Flapper
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The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered "decent" behavior. The flappers were seen as brash in their time for wearing makeup, drinking hard liquor, treating sex in a more casual manner, and smoking cigarettes, and otherwise flouting conventional social and sexual norms.
See also
In other countries
- 'Garçonne' is synonymous for the English 'Flapper' (women's fashion of the 1920s epitomised by the 'bob' haircut).
Namesakes
- Flappers and Philosophers, a collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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