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Fabulous Flappers. By, Caroline Cunningham. Creation of the Flapper. Dana Gibson American Artist who first created pin-up Her series of paintings called “Gibson Girl” Became role model for 1920s women. Flapper Fashion. Boyish style of dress Short Sleeveless Low waistline
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Fabulous Flappers By, Caroline Cunningham
Creation of the Flapper • Dana Gibson • American Artist who first created pin-up • Her series of paintings called “Gibson Girl” • Became role model for 1920s women
Flapper Fashion • Boyish style of dress • Short • Sleeveless • Low waistline • Long hanging beads • Cloche hat
1920s Designers • Coco Chanel • Paul Poiret • Most famous was Coco Chanel • Her trends are still in style today
Hair/Makeup • Most women before 1920s did not wear makeup • Flappers wore bright red lipstick and dark eyeliner • Hair was cut short into a bob • Carefree, boyish look
Flapper Lifestyle • Pushed the envelope of what was “lady-like” • Drank in public • Drove cars • Rode bicycles • Smoked • Had their own vocabulary
Flapper Lifestyle cont. • The flapper lifestyle wasn’t permanent • Represented youth and freedom • Most still planned on getting married and having a family • It was only a phase
Zelda Fitzgerald • Popular flapper • Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald known as ”flapper couple” • Led a crazy life • Dived into the fountain in Union Square • Rode atop a moving taxi
Clara Bow • Famous flapper and actress in 1920s • Number one star in American in 1929 • Made close to 50 films • Was “the spirit of the Jazz Age” • Considered a vamp