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http://fashionbloglife.com/1920sfashion/

• 1920s fashion for women now incorporated shorter styles with pleats, slits and gathers allowing for more freedom and motion.
• A popular women’s outfit of the time became a straight-lined chemise matched to a close-fitting cloche hat
• 1920s fashion broke all the rules by raising hemlines to just below the knee, exposing the legs (something that had not been seen for centuries). Corsets and bustles of previous eras were replaced with camisoles, bloomers or a chemise.
• 1920s fashion brought change and women began flattening their busts and removing their corsets creating a less shapely look which became known as “Garçonne” which was French for “boyish”.

http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm#The Short Skirt Misconception Of The Twenties

A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, a shorter than average shapeless shift dress, a chest as flat as a board, wore make up and applied it in public, smoked with a long cigarette holder, exposed her limbs and epitomised the spirit of a reckless rebel who danced the nights away in the Jazz Age. 

Between 1920 and 1924 skirts remained calf length with fluctuations of an inch or two according to garment style.  Skirts were actually still rather long, but were designed to confuse.

http://www.fashion-era.com/hats-hair/hats_hair_7a_hat_styles_1920_1930.htm

http://www.fashion-era.com/1920s/1920s_photos_flapper_dress.htm

http://dressmakingresearch.com/1928_draping_a_magic_dance_frock.htm

http://dressmakingresearch.com/1927_a_reversible_silk_coat.htm

http://dressmakingresearch.com/1921_straightline_dress.htm

http://dressmakingresearch.com/1920_waistline_dress.htm