Fashion Eras from 1800 to 2000: A Timeline of Clothing Styles Explore the evolution of fashion from 1800 to 2000. Flappers 1920s A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, a shorter than average shapeless shift dress, a chest as flat as a board, wore make up and applied it in public, smoked with a long cigarette holder, exposed her limbs and epitomised the spirit of a reckless rebel who danced th