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Fashion weeks became the standard trade fair for the industry in the late 20th century, and the tradition continues biannually. New York Fashion Week has waltzed its way down the runway, and the fashion world is packing up their garment bags to head to Paris to fête the Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Ready to Wear collections. In the spirit of glamour, here are eight 1920s trends from Berg Fashion Library we’d love to see back on the runway soon.

  • Evening cape with large leopard fur collar acting as the cape closure. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Long sleeved blouse with pointed collar, pin tuck details at the shoulder seams, and decorative fan detailing at the sleeve cuff from 1925-1926. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Short sleeved blouse for day wear with a pointed fold over collar trimmed with scalloped edging from 1925-1926. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Draped style, below-the-knee manteaux d’après midi. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Pink and grey dress or blouse. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Dropped waist blouse with draped cowl neckline, large bow tie and geometric seaming. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Blouse with ruffles at sleeve cuff, decorative V seams in the bodice, and a five button placket at centre front from 1928-29 (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

  • Printed, long sleeve blouse with asymmetrical neckline with three ruffled tiers. (c) House of Paquin, Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset. Used with permission.

Informed by prestigious academic and library advisors, and anchored by the 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, the Berg Fashion Library is the first online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text, image, and journal content on world dress and fashion. The Berg Fashion Library offers users cross-searchable access to an expanding range of essential resources in this discipline of growing importance and relevance and will be of use to anyone working in, researching, or studying fashion, anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, and cultural studies. For more insight into Fashion Week, check out Berg's article and blog post.

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