In 1923 a young American actor named Tallulah Bankhead became the most sensational star of the London stage. Having persuaded the actor and manager Gerald du Maurier to give her a leading role in his ...

This beautiful set of collectible cigarette cards depicts fashionable young women, dressed in 1920s flapper garb, as butterflies. The cards had scientific pretensions, featuring the full names of the ...

Judith Mackrell’s “Flappers” is a juicy, energetic exploration of six dazzling iconoclasts who all flared to fame in the Roaring ‘20s. Unlike recent books such as Simon Winchester’s “The Professor and ...

“Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation,” by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the “flapper” evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless ...

Women’s legs have never received so much attention as they did in the 1920s! Flapper styles exposed the calves with short dresses that ranged from mid-calf to just below the knee. At our Jazz Age Lawn ...

1920s style marked a change in women's fashions from the more restrictive silhouettes of the past in favour of more comfortable daily attire. One of the key influences was Louise Brooks' flapper ...

For most, the "flapper" evokes images of finger-curled bobs, drop-waisted dresses and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby on a loop. She's the spirit of the Jazz ...

Last year, "The Rite of Spring"—perhaps the most primal creative act of the 20th century—turned 100. A strange work with no discernible precedent, the ballet put before Paris a series of pagan rituals ...