Saturday, 28 May 2016

Art Deco in 1920's

Art Deco flourished from France in the 1920's after world war I. The style consists lots on ancient revivals, it also incorporates certain styles such as Cubism, Russian Constructivism and Italian Futurism with abstraction, distortion and simplification in use of lines, particularly geometric and angular shapes and highly with rich colours, lavish ornamentation, technology and the streamlining that reflected the magic of speed. In the pictures found below, there are lots of design examples that interpret the style of Art Deco.

A clear and black elegant perfume bottle at the times of Art Deco style in the 1920s with a shape of a fan.


Art Deco Perfume bottle 


Bob hairstyle trend:
Colleen Moore was an American film actress, until one day she became one of the most fashionable stars at the era, it's where she helped popularizing the bobbed hair cut. The young western woman in the roaring twenties used to call it flappers. Basically it was a new breed to them at that time, where young energetic youths used to listen to jazz music, drink and dance. Ladies used to wear excessive make up and some other ladies that had short curly hair used to wear bob wigs to keep the trend ongoing.


Colleen Moore, actress 1899-1988 Bob hairstyle trend 


This is a crafted, daring nude tulle with a daring deep V-neck, inspired by the art deco movement, it is decorated with black beading adorns, the dress is perfectly balanced between refine and risque.


Deco Beaded Gown by Zuhair Murad  

As one could notice, the flapper dress shown in the image below is art Deco, yet one could also recognize that the golden collar that the model has around her neck and up the waist with black stripes reminds us of the Egyptian style. Art Deco is a style where it involves a mixture of styles in it, until it enriches its splendid classic decorative style. 


Flapper Dress
Flapper Dress

The Great Gatsby (2013) which was a romantic drama film, established the style of art Deco. In the picture below we could see one of the main actresses wearing a long classy dress that is made with clear transparent beads, with a mini fur shoulder poncho and another round fur neck scarf on top of the other, along with a metal round head band and elegant pearly bracelets in each hand.

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The Great Gatsby film inspired dresses

Chrysler building is a masterpiece in Manhattan representing a classic example of  Art Deco style. Art Deco artists used vertical lines and geometric shapes on using arcs, circles, triangles, squares, rectangles and more in repetitive patterns.

Chrysler Art Deco Building, 




This is an American streamline design coffee table that was retailed in 1930's by the Modernage Furniture Company in New York City. The coffee table has two curved supports in brown lacquer combine with the top flat rectangular black lacquer and the shorter rectangular black base, with two brown lacquer table rest feet.  

Modernage American Art Deco Streamlining design Coffee table 
Art Deco is considered to be popularized in its elegance, sophisticated architecture and objects made from exotic materials to mass production. 

References:

Polyvore, 2016. Zuhair Murad Deco Beaded Gown. [online] Available at: <http://www.polyvore.com/zuhair_murad_deco_beaded_gown/thing?context_id=149773105&context_type=collection&id=129528765> [Accessed 28 May 2016]

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Regent Antiques. (2016). Art Deco Style Clear and Black Crystal Perfume Bottle. [online] Available at: <https://www.regentantiques.com/itemDetails/S0010-Art-Deco-Style-Clear-and-Black-Crystal-Perfume-Bottle#> [Accessed 28 May 2016]

Artdecogown.tumblr.com, 2016. Art Deco Gown Art Deco Dress. [online] Available at: http://artdecogown.tumblr.com/ [Accessed 28 May 2016]

Vam.ac.uk, 2016. Art Deco - Victoria and Albert Museum. [online] Available at: <http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/art-deco/> [Accessed 28 May 2016]

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1920-30.com, 2016. The Bob Hairstyle. [online] Available at: <http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/the-bob.html> [Accessed 28 May 2016]

Modernism.com, 2016. Modernage American Art Deco Streamline Design Coffee Table Modernism. [online] Available at: <http://modernism.com/items/39/coffee-tables/198-135-modernage-american-art-deco-streamline-design-coffee-table> [Accessed 28 May 2016].

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