The 1920s were a decade of explosive change, and at the heart of this cultural revolution were the flappers. Emerging from the shadow of World War I and fueled by the victory of the women’s suffrage ...

They danced, they drank smuggled booze, and they rewrote the rules of womanhood. The flappers of the Roaring Twenties weren’t just following a fashion trend — they were the OG rule-breakers. With ...

The six subjects of Judith Mackrell’s new group biography, Flappers, were notorious celebrities in the 1920s, though mostly forgotten today, which is as good a reason as any to pick up the book and ...

As 2025, the centennial year of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, comes to a close, let's examine the origins of a term for a signature figure of the 1920s — "flapper." A young, independent ...

"Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation," by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the "flapper" evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless ...

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Fashion has come a long way in the last 100 years, beginning with the liberated clothing choices of 1920s flapper girls who could newly vote, loved to dance and were entering a booming post-war ...

Make a fun, feathered flapper-style headband and transport kids to the 1920's! Make a fun, feathered flapper-style headband and transport kids to the 1920's! Inspire imaginative play through the ...

Who knew that these little window canopies were all the rage in Bed Stuy back in the 1920s? (This shot is from Herkimer Street.) We certainly didn’t. One occasionally sees metal versions of these over ...

Women’s legs have never received so much attention as they did in the 1920s! Flapper styles exposed the calves with short dresses that ranged from mid-calf to just below the knee. At our Jazz Age Lawn ...