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Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.
- The Enemy Sex
Betty Compson as "Dodo" Baxter; Percy Marmont as Garry...
- The Flapper
Directed by Alan Crosland, the film was the first in the...
- Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was...
- The Enemy Sex
Mar 6, 2018 · Flappers of the 1920s were young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous. Now considered the first...
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Wherever the term came from, the 1920s flapper and her unmistakable outfit — short drop-waist dresses, bobbed hair, heavy makeup, and (shocking!) rolled down stockings — is a critical part of 1920s history. Who were these 1920s flapper girls wearing such scandalous fashions? Read on. Flappers wearing pattern stockings.
The consumer-oriented economy of the 1920s saw a burgeoning number of department stores. Women were needed on the sales floor to relate to the most precious customers — other women. But the flapper was not all work and no play. By night, flappers engaged in the active city nightlife. They frequented jazz clubs and vaudeville shows.
Lost Girls is an illuminating history of the iconic flapper as she evolved from a problem to a temptation, and finally, in the 1920s and beyond, to an aspiration.
Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.
Apr 5, 2013 · Ordinary Parisians were almost completely over wearing the knee-length, dropped-waisted dresses by the mid- to late 1920s, but in the United States, the style was increasing in popularity.
