young birds in the '20s

I'm currently reading Fall On Your Knees (which is not an instruction manual, if you are wondering), by Ann Marie MacDonald, a book that takes place during the first decades of the 20th century, thus briefly baring mentions of gaudy flappers. In case you're not familiar, flappers were young women during 1920s who wore short dresses, cut their hair into bobs and picked up black jazz musicians (seriously--is there a better lifestyle than this?).

Since at the turn of the century, societal dictations and honest-to-goodness decency imposed strict dress codes (ie long skirts and buttoned collars), these women were seen as somewhat outrageous.

Louise Brooks, actress, who followed suit with the flapper trend

Flapper fashion circa Autumn 1928

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