Fashions of a Decade: The 1930s examines the role of fashion as it made its way through the Great Depression, exploring the social and cultural aspects of the era through a softer lens. Synthetic fabrics, such as nylon and artificial silks that imitated luxury fibers, became popular, in addition to clothing that featured a more muted palette and longer, more flowing lines. Such Hollywood icons as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers set the standard for...