Those ten years people went through dark times, in 1912 the titanic ship sank and two years later the First World War began. Luxury lives didn’t matter much as people only cared about staying safe, women started rebelling trends that made them uncomfortable or deformed their body shape. Therefore corsets were thrown away as women welcomed hobble skirts. Paul Poiret was the designer of the decade and he was strongly influenced by eastern colours and designs, he created a line of eastern jewelled slippers which became common.
During the war years women took men’s factory jobs in order to keep them running as men went off to fight. This resulting in women enjoying their independence and wanting to freedom, therefore fashion produced practical wear for women,. Introducing shorter dresses and creating more practical shoes, such as ‘spectator boots’ which became popular at the time, cut steel buckles were added to women’s shoes for decoration as well as other accessories.
As the war drew to an end, the first Sneaker was designed in 1917 which became popular since it was the first shoe that didn’t make noise when walking. Also women were seen in sportswear more often because they were comfortable and easy to move in. also men’s clothing changed radically, as the frock coats and double breasted jackets were thrown away and the ‘dandy look’ was in trend.
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