Charleston dress
Charleston dress is the popular name for knee-length, waistless hanging dresses of the late 1920s and 1930s. The name is derived from the dance of the same name , which became known in Europe from 1925 (mainly through the appearances of Josephine Baker ). The Charleston dress was typical of flapper fashion . It allowed great freedom of movement and leg freedom for the fashionable dances of the time, but it was very short, which was often concealed by attached fringes. Sometimes the dresses consisted mainly of fringes or ribbons, especially for shimmies , dresses made of several layers of fringes were worn, which rhythmically resonated with the movement of the dancer.
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Charleston dress with glass beads, embroidered silk georgette and metal threads (around 1924/25).
Charleston dress with floral motifs, silk crepe with metal threads (mid-1920s).
Charleston dress with sequins, silk crepe (mid-1920s).
Charleston dress with silver beads, cotton crepe with glass beads (mid-1920s).
Pink Glass Beaded Charleston Dress, Cotton Batiste (mid-1920s).
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literature
- Charleston dress and Tippmamsell : brochure accompanying the special exhibition / LVR-Industriemuseum Ratingen. From April 29 to September 23, 2001.
- Ingrid Loschek: Reclam's fashion and costume lexicon. 5th edition Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3 , p. 143
- NJ Stevenson: The History of Fashion. Styles, trends and stars. Haupt, Bern et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-258-60032-1 , pp. 102-103
