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1920s Flapper

The 1920s flapper costumes embrace the women of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers really came "alive" in 1926. They represented all things/styles modern. A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, and wore a straight, shapeless shift dress (shorter than usual. These women were generally flat chested, applied makeup in public, smoked cigarettes in a holder, and symbolized rebels who danced the Jazzy nights away! Want to be a flapper? There's more to it than just the costume, you have to walk the walk as well. To walk like a flapper, swing hands forward and back in the opposite direction of the matching foot. Fingers should be held together, pointing sideways away from body, leaving palms even to the floor. Accomplish this and you're on your way!