1930's Fashion - FASHION HISTORY SESSIONS

1930's fashion is a response to the events of this decade. A moment of economic depression. Fashion becomes more feminine, most women would play safe by exuding ultra femininity.
Some, though, would dare to break conventions, like Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, wearing man's clothes. Fashion starts playing with Art, through the hands of Elsa Schiaparelli, where surrealism blends with fashion.

[@djr6876]

30’s and 50’s fashions were my favorite

[@mistiroberts1576]

Me too... I favor the odd decades 30s, 50s, 70s and 90s are all my favorites

[@Nikola12567]

I love 20,30 and 70's. My style is a mix of the decades, something vintage styled but not very accurate.

[@cathy8964]

I love the thirties clothing, as it was feminine and had such style! They also wore beautifully designed trousers! The best as it showed the beginning of high fashion!

[@katrinaolsen2444]

Wonderful information and presentation. One small detail : Jean Harlow did die of kidney failure. But it was brought on by having Scarlet Fever, which damaged her kidneys. My mom was born in 1934 and had Scarlet Fever as a toddler. It greatly affected her hearing. She is now dead if she doesn’t have her hearing aids in. She can’t stay alone in the house at night because she can’t hear the smoke alarm, nor the burglar alarm which are crazy loud. The hair color cocktail of chemicals wasn’t great. However, her hair wouldn’t have been lightened once a week. It would have been done every 3 weeks. Her hairstylist lived into the 2010’s. Also, Marlene Dietrich was a dark brunette naturally and was made into a platinum blonde in Hollywood. She lived to be 90. Mae West was also a natural dark brunette and became a platinum blonde in the early 1930s and kept the color for the rest of her life. She died at age 87. For sure hair color in those days wasn’t particularly safe. But it was much more dangerous for the hairstylists who were exposed to toxic chemicals 40 plus hours a week. Perms were also incredibly toxic and very popular until the 1990s. I remember how hair salons stunk from perms and toxic hair sprays when I was a kid in the 1970s. I am a hairstylist and I also became a nurse. My first nursing job was at an Assisted Living Facility. It had a common dining room. One day (they ate dinner at 4:30 PM) I smelled what I thought was one of the residents had pooped in their pants. I quietly told the nursing assistants so we could figure out who it was and they could be quietly taken back to their room and get cleaned up. We couldn’t figure it out and the smell was awful! The Dining Room Manager said, “Oh! It’s coming from the hair salon. It’s a perm!) The hair salon was directly over the dining room lol. I had forgotten how disgusting certain perms can smell.

[@johnpluta1768]

The bias cut really took off in the 30s and ready made sewing patterns became very popular.

[@scarletred8888]

Yes bias cutting is the most flattering on a woman’s body - it looks especially beautiful in satins and silks - i930s is my absolute favorite era in style

[@afreeape4915]

please do 1910s fashion! its a very unique and underrated era

[@davidrutter9786]

The fashions were sleek & elegant. The bias cut clung to women's bodies like skin. The Schiaparelli high heel hat is the coolest. The narrator mentions that Marlene Dietrich in the movie Morocco wore a tuxedo, she is completely incorrect. MD is wear white & tails the most elegant fanciest suit of clothes a man could wear.

[@marcholguin6730]

Nice job! Very informative and well illustrated. One suggestion--background music is a little too loud and makes your narration difficult to hear sometimes.

[@dayzeereyes128]

Greta Garbo’s crease eyeliner became popular again in the 60’s.

[@onyx1654]

This is so well written and organised.

[@fashionhistorysessions]

Thank you Raxiberri!

[@jeffkiper8199]

I agree.

[@flazeda8743]

Congrats ! It was really nicely paced and documented. 😊

[@fashionhistorysessions]

Thank you Flaze Da.

[@moncmaru]

@@fashionhistorysessions soy de Perú :v no tenia idea que mi pais se involucró

[@HomesteadingWays]

That one black hat looked like the lady had an upside-down high heel on her head....lol

[@valelliott2106]

Yup.It’s Art.

