The roaring 20s

2009-10-25 model: Valeria Osipova hair by: Kile Britt makeup by: Valeria Osipova lighting help: Joe Woo Nikon FG-20 Nikon Ai 24mm f/2.8 lens Kodak Plus-X 125 (250-push) 35mm film Kodak D-76 (1:1) developer - 20ºC - 8.5min White Lighting 1600 -standard bowl reflector

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The world may be entering a modern version of the "roaring '20s." The decade saw people eager to party, spend, and sin after a world war and pandemic.

Men's Parisian Casual circa 1930's

Flappers who were women in the 1920s that engaged in the city nightlife. They broke all kinds of beauty standards. They showed their ankles and knees. They cut their hair in short man-like bobs and wore makeup. Women like flappers gained a boost of confidence, so they could now enjoy the activities they wanted to participate in. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, french fashion designer, popularized the new look not only in France but America as well.

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1920s party scene painting

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The Roaring Twenties was a period of economic prosperity and social, artistic, and cultural opulence which occurred in the wake of World War 1. The Roaring Twenties witnessed large-scale development of technologies such as the automobile, telephone, movies, and radio. The Roaring Twenties saw the rise of jazz, the blues,…

Dress Coco Chanel, 1926-1927 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2

A new book on decorator and hostess Elsie de Wolfe celebrates her elaborate fêtes before the start of World War II

A fantastic scene from the first Great Gatsby film released in 1974.