Despite being a relatively young medium, it seems that many people have trapped their memories of jazz during its classic stages in the early 20th century. Music icons like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald continue to live on as legends but one of the most underrated aspects of jazz is its impact on fashion. From the flashy zoot suits of the 1930s that made a short comeback in the 1990s to the stately dress of 1950s jazz fashion, there is something so classy about jazz fashion.

Of course, the nadir of jazz fashion was the 1920s. 1920s fashion is justifiably credited as one of the most exciting periods of fashion advancements in modern times and jazz fashion played a large part of it. Relieved that a world war had ended, flushed with money and feeling sassy from combating government attempts at prohibition, The Jazz Age were a time of excess and partying. It reflected in the joyous jazz music of the time and the flashy jazz fashion of this era. People continue to be amazed by women’s fashion during the jazz age, which popularized the flapper style and helped loosen the parameters of young fashion. The impact of jazz fashion continues to resonate to this day. It’s also a fantastic look to try to pull off.