The Garden Valley Flappers from Tyler Senior Center take the floor for a performance Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at Wesley House Assisted Living Center in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph ...
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Origin of 1920s term triggers flapdoodle
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The flapper, with her fringed skirts, bobbed hair and loose stockings, epitomized the “flaming youth” of the 1920s. And she added some nifty expressions to our slang, too: “hotsy-totsy,” “pipe down,” ...
A gala took place at the Legacy Park in Hurricane, inside the Grafton building Thursday evening. Guests arrived in attire one would expect from the 1920s, with fedoras and flapper ...
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