The Crazy 1920's: Fashion, Jazz, and the Kings and Queens of Broadway
Everything you ever wanted to know about cool 1920's culture. The famous icons, the beautiful styles, the flashy gangsters, and glittering Gold Diggers of an amazing era in world history.
This lens sheds light on the amazing spirit of the 1920's.
To paraphrase Ezra Pound, the 1920's "made it new!"
From the cars to the clothes, from the music to the attitudes, the 1920's were an exciting time in American history.
The music was new, the clothes were new. Women found freedom in American society like never before.
Anybody could be somebody if they had an idea and the balls to chase it. Check out my site 1920's Fashion site.
Was Louise Brooks the Biggest 1920's Celebrity?
The Girl in the Black Helmet
"I like to drink and f*ck"
Louise Brooks ~
1920's Icon
If you ask someone to name one of the first things that come to mind when they think of the 1920's after flappers and gangsters many people think of "that pretty lady with the black "Dutch-Boy haircut".
Louise Brooks was brought up in middle-America, always dreamed of the city. She dispised her mid-western roots.
In her early years she could either be found with her nose in an classic novel, or stringing some boy's affections along.
Louise Brooks became famous for:
1) Being Sexually Promiscuous: one time shacking up for an entire weekend with Charlie Chaplin and another couple in an swanky New York hotel.
2) Being Beautiful and Unique: Her Hairstyle defines the 1920's Bob hair craze.
3) Being True to Her Ideals and Independence: In many ways this attribute cost her career.
Hey MonkeyBrain, come vote Louise Brooks the sexiest woman in movie history. . .
. . . or you can also read much more about the history of Louise Brooks on this page.
A few great Louise Brooks Videos
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The Brash Attitude of the 1920's
What's 1920's Culture All About?
Cool Fashion, Colorful Characters, and Great Music
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- The 1920's on Wikipedia
- 1920's Style: Costume Ideas and Cool Photos
- Great Books About 1920's Culture
- Vote For Your Favorite 1920's Celebrity?
- Why is 1920's Fashion So Popular These Days?
- Great 1920's Culture Schwag
- 1920's Culture Feedback
- 1920's Fashion and Music
The 1920's on Wikipedia
A very good overview of the Roaring Twenties
The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or the "Roaring Twenties", usually when speaking about the United States. In Canada the decade is usually referred to as the "Roaring Twenties", much like in the United States. In Europe the decade is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Twenties".
Since the closing of the 20th century, the economic strength during the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States. These three decades are regarded...
1920's Style: Costume Ideas and Cool Photos
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Great Books About 1920's Culture
Avant Garde - Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 1930s
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The Crash of 1929 (The American Experience)
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Sex (1920: Silent)
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'It' Plus Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
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Burlesque Leg Show Dance, Flappers Classic Films on DVD
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Vote For Your Favorite 1920's Celebrity?
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Josephine Baker
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Babe Ruth
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Duke Elington
The great Cotton Club bandleader1 point
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Louise Brooks
The "Girl in the Black Helmet"0 points
Why is 1920's Fashion So Popular These Days?
Is it the movies, skinny women, lack of imagination?
I love 1920's fashion.I love everything about it. As far as style goes it really was the birth of classic fashions as we know them. I've even built an entire website about the fashions of the 1920's so you know I've spent an extraordinary amount of time thinking about the fashions, thinking about the 20's and what an exciting a time in world history it was.
So to my disbelief about a year after I begin publishing my site all the stars start popping out wearing simple flapper dresses, head-dresses, flapper style jewelry, etc.
Great 1920's Culture Schwag
Get Your 1920's Popart Here:
What do you think the most iconic thing about the 1920's was?
When you think about the 1920's what comes to mind?
Is it flapper dresses? Coco Chanel? Rum-running gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano? The stock market crash maybe.After studying the 1920's as much as I have to build my 1920's website I've been overwhelmed by how much the world changed.
And it wasn't just fashion. . . how people made money, movies, automobiles, the birth of modern advertising, not to mentio Broadway plays, and sexy starlets like Louise Brooks. . . there's so much information to talk about.
So, when you think of the 1920's, what do you think of first? I'd love to know what you're thinking so I could add more content to my website.
Please fill out the form on my 1920's fashion page. Thanks so much in advance.
Jesse
1920's Flapper Fashion
The Birth of Modern Style
If ever there was a monumental shift in fashion it occured during the early 1920's.With the new fashions coming out of House of Chanel and fashion designers like Paul Poiret marked a major shift in the role of fashion in society.
The rise of flapper fashion paralleled closely with the rise of jazz and these new French fashions that were showing up more and more in the department stores and catalogues of rural America.
Coco Chanel almost single-handedly gave rise to the look of the flapper, with her simple dresses, flashy jewelry, and convention be damned attitude.
Flapper fashion was about attitude nearly as much as it was about style. Drinking, making out in the back of automobiles, dancing to all hours of the night, all became popular pastimes for the "It Girls" of the 1920's.
Please check out this cool site about 1920's fashion for more info.
1920's Broadway Shows
New York in the Roaring Twenties
The kings and queens of Broadway are not your typical statues up on high, they are regular folks that made good.
Louise Brooks' famous quote, "I like to drink and fuck", sums up the Roaring lifestyle of Broadway in the 1920's.
Brooks is not alone, Broadway was littered with drinkers and fuckers.
One famous love triangle: The famous architect, Stanford White and Harry Thaw's love affair with Broadway star Evelyn Nesbit, is a prime example of the enigmatic rules of 1920's Broadway.
Jealous, Thaw ended up shooting and killing White at Madison Square Garden during a play over White's relationship with Nesbit.
These types of incidents really opened my eyes to what went on On Broadway in the early years.
Also check out this page on 1920's New York Broadway Shows
1920's Culture Feedback
Thanks for caring. . .
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strawberrycouture
I love the 1920's culture so much, I crocheted my own hats influenced from the 1920's. Posted July 22, 2008 |
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richgerman
Virtual Book Launch Party! Posted July 16, 2008 |
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beachbum_gabby
I love vintage, and the fashion! Posted June 25, 2008 |
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Matthew_Ferry
Nice collection...nice job..great lens.. Posted June 24, 2008 |
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alwintraffics
Nice lens! Five stars for you!! Please visit my lens too! Posted June 17, 2008 |
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