I’ve always said that the 1920’s was the beginning of the cultural revolution. It was interrupted by the depression and World War II then resumed in the 1960s.
Yeah, you right about that they gave the woman the right to vote and they voted in prohibition how did that work out ... a lot of biased propaganda in this video
I heard they were called "flappers" because of the way they danced. When they swung their arms around people thought they were flapping their arms like a bird.
as a new nursing assistant in Mesa, Az. 1982, i luv history and got great stories from some residents in care center. Memorable was a few proclaimed, ' Flappers' so only few story or general memory that brot a smile to their faces when asked about it, life back then...
Excellent representation of the Flappers. People normally gloss over the cultural atmosphere that existed during that time. And most impressive is that you explained why they came to an abrupt halt because of the Great Depression. I'd love to see more of your 1920s slang... like it's the bee's knees, hay burner and hotsy totsy.
My great Aunt Irma was a Flapper Girl in 1925 right out of high school, my grandmother was still too young for that lifestyle. But their photos are really cool!.
the majority of women then were not flappers, because it was considered a whore would wear shorter skirts, makeup and shorter hair and he said it was mostly society women or in big cities mostly, or college women, and also employers did not hire women if they wore makeup, shorter hair and knee length dresses and skirts
Aunt was a flapper in late teens she was a sea,stress and sewed own dresses FF TO 1960S. her grandkids needed costumes so she pulled out old dresses remodded them to their size with beads fringe. And sequins....awesum
According to Vogue magazine, the word Flapper was attached to the young women of the twenties when they were still young girls. There was a trend for their mothers to hold the girl's long hair back from their faces with huge ribbons tied at the top of their head in a flattened bow which huge down the sides of their heads like big flaps. You can easily see this fashion if you find pictures of young girls from around 1910-1920.
The term Flapper didn't originate in Europe. I use to work for a few elderly ladies. They all said that the term came from how they wore their galoshes back in the 20s. They couldn't walk around in their nice shoes when it was raining and muddy. So they'd wear their boots and leave the top 2 snaps undone. The boots made a flap flap flap sound when walking. They left the top snaps undone so they could change into their fancy shoes quickly.
women in the Victorian and Edwardian era never wore a tight fitting restricting corset. The vast majority of women never did this- in fact, The way most corsets were worn historically was extremely comfortable. It would have had to be, to be in fashion for working women for so long. Present corset's as being by their very nature. Tight fitting restricting Crushing, squeezing or impractical to any real movement. Ignore the long history of women doing normal work in them. There is fashion historians who wears a historically accurate corset on a daily basis for an example of what happens when someone wears a historically accurate corset undergarment (spoiler alert. Nothing happens) they can do literally everything as a person can do corset-less.) I'm sorry your research was misinforming you. This misinformation and myth is pretty Prevalent, and I understand how this mistake could get made. But the verdict among fashion historians is absolutely clear: The corset was just an undergarment, and not at all the torture device rumor now has it that it was.
I don't understand how people can believe whole heartedly that women would have continues to wear corsets for the better part of nearly 300 YEARS( in one format or another), if they had been such "torturous" implements of female oppression! We couldn't have preformed all of the many physically taxing duties that were required of women, quite literally, just to make life livable EVERY SINGLE DAY! Much of these daily tasks were quite a bit more physically taxing than anything most of us are used to today, I must add! Thank you for being so educated on the topic! It is refeshing!🫶🏻🩱🧣
This is excellent! The relation between music coming out of black communities, being associated with overt sexualization of the woman and then crossing over into the white (elite) mainstream is a common phenomenom in the whole American continent. The very same thign happened with samba and the birth of bossa nvova in Brazil, where I come from. Tks again!
If only they were able to profit off of the contributions they made to society. In music and art alone! Good to talk about it so it doesn’t repeat itself.
One things for certain.. Women have always been fighting for something.. I admire these women before us. Because of them we have the right to vote, can wear what we want & say what we want. We DID have control over our bodies, but that’s another subject, for another day., I would love to see a longer video!! This one is well edited & quite interesting..
