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 ...

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 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 ...

An iconic image of the 1920s is the flapper — a young woman with bobbed hair and a short, sequined or fringed flashy dress, who drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes. This was a radical change from the ...

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 ...

Asked what women wore during the 1920s, most people would picture the same thing: a drop-waisted dress, low-heeled Mary Jane shoes, a long string of pearls and a headband decorated with a diadem and a ...