[@dayzeereyes128]

Jean Harlow and her silk dresses especially in Hell’s Angels 💗

[@sandrakenney567]

I wasnt around in the 30s but i love the fashion for ladies then. it was so elegant and graceful.the fashion isnt as it was then.pity.that dress that Audrey Hepburn wore at the start of the film Breakfast At Tiffenys absolutely beautiful although it wasnt from the 30s but 👍+10/10 for the designer 👌👍👏

[@509cougs]

I like the last picture you showed of Wallis Simpson in her famous lobster dress.

[@m00nflow3r7]

love Marlene Dietrich!

[@Knight7562]

30 fashion is one of the best love the era fashion ♥♥♥

[@themysteriousdomain8249]

You have the perfect voice for these!

[@zafnatpaneaj4992]

La Dietrich was the face of the 30s...!!! Too much perfection...!!! She was making love with the camera...!!!

[@sillywill72]

These are fantastic 🎬📽🎞

[@ilcasuelyilca6520]

Gosto do frescor daquela época. Glamour!

[@jtl4570]

Me too.

[@sandyfreyman3501]

Most women were still sewing their clothing in the fifties and at least half of women would not drive cars yet.

[@allen1895]

Che male c'era?

[@debbylou5729]

Many in your sad family. My grandmother born 1900 learned how to crank up the car and drive when she was 15. I feel bad for you

[@sandyfreyman3501]

@@debbylou5729 a family is never sad that has Jesus for a personal friend!🥰 Best wishes😘

[@HelenaEngstrom]

Oh how I love watching this kind of videos 🥰

[@Heidi-zr5wb]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@geneziogenezio3299]

Her Voice Is Making Me Sleepy, And I Just Had Lunch I will Stop Now But, Thank You Anyways Nice Video, Good Job...

[@mimibuckles9989]

Great video! I hope you will do more!

[@naftalin.retroband]

Thank you SO MUCH!

[@Domi.1978]

Qué belleza! Glamour

[@trishodonoghue9143]

Excellent!

[@phylis3917]

Thank you. Well done.

[@deborahchinn2439]

Adrian designed every article of clothing that Greta Garbo wore in her films…he was an absolute genius when it came to understanding and embracing the beautiful female form…the world hasn’t seen glamour since…😢

[@spiritmatter1553]

No glamour since Adrian? Bob Mackie begs to differ.

[@GothicAngelX0X0]

So incredibly interesting 😊

[@magicbulletdancers]

Ty I enjoyed 👍

[@spnkysy791]

I loved the fashion the stars wore in the 30’s. Very elegant of beautiful fabrics. They weren’t made for the overweight...

[@LauraBeeDannon]

Most people weren't over weight.

[@spnkysy791]

@@LauraBeeDannon I know. You rarely saw anyone overweight.

[@dorothylewis4185]

This was nice and i LIKED HER VOICE

[@dollno5]

Is the last woman shown Wallis Simpson? (15:20)

[@lilypondlane]

Yes.

[@S0ngsyngr]

Why not use music from the 30’s to accompany?

[@Rosenthalbunnies]

My favorite fashion time

[@ginafriend1690]

Thank you!

[@orchidlilly7518]

Fantastic video yet you never mentioned Edith Head, a most amazing Hollywood Designer.

[@catl1783]

I agree, she was very influential

[@spiritmatter1553]

“Timeless fashion,” says the narrator as the visual cuts to the photo used for Jean Harlow’s *Time* magazine cover. Nicely done.

[@venitakbennett-bonaparte1986]

Great musicbed for the Documentary. Who is the Artist?

[@kevinjewell233]

Beret, it came from Basque sailors...it is a French word and the "T" is silent in both French and English!

[@jeffkiper8199]

I love your voice! SEXY EUROPEAN ELEGANCE are words that come to mind.

[@varun009]

30s fashion was pretty dope for women IMHO. Given the lack of money and pressures to thus economize on fabric meant that women went for closer cuts. Also, the garments were tailored by the women themselves so they always fit beautifully. Moreover, it lead to a progressive abandonment of full fur garments in favor of fur trimmed ones. This would of course reverse course as the depression and subsequent war ended.

[@tiko9171]

Love dresses

[@peachluck1050]

Nicely done video, interesting information. Background music is irritating and not from the 1930 period-lowers video quality.

[@valelliott2106]

I like the music.

[@peachluck1050]

@@valelliott2106 - Rock on, friend!

[@XVmrclock]

¡Bette Davies we love you!

