flapper
Twenties party girl
A flapper was a young woman of the 1920s who flouted conventional expectations—wearing short skirts, bobbing her hair, smoking, drinking, and embracing jazz culture.
The term captured both the fashion and the attitude: bold, modern, sexually liberated.
She dressed like a flapper for the costume party.
The word has faded into historical reference, evoking the Jazz Age and Prohibition-era rebellion.
Southern Atlantic port city
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- bobbedCropped or nodded
Gatsby · hemlines · bathtub gin · moonshine · Model T · Harlem Renaissance · suffrage · Zelda Fitzgerald
Fitted dome-shaped hat
- beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
- headbandForehead-worn fabric strip
feather boa · tassel · silk · satin · velvet · flounce · T-strap heels · bobbed hair
Southern Atlantic port city
- foxtrotSmooth partner dance
- shimmyRapid side-to-side shaking
- lindy hopHarlem-born swing dance style
- quickstepFast-paced ballroom dance
tango · waltz · bunny hug · turkey trot · dance hall · jazz hands · syncopation · ragtime
Militant women's voting advocate
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- liberationRelease from constraint
- bobbed hairShort, even-length coiffure
smoking · voting rights · defiant · nonconformist · bohemian · unconventional · liberated · provocative
Charleston
Southern Atlantic port city
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
Gatsby · bobbed · hemlines · bathtub gin · moonshine · Model T · Harlem Renaissance · suffrage · Zelda Fitzgerald · jazz age
cloche
Fitted dome-shaped hat
- beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
headband · feather boa · tassel · silk · satin · velvet · flounce · T-strap heels · bobbed hair · finger waves
Charleston
Southern Atlantic port city
quickstep · tango · waltz · bunny hug · turkey trot · dance hall · jazz hands · syncopation · ragtime · ballroom
suffragette
Militant women's voting advocate
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- liberationRelease from constraint
bobbed hair · smoking · voting rights · defiant · nonconformist · bohemian · unconventional · liberated · provocative · avant-garde
valve
Fluid flow controller
lever · float · ballcock · chain · plumbing · overflow · inlet · siphon · stopper · gasket
fin
Aquatic propulsion appendage
paddle · blade · fluke · pinion · webbed · aquatic · seal · penguin · sea lion · walrus
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, Spirit of St. Louis, transatlantic flight, Prohibition
- 1920s fashioncloche hat, bob haircut, drop waist, beaded dress, fringe dress
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition, bootlegging
- fashion trendsvintage fashion, retro fashion, retro style, vintage, retro
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- retro stylesart deco, art nouveau, mod, hippie, disco
flapperVictorian lady
Woman from 1837-1901 Britain
proper lady · prude · debutante · grande dame · dowager
flapperwallflower
Shy person avoiding socializing
shrinking violet · prude · ingenue · homebody · housewife
flappertraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conformist · mother · grandmother · matriarch · chaperone
- flapper dressFringed 1920s women's garment
- flapper dressesStraight, loose 1920s gowns
- flapper style1920s women's fashion trend
- hand flappingQuick repetitive wrist motion
- Flappy BirdFrustrating tap-based flying game
- flapper era1920s cultural period
flapping, unflappable, flapped, flappy, unflappability, flappers