The new length of the skirt brought much attention to the legs, with it were worn SILK STOCKINGS in various shades of flesh pink - a startling innovation. The childish ankle-strapped button shoe, now with a small heel, became a classic of women's fashion of the 1920s.
A celebration of the original 'it' girls of the 1920s
Films chosen by Professor Laura Mulvey:
Love 'em and Leave 'em (1926), The Plastic Age (1925), Mantrap (1926), It (1927), ...
June 2000 / London www.bfi.org.uk
