Frances Vance and Cherryl Cannon were born during the Roaring Twenties — in 1922, to be precise. The flapper dresses and knickerbockers of that era have long gone out of style, but more than a century ...
For most, the “flapper” evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby on continuous repeat. She’s the spirit of ...
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, ...
See photos from the 1920s in. From Kentucky Derby styles to patients at Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the opening of The Brown ...
From glittering beaded flapper dresses to silky pantsuits meant for entertaining at home, a new exhibit celebrates a time when women bobbed their hair, ventured out to speak-easies and dared to ...
In an abridged extract from his latest book, Forgotten London, Peter Ackroyd writes of a post-war London brimming with ...
The second decade of the 20th century isn’t called the Roaring Twenties for nothing - a carefree lifestyle, lavish parties and all-night dancing defined this pivotal decade of the Jazz Age. The second ...
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 ...
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 ...