Well, I don’t know about other people’s bodies, but I never saw anyone wearing tights. Not that I’d have considered it an issue. But I have since been a little more aware of my body. My friends and I had a lot of fun at the fashion show at NYU last year, and there’s a […]
Month: November 2020
The first flappers were not female. Most of the history of women’s dancing is known from the 19th century, by the flapper dancers, and there are few clues as to the identity of first flapper. Some scholars believe that the first flapper was Mary Jones (d. 1853) who danced ballet on the London catwalks, and […]
A flapper dress is a dress with a high neckline and short sleeves, with a long train or sleeves, at the hem. Flappers are usually worn with a corset or bustle instead of the skirt, for fuller coverage. Dress code for flappers – what’s the dress supposed to look like? A flapper dress is always […]
A flapper can get a bad rep for being flackier than a fag, but the truth is, flappers are really great and if you love a fag and want to wear one, go for it, that’s really cool and cute. But you can’t have a flapper in the ladies toilet because women don’t like flappers […]
That’s a great question, one I have a hard time answering. I’m not sure, but given the fact that many of the dresses we see today don’t look remotely like the ones worn in the 1920s, I’m pretty sure they don’t. Can I ask you about tights. The one that comes to mind was a […]
Some women became more assertive, others started playing roles they weren’t in before. And many other things: A larger number of women worked outside the home Women spent more time with kids More women worked in sales/administration fields Women became more educated Women became more entrepreneurial Women entered male and clerical roles It didn’t matter […]
What was the origin? I’m not sure what people’s interpretations of flappers today would beātheir clothing, their style, the style of music they played. But all of that does reflect our history. If we had a different story to tell about flappers, people would be much more inclined to read the flappers as a marginalized […]
It is probably not Rita Hayworth, but it is very popular to be the most famous flapper when you are a boy. The most famous flapper in the whole world was American actress Mary Pickford. She was flamboyant and the most famous flapper in the world. But she had an unspoken rule. Any flapper who […]
Blue. They could have been as common as red. The color blue would have been a popular alternative. We were already seeing orange and green. Orange was so popular. So was red, but I think people are going to be shocked to know that white was not popular. That means a lot of the colors […]
It has a lace bodyband with a short bodice skirt. It has two rows of pockets on the inside. It has a very flattering shape so that it is very comfortable to wear. Are the flapper dresses sold online? We are unable to carry them due to customs restrictions in China, Hong Kong, South Korea […]