The bias-cut dominated dress design during the first half of the 1930s and
was encouraged by a general revival of interest in classical art; evening
dresses were especially suitable for recreating the effect of the soft draperies
of antique statuary. |
| By day women's clothes looked neat and disciplined: the
potential limpness of fashion was kept at bay by the careful choice of crisply
smart accessories-small hats were tilted at a jaunty angle and clutch bags
firmly carried under one arm. |
The ideal woman was polished and poised. |
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