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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you think about the 1920s, what comes to mind? It might be prohibition or mobsters, but regardless the era is now associated with partying, decadence, and a laissez-faire attitude. And for that, ...

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 ...

Music from the Roaring Twenties plays as The Garden Valley Flappers from Tyler Senior Center begin to dance The Charleston, kicking, spinning and wiggling, turning their knees inward and kicking out ...

The Great Gatsby is hitting cinemas on 16th May - and, to celebrate, we're planning on throwing ourselves a 1920s flapper party! But how best to capture that era of decadence? It's not just about ...

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 ...

Judith Mackrell’s “Flappers” is a juicy, energetic exploration of six dazzling iconoclasts who all flared to fame in the Roaring ‘20s. Unlike recent books such as Simon Winchester’s “The Professor and ...