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2. Flapper - Wikipedia

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   A flapper on board a ship (1929) Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.

3. 1920s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1920s in Western fashion. Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford on board the SS Lapland on their honeymoon, 1920. A drawing picturing French women's fashion, c.1921. Typical fashion in California, 1925. Tennis player, Australia, 1924. Western fashion in the 1920s underwent a modernization. Women's fashion continued to evolve from the ...

4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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   Wall flower or dress up [150] dud up Dress up [154] 1920s Dumb Dora Comic strip by Chic Young dumb dora. Main article: Dumb Dora. 1. Stupid, especially a woman [155] 2. Foolish woman often applied to a flapper [156] dummer 1. Thug who robs drunks [157] 2. Thief who robs homes when the occupants are away [157] dumkuff Nutty [150] dump

5. Women's suffrage and Western women's fashion through the ...

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   The popularisation of the flapper style was due to film, radio and the media. Adrian was a popular designer for Metro-Goldyn-Mayer during the 1920s-1930s, dressing silent film actresses including Clara Bow, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford: which influenced American women's fashion. [11]

6. Louise Brooks - Wikipedia

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   Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] At the age of 15, Brooks began her career as a dancer and toured ...

7. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1930–1945 in Western fashion. The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses and ...