The ‘Roaring Twenties’ were a crazy, fun decade, when the world was relatively peaceful and everyone who had lived through the horrors of the Great War were happy to be alive. People were full of drive and optimism for the future, receptive to fresh ideas and a new outlook on life. The exuberance, inventiveness, and productivity on both sides of the Atlantic brought a general prosperity which was expressed in lifestyles, art, and especially fashion. Men and women were working side by side and for the first time in  history the term ‘disposable income’ was coined. Shopping for fashions became an...