Style File: Inspired by the '20s and The Great Gatsby
Drop waists, silky separates, beaded caps and flapper dresses. The roaring ’20s saw a bright explosion in music and art with jazz and art deco. Louise Brookes was the star of the silent screen with her black bob and Coco Chanel introduced jersey knits and put women in trousers for the first time. Hansine Johnston and Clarissa Brooke Turner discuss the decade that’s influencing designers now: