This is an entertaining, well-researched and charmingly illustrated dissection of the 1920s flapper, who flouted conventions and epitomized the naughtiness of the Jazz Age as she "bobbed her hair, ...

BBC set an episode of Downton Abbey during 1925. The producers put a special effort toward the use of authentic costumes. The same styles, worn by my mother’s friends, show up in her scrapbook. Mother ...

A flask of bootleg hooch, worn at the hip. Cigarette smoke so thick, only the hottest jazz could cut it. Turned-down hose, revealing more than the girl who married dear old dad ever dared. Ladies and ...

Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl ...

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