody to buy them. Businesses went out of business, and people lost their jobs because their employer could no longer afford to pay them. Some homeless people, known as ‘hobos’, would gather together and make homes of whatever scraps they could find. Soon, so many people lost their houses and were resorted to living in “Hoovervilles”, Hoovervilles were a interpretation of regular towns, that were just made of scraps that they were able to find. The prices for farm grown food were low, so the farmers thought if they planted more food that they would make their money back. Doing that only made the prices drop even more due to farmers having such a large supply, and not enough

In the 1930s the Great Depression influenced women’s fashion because they needed to save money and they had to reuse a fair amount of materials from their old clothes. The 1930s also had gender roles, most people were employed but they were not the best jobs. They had low paying jobs. The women needed a full education while the men only graduated from elementary school. There were no equal rights. Women did everything, for example, they did everything at home, they made dinner, made sure the house was clean, they needed to look presentable after work for their husbands, and they had to work at the house especially during the Great

The Great depression began in 1929 with a dramatic event called that Wall Street Crash. This led to the failure of banks and businesses all over the United States. Millions of people lost all their savings and their jobs, and thousands became homeless because they could not afford to pay their rent. Some homeless families lived in shacks made of cardboard. Others took the road to look for work. (Bingham J.) As it could be imagined it was very disheartening to many as losing everything that was worked hard for. Many events took place during this time, like the Stock Market Crash, The Dust Bowl, The New Deal and also Prohibition that changed the outcome of what people could and couldn’t do.

There were many causes of the Great Depression (need help on the first sentence). Yes, the stock market crash was a main reason of the Depression, but it actually began long before that, with the Roaring 20’s. With such a large disparity between the rich and the poor, the overproduction of goods (too much too quickly), and people racing to buy stocks, it was only fitting that it would soon come to an end. Before it actually crashed, the stock market played an important factor leading up to the Great Depression as well. As people were borrowing money to pay for stocks (on margin), they became more and more in debt, and caused the stock market crash to be a huge surprise to them. During the summer of 1929, an “ordinary recession” occurred,

There was a steel mill company created in the 1900 in Gary by a president of the United States name Elbert H. Gary it was named after him. The steel started getting popular because everyone nationwide was using it to build railroads and homes. There three things they used to make steel such as iron ore, limestone, and coals. There was variety of coals that was used but the only one they use was called coke they had to burn a fuel that turned into coke. In order for them to make it, they had to make the coke burn at an extremely high temperature so they can produce it to melt big quantity of limestone and iron ore.

In 1929 the stock market crashes due to an unstable economy, over speculation and Government policies. Many people think that the stock crash was to blame for the Great Depression but that is not correct. Both the crash and depression were the result of problems with the economy that were still underneath society 's minds. The depression affected people in a series of ways: poverty is spreading causing farm distress, unemployment, health, family stresses and unfortunately, discrimination increases. America tended to blame Hoover for the depression and all the problems. When the 1932 election came people weren’t very fond of Hoover, but Roosevelt on the other hand introduced Happy Days and everyone loved that idea.

Many individuals find interest in comparing different people who were successful in fighting their way through the depression, and people who were unsuccessful, many who died, or lived poor for the rest of their lives. Some people couldn’t make it because of the circumstances it put them through. There are poor people throughout the world and there forever will be but the depression in a sense, made everyone poor. During the 1900’s the average family would survive by the man of the house, providing food and shelter. Families worked across the country on farms and were able to grow enough to sell, and eat. Others in more industrialized areas were able to work in the booming factories such as steel and automotive assembly lines. But with a

During the Great Depression Americans suffered greatly. It was the deepest and longest downfall in American history. The Great Depression began after the stock market crash of October of 1929. When the stock market crashed it sent Wall Street in a uproar and wiped out many investors, this causing a steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933 nearly 15 percent of workers were unemployed or laid off. With many people being unemployed it made many people homeless. The community created a community called hoovervilles. A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built by homeless people in the US during the Great Depression. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of