1920s Flappers

[jennifer~]

I adore flappers, but I also love Gibson girls, the flames of their reactionism. There are some days I'll take cloche hats over bonnets, and others when the reversal is true (to relate this all to hats)...

 

[Luxury's Lap]

This thread needs more posts!

I recommend the book "The Twenties in Vogue". Not only does it have lots of fantastic pictures, but the text is wonderful! A lot of it is excerpts from actual copies of Vogue in the 1920s - so you get to hear about the fabulous parties, travel, etc! There are some used ones on Amazon, and sometimes cheap copies pop up on eBay.

Love this lady - rocking the 'older flapper' look!

(sartorialist)

 

[Luxury's Lap]

Male flappers - wide-legged pants were very fashionable for fellas.

(columbia.edu)

 

[Barbizon]

GREAT THREAD!
Here's a link to the "Internet Guide to Jazz Age Slang"
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm

Louise Brooks

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Clara Bow

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And, of course, the first ever animated flapper: Miss Betty Boop!

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[Barbizon]

A George Barbier pochoir....

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....Always makes me think of "The Great Gatsby"

 

[TheKiwi]

I love this style! So glamourous!!!

 

[Barbizon]

I love this style! So glamourous!!!

me too

 

[fading glitter]

Great thread! The 20s are one of my favorite eras in fashion. The flappers are really fun to learn about from a historical/social perspective as well. Helped pave the way for later feminists.

 

[manzana]

^ that's why flappers were so great, it was about more than just fashion.

 

[somnambule]

time to wipe the dust away and spread some powder instead..
source:flapper by joshua zeitz
scanned by me

living life on the edge,2 young flappers demonstrate the charleston on the roof of chicago´s sherman hotel,dec 11,1926

a typical jazz age couple displaying the new comfort level with romance and sexuality,1928

standing outside the rainbow fashion show in chicago,1926,2 flappers enjoy the democratizing effects of the ready-to-wear revolution

one of her colleagues wrote that lois long was "the most dashing figure on the new yorker in the early days".

 

[somnambule]

kiki de montparnasse,
muse and inspiration for many artists above all man ray and a painter herself.

la garconne

bronia and tylia perlmutter-two of the most popular models in montparnasse.they left holland and came to amsterdam at a very early age..bronia was only 16

jacquelina barsotti
(anticipating punk)
man ray said he liked her modern look.
"she believed as did all women who chose montparnasse that they "helped create a new era with no hypocrisy...living an honest,natural, and unprejudiced life."

 

[somnambule]

erte,the famous fashion designer and illustrator....
source:erté´s fashion designs-harper´s bazar 1918-1932

scanned by me

 

[somnambule]

i wrote that the perlmutter sisters went to amsterdam,it should be paris of course!

"everyday fashions of the 20s-as pictured in sears and other catalogs" edited by stella blum

1926/27

1925/26

1928/29

1929/30

1924

1928/29

1928/29

scanned by me

 

[somnambule]

"cartoons of the roaring twenties-volume 2 1923-1925"
john held jr. being probably the most famous and acknowleged illustrator of the roaring twenties...

 

[manzana]

Those are fantastic. Thank you!

 

[somnambule]

thanks manzana!i´m glad you liked them.
and since i´m in a jazz age mood some more...

"the hulton picture collection-1920s" -nick yapp
scanned by me

"here we are now,entertain us"

"the charleston age.it was the dance that personified the 20s:at once jazzy,witty,light-hearted,athletic,sexy and mischievous."

"dame laura knight sketches chorus girls behind the scenes at olympia,west london,1929."

 

[somnambule]

the dolly sisters,1929

"preparing to go in front of the camera.mgm star gwen lee uses a reflector as a mirror while she appklies her make-up,1929."

santa proud fashions,1928

palm beach fashions,1925.

a model poses in a camisole,1927.

the opening day of the british empire fair,white city,london,20 feb 1928.2 models show off their gaiters,fast becoming part of ladies everyday wear.

 

[somnambule]

galloping across the floor-two women ride a mechanical horse,1925.

a new way to get a permanent wave,1922.

the window of a dolcis shoe shop,nov.1928.

may,1927.bathing belles on the beach at aldeburgh,suffolk.

leg puller.two models advertise new ladder-free stockings,britain,1926.

 

[somnambule]

since i have beenin a scanning frenzy the last 2 days i still have a lot of material to post in the nearer future....
more cartoons by diverse cartoonists:

seeing that the captions are too small i´ll write them down:
"take,for instance,the outlines of the egyptian,the phairest for the pharaohs-what?"

"then the classical outlines of the greek as told in song,story,and priceless marbles"

"now the outlines during the reign of louis"

"-which all leads up to modern times or,what we might term,the synthetic gin period,thus proving that history is not at all interesting without lines."

 

[somnambule]

some of man ray´s famous photos of kiki,which left their traces in the history of photography
source:man ray (taschen)

noir et blanche 1926

c. 1922

and the famous "violon d´ingres"

and another wonderful woman from the 20s-the admirably brave and radical,highly artistic and extravagant nancy cunard,whose life should become a tragedy.something that happened to a lot of people who helped to make the 20s such a memorable and breathless decade...
1926