: Advances in manufacturing made these fashionable looks affordable for middle-class women, turning style into a tool for social mobility.
: Characters played by actresses like Clara Bow and the literary heroines of F. Scott Fitzgerald solidified the flapper as the cultural heroine of the decade. Making Costumes : How to Make a Flapper Costume
: By drinking alcohol in speakeasies, smoking in public, and engaging in casual dating, flappers actively defied the "Gibson Girl" ideal of their mothers.
: Features a dropped waistline, sleeveless design, and hemlines that rose to the knee—a height that allowed for the high-energy Charleston dance.
