Editing 1930s (section)

===Fashion===
{{further|1930–1945 in Western fashion}}

The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially [[rayon]] for dresses and [[viscose]] for [[lining (sewing)|linings]] and [[lingerie]], and synthetic [[nylon]] [[stocking]]s. The [[zipper]] became widely used. These essentially U.S. developments were echoed, in varying degrees, in Britain and Europe. Suntans (called at the time "sunburns") became fashionable in the early 1930s, along with travel to the resorts along the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], in the [[Bahamas]], and on the east coast of [[Florida]] where one can acquire a tan, leading to new categories of clothes: white dinner jackets for men and beach pajamas, halter tops, and bare midriffs for women.<ref name="Mode">Wilcox, R. Turner: ''The Mode in Fashion'', 1942; rev. 1958, pp. 328–36, 379–84</ref>

Revolutionary designer and couturier [[Madeleine Vionnet]] gained popularity for her bias-cut technique, which clung, draped, and embraced the curves of the natural female body. Fashion trendsetters in the period included [[Edward VIII|The Prince of Wales]] (King Edward VIII from January 1936 until his [[Edward VIII abdication crisis|abdication]] that December) and his companion [[Wallis Simpson]] (the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from their marriage in June 1937), socialites like [[Nicolas de Gunzburg]], [[Daisy Fellowes]] and [[Mona von Bismarck]], and [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Hollywood]] [[movie star]]s such as [[Fred Astaire]], [[Carole Lombard]], and [[Joan Crawford]].

Typical fashions in the 1930s:
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</gallery>[[File:Empire State Building from the Top of the Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|right|The [[Empire State Building]] became the world's tallest building when completed in 1931]]