After the end of the Great War in 1918 clothes became more comfortable. Out of date dresses were put away or remodelled.
They are almost a hundred years old now. The silks of the beaded flapper dresses are mostly not strong enough for everyday use. These are treasures to preserve for future generations.
The woolen dresses and coats are durable enough to wear but they are also museum pieces and valuable references to a lost technology and culture.
Few countries still have crafts-people with the expertise and resources to produce those colours, fabrics, designs and constructions.
Still in the 1920's and even into the 50's shirts are made from long-fibre hand-cleaned cotton producing smooth lint free fabric which shines and wears well and doesn't pill, unlike the chopped short-fibre machine processed cottons of today.
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