When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.

Character portrait inspired by 1920's aesthetic. Shot in studio, background added in Photoshop. Lit with a single Godox AD400 Pro/120cm octabox.

Maybe after a decade spent all cinched and pinched in corsets, it was understandable that women wanted to dress in loose drop-waist silky things, no? The ideal body had a flat chest and no hips — and was generally more boyish than feminine. The '20s was the decade that women gained the right to vote, and the flapper uniform reflected the new freedoms that women had.

When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.

Flapper Magazine, Cover. October 1922

2009-10-25 model: Valeria Osipova hair by: Kile Britt makeup by: Valeria Osipova lighting help: Joe Woo Nikon FG-20 Nikon Ai 24mm f/2.8 lens Kodak Plus-X 125 (250-push) 35mm film Kodak D-76 (1:1) developer - 20ºC - 8.5min White Lighting 1600 -standard bowl reflector

A throwback to all that was beautiful and decadent about the jazz era.