[@HANNAHLUMERIA-it5rw]

14 years later would be a war

[@stephaniehand503]

thank you

[@youtuber3328]

please tell me at 6:02 is that film or actual home footage because i did do and will really really LOVE working with female apparel

[@alix5514]

It's film footage.

[@youtuber3328]

@@alix5514 okay thanks

[@trancentralovertone]

nice n glam

[@scottmolina7020]

Omg so pretty I just wish I could be a 30s girl 😩🥵🥺

[@scottmolina7020]

I swear I’m not cringe 😬

[@irenejohnston6802]

No you don't. In UK/Europe, you'd have to live through 6years of war

[@mistiroberts1576]

I have paper dolls with outfits from some of these designers

[@JustForCute]

1920 : Roaring 20s 1930 : 1940 : Wartime 40s 1950 : Rockabilly 50s 1960 : Swinging 60s 1970 : Hippie 70s 1980 : 1990 : 2000 : Y2K 00s 2010 : Emo 10s 2020 : Minimalist 20s Hi maam,, I just observe that each decade has its own title when referring to fashion trends in every decade. I'm missing 3 decades here ,, the 1930, 1980 and 1990. I did a lot of research for this but I can't find an answer especially in 1930. Do you have idea about this one? Like how to call their decade..

[@octopu5ie]

30s is sometimes called the Golden Age, it may be an inspiration for you :)

[@charlieunderwood2123]

Alternative 90s and maybe the Exagerated 80s

[@JustForCute]

@@charlieunderwood2123 I'm thinking about Classic 90s and Neon 80s,,, but no fashion stylist confirmed that...

[@claudinefaure9090]

The 80ies can be defined by New kids on the block because it's the Time when Th. Mugler, or J. Galliano appeared and rise in the fashion milieu. But they dealt with "street wears" as well as 'haute couture'. (+Musée Galliera as referred as musée de la Mode, Paris XVI° ème.)

[@justintaylor3569]

Emo was already dead by early 2010s. I'd call it the hipster/indie decade

[@xesak6624]

Bgm was loud

[@nicoletanis3703]

Great documentary but you did not mention Kay Fancys. She epitomized a feminine elegance as well.

[@yodservant]

My mother Kay Frances Bullock born 1941 was named after her...

[@Eugeniadella]

Wish that sultriness would be back!

[@3frenchhens818]

How did women wear a coat over that puffed shoulder dress? Wouldn't it get mashed down? Maybe the dress with a full shoulder that draped over the upper arm became the practical version.

[@guldenaydin9918]

Harikulade... 🍒

[@lindanorris2455]

music overpowers narration.

[@anthth]

👍🏼😍👍

[@victoriapappakostas9377]

I hate to tell you this toots, but that Audrey Hepburn dress was from the 1950's.

[@valelliott2106]

Toots?🥱 Play nice.

[@ams5156]

You need a good sound mixer. The background music is way too loud.

[@ncavlleguy]

GLAMOUR GLAMOUR GLAMOUR not like some of the crap we see women wearing today !

[@areguapiri]

...and men

[@guldenaydin9918]

🍃💐🍃

[@michaeldelgiudice1057]

nice to see the artistry and sophistication of another era that unfortunately has been absent from more recent decades. music doesn't seem appropriate for the time period and is too loud for the soft voice. some soft big band or something from hollywood musicals maybe.

[@valelliott2106]

I like the music.

[@rosarionavarrosantos6113]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇪🇸💜💜💜💜

[@Karen_Hodges]

🎉

[@nairobiyussef]

This is really a good fake! I'm leaning towards gold being the real gold, as both the black and bordeaux interiors sparkle.

[@annaowczarzak8151]

👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏❤️🇵🇱

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

Woman were chic looking. They watched their weight and wanted to look glamorous that was the tradition men would whistle at a pretty girl not anymore Most men I talked to don’t like over weight girls Could it be the fast foods and bad habits?I guess we all are a little guilty. It was a different era.

[@kikidevine694]

Less food available. That's why British women were so thin in the forties. Also the movie stars were fed cocktails of slimming drugs, and had chefs and trainers.

[@ariouiali7730]

Super gôod day ❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️ beuatiful Time super gôod Time all beuatiful super super super love

[@mariannekiss1279]

Schiaparelli - és nem Scaparelli, rémes ez a sok elírás!

