
America’s “Roaring Twenties”: everything you wanted to know
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Women's Hem Lines Shot Up in the Twenties
Women's hem lines shot up in 19 20. But then they precipitously dropped back down again. The drop waist was a reaction against the corsets and the silhouette of the edwardian and victorian era, most obviously. Women could wear dresses like that because they could keep themselves clean while they were menstruating,. Because they had access to sanitary pads, and, not long after that, to tampons. One of the reasons for layers of petticoats is so it keeps you warm. And one of the reasons women don't have any other way of disguising their body as far from being seen by men on social networking sites such as facebook or twitter. It
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