In the age before the Roaring Twenties, women were still wearing floor-length dresses. Waists were cinched. Arms and legs were covered. Corsets were standard on a daily basis. Hair was long. The ...
Several factors were in play in the 1920s for the emergence of what came to known as flappers, teenagers and young women who flouted convention and spent their time pursuing fun instead of settling ...
Originally published in the September 9, 1925 edition of The New Republic. Jane’s a flapper. That is a quaint, old-fashioned term, but I hope you remember its meaning. As you can tell by her ...
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Inside the tumultuous life of Clara Bow, the original flapper
Discover the story of Hollywood's original "It Girl," the inimitable Clara Bow. Her ambition and self-confidence struck a ...
The 1920s were a period of significant social transformation. After WWI, society was ready for something new, and young women began pushing back against the strict expectations that had long defined ...
The phrase "The Roaring '20s" seems quaint today. But it was indeed a vital and thunderous period, when powerful new cultural forces, economic factors and intellectual attitudes crashed together. One ...
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