[@maxlinder5262]

HARLOW........

[@annebamford7720]

Why do they have awful droning jazz in the back ground?

[@umarss5660]

why is losing women's morals considered a value and a virtue, but a woman who chooses to truly NOT serve men by NOT acting and dressing exactly as they would like considered oppressed? I'm a hijabi and I agree with the Christian women see this concept as being really sad.

[@sarahholland2600]

Western women don't dress for men. And we don't see hair as sexual or something to be covered up. I find it interesting that in London where i live, women who wear the hijab are plastered in really heavy make up. Whereas western women prefer more natural, barely there make up . Very heavy makeup is traditionally seen as rather trashy & overtly sexual in Western culture. So to me, it's a strange contradiction to pair that with a hijab. .

[@awakeinthedream1111]

⁠@@sarahholland2600 I think it’s because deep down every women understands we wield sensory power and who wants to let that go? For men who say it’s wrong? Hijabi women are just making up for the sensory power they wish they could express in other ways. I wish all women could decenter men and any of their disempowering beliefs against women.

[@hypodamie]

We live in the worst time in the world, elegance, sobriety and aesthetics have been lost, women are dressed like men, they have lost their femininity, everyone is poorly dressed and nobody makes custom-made clothes anymore. Today the most important thing is money and the human being is worth nothing.

[@jbac45]

Don’t just look at Hollywood or the life of the very wealthy….if you look at documentaries from that decade ,you will see the majority of the people looked at least dowdy…..don’t forget today we have choices and we have never had it as good. Elegance and class is still there ,one just has to know where to look….just like it was then. It’s just that it isn’t a carbon copy of the 30s. And still in those days garments were rather uncomfortable and heavy…..it’s up to you to be chic and inspire….

[@claudinefaure9090]

@@jbac45 You are do right ! May I add that now technology has made fabrics improved. And we can find "non-tissé" fabrics. And synthetics woven with "natural" also. (Because every thing " natural" is rare and may come to an end - So I am not jugemental at all).

[@msharradan]

The men in the soup line, didn’t their wives and children need food, too?

[@thesecondYouTube]

Not many photos were taken of the general public back then. I'm sure many soup lines had children and women but the 'new deal' benefits took care of most of them.

[@adeleventuricouturier7384]

Thank you so much but.. Volume music too high😤...

[@stevengiraud5859]

They had class back then, no tattoos no bad attitude like tody, well much better times anyway.

[@rosemarie3251]

Sorry, but contrary to this documentary, there were no, zero, color movies in the 1930's! Full color in the movies came later. The examples shown here were black and white photos that were touched up with color. Honestly, research needs to be done a little more closely! Old movies were redone in color many, many years later. Please be aware of that.

[@lemuret69]

Just to give one example: The Wizard of Oz (1939). The contrast between the black-and-white scenes in Kansas and the shockingly colorful scenes in Oz was an important part of the film. Technicolor had been around since the teens but it was too expensive at that time to use frequently. Also seen Gone With the Wind (1939), another film shot in Technicolor. These were not "colorized" films, and there were others.

[@rosemarie3251]

@@lemuret69 Thank you

[@lemuret69]

@@rosemarie3251 Thank you for replying! Now I just wish I could go back and edit my comment to remove that typo "n" from "seen" right before "Gone With the Wind!"

[@alix5514]

@@lemuret69 Look at the three little dots in the right margin.

[@lemuret69]

@@alix5514 Thanks!

[@donsarde]

How disgusting that filthy rich got even richer as the people could not even afford shoes. Absolutely appalling and unjust!!

[@robertldesigns]

It’s pronounced Main bo shay not main bocher

[@spnkysy791]

Career woman in the 30’s?

[@dhukhiathakur4232]

Jee ha amrikato amrika hai joladkiyo kanumais ka bijanas se many kamaya hai Jo ak sow sal se kamata aaraha hai humlog ladikiyo kinumais ki dhannahi kamate hai khun pasina bahaker kamate hai ladikiyo kohumlog Devi ka jagah dete hai bhale hi sath desh nemanjuri di hope do sow unchalish manjoornahi karta to kaha se aap sahi hai galat kamai matkaro bhagwan komuh kaisedikhawge kiyabologe kiladkiyoka sexwal kamai karkeaaya hoo thoda toimandari rakho ok

[@lindathompson3982]

I thought this would be about the fashions in 1930's... Instead, we are getting 'direction.'

