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The streamlined, brightly colored, overlapping and repeating geometric design elements typical of Art Deco style were in many instances inspired by the movement of machines and the great industrial growth of the 1920’s.

For many Americans during the 1920’s, Art Deco symbolized the period’s optimism about the future of technology, industry, and the modern world.

Although the popularity of Art Deco was eventually surpassed by other design movements, its impact can still be seen today in the design of many buildings, jewelry, fashion, sculptures and paintings.

American style during the 1920’s owes much of its glamour to the Art Deco design movement. Art Deco derived its name from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes, held in Paris to celebrate modern technological growth and innovation.

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Daisy Buchanan might have worn an Art Deco brooch similar to this one