40's: The Fashionable Forties

Billie Holiday (Diana Ross) is fine in a butterfly evening gown

"Lady Sings the Blues", 1972

20's: The Roaring Twenties

Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones)

dazzles in a black flapper dress

"Chicago", 2002

30's: The Thrifty Thirties

Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) is

dangerous in a sequined black gown

"Dick Tracy", 1990