Swing Fashion

Women's Fashion History

Before 1920
1920's
   ╰ Flappers
1930's
   ╰ Jewelry in the '30s
1940's
After 1950

Men's Fashion History

1920's
1930's
1940's
   ╰ The Zoot Suit
1950's

Dressing Swing

Intro to Dressing Swing
Men's Swing Attire
Women's Swing Attire

Shoes

What are Spectators?
Shoe Maintenance

Hats

How to Buy Hats

The History of Swing

What Is Swing
Syncopation
Swing Music
Swing Jazz
The Beginning of the Swing Era
Swing and Racism
The End of the Swing Era
Swing Dance Music
Neo-Swing and the Swing Revival
The First Swing Dance
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop
The Swing Dance Era
The Evil Ballroom Instructors
Neo-Swing Dance Era

More Swing History

The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943
The Savoy Ballroom

Swing Biographies

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Fletcher Henderson (1898-1952)
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
Frankie Manning (1914-2009)
Artie Shaw (born 1910)
Duke Ellington (born 1899)
Chick Webb (born 1905?)
Ella Fitzgerald (born 1917)

Styles of Swing Dance

Lindy Hop
Smooth Lindy or Hollywood
West Coast Swing

    Pseudo-swing styles
        East Coast Swing
           ╰ Ballroom Swing
        Hustle
        Shag

    Jazz Dances
        Charleston
        Shim-Sham
        Tap