Flappers: The Beautiful and the Damned
- This look is certainly not understated – it was meant to express women’s liberation after all – so blusher was also a key feature. The apple of every flapper’s cheek was racy raspberry rouge (or for the braver a deep orangey hue) to suggest wanton abandon.
- Last but not least accessorize your new look by donning a feathered headband, slinging on a long pearl necklace, finding a speakeasy bar, drinking a martini cocktail, playing a silent black and white movie and curling up with an original copy of the American classic tale; The Great Gatsby. After all, we lovers of vintage are nothing if not authentic…
Black and Gold Dress, £22 @ Beyond Retro
Category: 1920s and earlier, Beauty, Vintage news
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