[@bethanypheneger5796]

Terrible audio.

[@madeleinebuchanan2994]

Keep it fashion. Not all the misery of the era

[@tayler7441]

Couldn't finish because of the bad vocal fry. Sorry

[@AzzekaTheRealOne]

Look at what we have today...smh 🙈🙈

[@spnkysy791]

Yoga pants for women...one size fits all🤣

[@donnasherwood283]

Not a good presentation of glory of style

[@sorbak5050]

Why?

[@donnasherwood283]

@@sorbak5050 i said why choices do not represent the best of the era. One can see some on hepburn, dietrich and other actress that are far better than ones highlighted here.

[@kimwilliams5165]

The ideas presented here are overshadowed by a lack of context. To say women's jobs grew in the 1930s is to forget that fair wage laws and affirmative action which opened schooling/jobs up for White women didn't exist. Yet, I note that it was noted that even men who kept their jobs often faced wage cuts of up to 60% was mentioned. Also if you are going to show a photo of Black women and then use the term "less qualified positions" and then contrast that with a photo of White women as nurses you should take the time to mention the White racism which banned Black women from most nursing schools in the country. You might also mention the same White racism legalized a White only hiring system that pushed most Black people in the south into the continued form of slavery known as jim crow, and everywhere else into the lowest paid forms of manual labor at even lower wages than co-working Whites. Lastly, this video being made in 2021 is just another show of how White racism centers itself. By the 1930s cameras were a norm yet you have acted as if no People of Color exist. No famous POC lived and pictures of Jazz artist as well as everyday POC aren't abundant.

[@raedshmaia8972]

true input

[@jbac45]

Well said….terrible times for most. What is shownhere is a very very thin veneer

[@curtismichael4703]

I always view segments like these knowing that the perspective is going to be one sided. As a POC you’re usually going to half to fill in the historical blanks on your own. I don’t assume that’s it’s done intentionally but that’s usually what happens. POC we’re all but excluded from Hollywood films in the 1930’s anyway. There were no fashion trends to report, unless fashion couture created the maids uniform’s.

[@kimwilliams5165]

@@curtismichael4703 I see what you're saying, but that is the problem really. We come in expecting nothing because of a history of racism, not because that is the way it should be. When people create content that is supposed to be informative the bar has to be somewhere higher than the ground. This isn't a random "Oh I think" video, this channel is called Fashion History Sessions. Too often POC are just left out which reinforces the racist narrative that Black and Brown people are "new" and did nothing and add nothing to society. However, this video went beyond that and gave by way of 1/2 truths and selective facts a very wrong view of African Americans and by extension American history in general. The fact that you could come away thinking that African Americans had nothing to do with fashion, if not to do with maids uniforms, is proof of how false and harmful this little video is. In reality the 1920s and 30s had a heyday of Black cinema. Look up a guy named Oscar Micheaux. The movies featured the same clothing as in any mainly White film. As far as influence, we are talking about the 1930s, whose main influence is JAZZ. The only wholly American musical genre there is, which was created by BLACK people! Its influence helped create the whole night club scene, and by extension club clothing. Josephine Baker was a huge influence in the USA and France. Other celebrities like Marian Anderson and Caterina Jarboro didn't go around in sack cloth. Lena Walker was rich and always dressed in the height of fashion. Then there was the influence of African textiles on fashion as well. Chanel was inspired by them and thus incorporated these fabric styles into her clothing collections. All of this and more was ignored by the creator of this video. To only restate what is common knowledge in a racist society, is to regurgitate racism intentionally.

[@allen1895]

Ma basta.....le persone vogliono solo sognare su un periodo comunque ricco di romanticismo....che persone noiose quelle che riescono sempre a vedere il male ovunque.

[@annebamford7720]

Horrible music spoiled this

[@vickilindberg6336]

Want to see the fashion. Don't need the history lession or political commentary.

[@valelliott2106]

Turn off the sound.I liked the history and the music.

[@valelliott2106]

The Title of the Video is Fashion History.