purple drop waist dress Flapper Mini Featuring a sophisticated rounded neckline and a sultry open back April Drop Waist Jersey Maxi

Sew the facing onto the edge of the neckline with the right sides together and stitch down the edges of the facing and the zipper tape at the back center

For hair and makeup, go with soft, natural looks that play off the hues in the dress

The dresses became so popular that they sparked #prairiecore, which in turn sparked offshoots like #meadowcore and #cottagecore

Open Today, Wed, Jul 22 10:00am - 5:00pm Just before arriving in Albany for a week of fashion shows and talks in 1925, French fashion authority Marceline D'Alroy commented, "I have heard women in Albany are as smart, as up to date, as keen about styles and fashion as the women of New York City." The exhibition Fashionable Frocks of the 1920s showcases more than twenty-five rarely-seen dresses from the Albany Institute's historic clothing collection to explore fashion trends and transformations from an infamous era