"The term flapper originated in Great Britain, where there was a short fad among young women to wear rubber galoshes (an overshoe worn in the rain or snow) left open to flap when they walked. The name stuck, and throughout the United States and Europe flapper was the name given to liberated young women."
Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper. The girl you see at the smartest night clubs -- gowned to the apex of sophistication -- toying iced glasses, with a remote, faintly bitter expression -- dancing deliriously -- laughing a great deal with wide, hurt eyes''......F Scott Fitzgerald
Good job. Was this a school assignment? If I may add a little constructive criticism... You repeat that bit about prostitution a little too much. Flappers were mostly just common girls, and they were everywhere - all over the country. They weren't really considered to be like prostitutes.
Kind of got goose bumps comparing that era to now. We got our version of the Spanish flu with cov. Instead of jazz we have rap and the over sexualization through movements like slut walk and hot girl Summers. Not to mention the mainstreaming of prostitute like looks. I guess the only thing we're waiting for now is to great depression
@@thefearlessbros Screw another great depression! New World Order might be coming. By 2029 most likely you will own nothing and be happy with that! This pandemic is just the beginning stage of what's to come! Today's music and culture is nothing like the roaring jazz age of the 1920s nor should it compare to the inhuman joke that is modern society. #AntiWoke #EnjoyTheDecline
@Reginald Roberts It would be extremely cringe to compare the jazz age and great depression to the deranged circus called modern society aka the age of wokeness. It would be like comparing the Golden Age of Hip Hop of the 80s and 90s; a artistic/cultural movement influenced by the jazz age to the post-modern bull crap that is mumble rap, trap, drill and whatever. It doesn't even make any lick of sense and it never will!!!!
@@davidmitchell2446 You know. I’m inclined to agree. But then again. I’m sure the older generations that watched the “roaring 20s” also called it a deranged circus. Who knows. Clearly the older generations had it right, in my opinion.
Well done! But the first photo @0:18 looks much more like a '60s production still of something like The Boyfriend than an actual 1920s pic. The clothes look like generic 20s pastiches and the lighting/photography used is way too modern (50s-60s-70s). My opinion only - all the other images you've used are perfectly authentic.
I hadn't noticed that but now looking at it again, I think you're right. For one, the dresses are too short, all being cut above the knee and the makeup is more 60s looking than 20s. The definitely plays a big part in that photo.
@@beatniksvintage Glad you agree. The white hat is sooo 1960s trying to be 20s. And I may be going out on a limb, but I'm thinking there's a whole lot of polyester in those dresses (which all look to be made by the same person at the same time as well).
but it also works because he's just saying they're the icon of the20s :) so it works to show later homages. but def a good eye to pick out the production inaccuracies :)
Why the name Flappers -- The stately and reserved generation had calmer music and more graceful dances. When these young "Flappers" danced they bounced around to the beat, and their chest would flap up and down.
One thing you left out was the influence of the flappers in Europe. In Europe, particularly in Berlin, the flapper culture was probably bigger than it was in the U.S. deserves a mention.
It's kind of a shame that he feels the need to tell us not everyone in the 20's dressed as flappers. That's like someone 100 years from now saying that 65 year old women in 2023 didn't wear backwards baseball caps, leather, and tattoos. Duh.
@@tsz5868 She and Scott also had horrible drinking problems, which may have aggravated her emotional problems. She'd probably also be in AA. Despite it all, however, she was the model of the flapper.
In the sixties and seventies the cool/beautiful woman had long hair , "that rolls and flows all down her breasts" (Bob Dylan, 1964). How unliberated is that? What a burden. I think up does are funny; hair piled upon hair. Or Loni Anderson on "WKRP in Cincinnati". What a joke. Check out Amelia Earhart's style: short and windblown. Is that not freedom? Shake it out, do the Charleston.
