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1. The Roaring 1920's: Fashion, Celebrity, Craziness!!! . . . and the Kings and Queens of Broadway! Everything you ever wanted to know about cool 1920s culture. The famous icons, the beautiful styles, the flashy gangsters, and glittering Gold Diggers of an amazing era in world history. This lens shed...
2. 1920's Style One of my favorite eras is the 1920's. 1920s style saw women free from enormous skirts.  One of the best examples of this was the flapper. It was a time of cutting loose and having fun.  The flapper was an independent woman that knew ho...
3. Crochet Hats be CeeCee's Menagerie I love the cloche hat style. This lens will feature photo's and links of hats and hat patterns. I love to crochet and have more hats and crochet toys than I'll ever know what to do with so, I sell some of them in my Etsy store.
4. Crooners and Songbirds The Jazz Age! Tin Pan Alley!! The Great White Way!!!   croon    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (krn) v. crooned, croon·ing, croons v. intr. 1.    To hum or sing softly. 2.    To sing popul...
5. Days of the Flapper~The Roaring 20's The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to the new Jazz music, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. The flappers were seen as br...
6. The Jazz Age The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age saw great decline while the American st...
7. The Flappers! flap*per n. 1. A broad flexible part, such as a flipper. 2. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s with disdain for conventional dress and behavior. [Sense 2, British Slang, very young female prostitute, flapper, possibly from flapper, fledgling...
8. Nancy Cunard Nancy Clare Cunard (March 10, 1896 - March 17, 1965) was an English writer, editor and publisher, political activist, anarchist and poet. She was born into the British upper class but strongly rejected her family's values, devoting much of her life t...
9. Kiki de Montparnasse Alice Ernestine Prin (October 2, 1901 - April 29, 1953), was a French artists' model, nightclub singer, actress and painter. Her chosen name was simply Kiki, but she was also referred to as Reine de la Montparnasse ("the Queen of Montparnasse") and K...
10. Vintage Fashion Books There are so many aspects of the vintage fashion industry. If you are a collector of vintage, seller, plain old curious about how to identify a 1920's art deco necklace or all of the above this lens is for you. This lens plans on becoming a comprehen...
11. Ethel Waters Background information: Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Died September 1, 1977 (aged 80) Chatsworth, California, USA Genre(s): Jazz Occupation(s): Actress, singer Instrument(s): Vocals Years active: 1925-1977 Associated acts: Be...
12. Belle's Boutique Come see what I've found for Belle's Boutique! Feminine gifts and treasures to make that special time of your own. Check out the antiques and auctions online here as they change frequently! I just found a cute high heel shoe that is a cell phone hold...
13. Ruth Etting                   Ruth Etting on the cover of Radio Mirror magazine, June 1932.   Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recor...
14. Sophie Tucker Birth name Sonia Kalish Born January 13, 1884 Origin Czarist Russia Died February 9, 1966 Genre(s) Jazz vaudeville Occupation(s) Singer/Comedian   Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884–February 9, 1966) was a singer and comedian, one of th...
15. Paul Poiret Welcome to my group of lenses called 'Artist/Designer Brief Introductions'. Each page will contain a brief biography on the artist/designer with links to things like books, u-tube videos and more. Please vote if you find it useful! See more of these l...
16. Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys With her sleek bob haircut (usually with a flower or two placed just so), vintage dresses, strikingly beautiful looks, and artfully customized ukulele, Janet Klein might seem at first to be a simple novelty act, a Generation X hipster ironically recr...
17. 1920's flapper dress costumes
18. Mound City Blue Blowers The Mound City Blowers were an unlikely success. Originally comprised of Red McKenzie on comb and tissue paper (which sounded like a kazoo), Dick Slevin on an actual kazoo, and Jack Bland on banjo, the unique band's initial recording in 1924 ("Arkans...
19. Boop-Oop-A-Doop Your Life! Want to be Betty Boop for Halloween this year? Looking for Betty Boop gifts for Christmas or Birthdays? Need a new Betty Boop back to school backpack?  Buy one of these great Betty Boop items for your loved one today! But why stop at b...
20. Dress to Empress - The Chic Fashion of Crimson Empress I specialize in creating vintage inspired original fashion designs and accessoires . Dedicated to creating professionally made, individualized attire that maintains an imperative to beauty with provocative tones that make the wearer feel desirable wh...