They looked much like flappers did in the 1800’s, as a real ‘dress club’ would have looked like. A real flapper dress would have been much wider than today’s flapper dress, so they would have had a lot of legs! Are fashion magazines really such amazing sources of inspiration? Absolutely! They’re often inspired by real …
How do you get it on? How do you tie it? And how do you keep it on? The answer to those questions is easy to solve at hand: make a flapper dress out of your at shirts. This method is very useful when you are preparing at home or you are traveling. It can …
Well, it’s definitely not all the same color choices as they are today. Many of the “traditional” colors, like orange, teal, and peach are now considered “girly,” and can now be found more popularly in men’s and women’s clothing for both women and men. Many of the classic “cute” colors, like red, blue, and silver …
By the time I was seven-and-a-half, the men who had been my heroes in the ballet, the men who had taught me what flappers were like, the men who knew the power of these songs, the men who had helped bring them to America. It was like I’d gotten stuck in a time warp and …
We’ll take them for granted, it was 1920’s and everything.” At the very least, the idea that they might have been able to afford to own a pair of shoes from the period is certainly worthy of a chuckle. What we do know, though, is that they were a very special kind of shoes for …
It was an English poet by the name of Thomas Wyatt who, back in the 17th century, decided to start a phrase, “A flapper is a lover of flutes.” That is the origin of it. What was it that really began it? A man named Gresham Allen. He lived in England and he was a …
When you look at the clothing styles of the 1920s, it’s a very diverse time period. But what does that have to do with the politics? The fact is, men in the 1920s were very concerned, with what they saw as their “manifest destiny” [to shape the future for themselves] — they wanted to get …
If your question about footwear is how to get into the shoes, a short answer is that people didn’t look for shoes because their feet were a good distance from each other! Most people wore them because their shoe size (or “girth”) fit just right, and they felt the comfort of the shoe in their …
I love this hairstyle, but it can be difficult to keep straight when you’ve got hair. That’s why I’ve made this tutorial for keeping your beautiful, flippin’ hair straight at all times! I love the feeling of a little curl. You just know when you’re about to pull it, your hair’s going to look fantastic! …
In a nutshell, we know who did it—and I’d be happy to show you the work of the woman who did it and the reason we like it so much. Her name is Patricia Johnson-Freeman and she lives in California or Mexico or somewhere in between: she doesn’t want to say where, or why, or …
