Flapper

Flappers in the 1920s was a new generation of young women. They put short skirts, they bobbed their hair, they listened to jazz and they did certain things that the women before the 20s did not do. Flappers were seen as trouble of the society for makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles which the women before this decade did not even care (Holt 295). Flappers had their origins in the period of liberalism, social and political turbulence and increased transatlantic cultural exchange that followed the end of the World War I, as well as the export of American jazz culture to Europe. (296)

Writers in the United States, for example; F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anita Loos, and illustrators such as Russell Patterson, John Held Jr., Ethel Hays and Faith Burrows popularized the flapper look and lifestyle through their works, and flappers came to be seen as attractive, reckless and independent. (Thomas 1)

The flapper lifestyle and look could not survive the crash of Wall Street and the Great Depression. The high-spirited attitude and hedonism simply could not find a place amid the economic hardships of the 1930s. More specifically, this decade brought out a conservative reaction and a religious revival which set out to eradicate the liberal lifestyles and fashions of the 1920s. (Holt 314, 315)

As in the first picture, there is two girls. Their hair were bobbed and the way she acted looks"unacceptable" however, they represented the flappers style during the 1920. (Picture via http://www.pastreunited.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/rooftop-flapper.jpg)

In the second picture, 4 ladies with a short skirts were the symbol of the 1920s period. The way she danced, make-up, or dressed were all represented the flappers. (Picture via http://ffwdmag.co.uk/upload/flappers520.jpg)

The Great Gatsby (1995) cover can be see as the woman with eyes-shadow and lipstick. I saw the picture as the flappers. (Picture via http://bestlittlebookshelf.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/gatsby.jpg)

The last picture shown the way flappers dressed at that time. Open-armed dress with red color, short skirt with fancy detail (Picture via http://hollywoodcostumesandparty.com/pics/flappers/flapper2.jpg)

Source : http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm by Pauline Weston Thomas.
American Anthem, by Holt Winston Publisher (295, 296, 314, 315)