The flapper culture of the Roaring Twenties was a revolt agai...  ...s the corsetless, cosmetic-wearing, free-spirited flapper .Yet other restrictions surfaced. Designers such a...  ...ure from previous buxom ideals. “Though the flapper image minimized breasts and hips, it...

It used to be taboo for women to get tattoos, and...  ...ake you a target of hatred and public outrage.But Flappers knew what it was like to be treated like s#%t by...

The latest movie version of The Great Gatsby came...  ...ame out, fashion historians set us straight about flapper fashions: they did not show off one's curves the...  ...It turns out that the most iconic signifier of a flapper costume is also false: the fringe. It wasn't comm...  ...why do we always think of fr...

Korra and Asami, the lead characters from The Legend of Korra, are decked out for a fun evening in a speakeasy in this cosplay. Photographer David Ngo snapped this shot of the couple at FanimeCon in San Jose, California....

Jim Lewin received a stack of old magazines at his...  ...s used bookstore that included some issues of The Flapper Flapper 's Dictionary," a glossary of hot slang terms of t...  ...pple Sauce--Flattery; bunk. Barlow—A girl, a flapper , a chicken. Bank’s Closed—No pett...