Typically women didn’t show much leg before the 1920’s. In the 1920s more leg was shown than ever before. The hemline had reached 9 inches off of the ground (Lower calf). 1919 was the first year that women showed their legs in public. As the hemline got shorter, waist lines dropped. Instead of sitting on the the waist, they fell to a point between the natural waist and the hips. Eventually, it dropped to the hip itself. The most popular type of skirt was was straight and knee length. These type of skirt were mostly worn by young, boyish figured women like the flappers. Eventually older and curvier women adopted these styles as well. Half Way through the the 20s dresses emerged without a waist line at all and hemlines rose to the knee. When the stock market crashed in 1929, the hemline dropped back down to the lower calf.
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