Flapper
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The 1920s figure who made bodily liberation visible in straight silhouettes, short hems and bobbed hair — wearing the same spirit as Art Deco geometry.
Straight shift dresses / Bobbed hair / Dropped waists / Beads and fringe
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- Chanel's straight line / the Jazz Age / the moga (modern girl) as contemporary