How come the 1920s were called the Roaring Twenties? This is an interesting question. There is indeed good reason to think that the 1920s might be called the Roaring Twenties, a title that is used in various places. The story goes that in 1924, the year of the last US Presidential election, the American Bar […]
“I have no idea how the dress came about. I had seen it a few times by the time I was about 16, but I had no idea of what it was for, or exactly what it was all about,” a spokeswoman for the museum told The Telegraph at the time. After graduating from high […]
I wear a black turtleneck, a white blazer and a black choker with black lace, gold buttons, a black bow by the button holes and gold-colored buttons. I’ve also got a blue suede pants suit on because it’s summertime so the weather is so gorgeous! What’s your most recent fashion trend? It’s like how I […]
I’ve used this method for years – I’ve tried many different techniques such as hair spray (or spray on straight) and even massage. It worked for a while, then I realized all this was very expensive, so I started to look for alternative ways. There’s just no way that you can go cheap enough to […]
I don’t know where the flappers got their idea of ’emasculated men’. Perhaps the image of them and the music of the 70’s seemed to reflect that? Maybe because in the 70’s, the music of the 60’s and 70’s were also seen as being misogynistic. But is this how they were portrayed? It is impossible […]
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 […]
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 […]