#1920sflapper

[stricklandvintagewatches]

Flapper using the telephone, circa 1920s.

[a-more-poofy-world]

History of the POOFY Car

Due to the prevalence of hoop skirts continuing fashion during the 19th century, carriages were substantially wider than they were in our world.

As such when they first automobiles started to appear in the early 20th century they were somewhat wider than they were during this era in our own history, though with the advent of the

"poofer" movement with their massive dresses in the 1920s, the width of these cars would soon prove to be quite inadequate. With dresses exceeding 5 feet wide for the first time cars would have to be significantly wider in order to hold more than one woman. By the 1930s cars became an average of 7 feet wide this way they could fit at least one women comfortably or two with their dresses squished against each other in the backseat. Though with the increase in skirt size during the 1950s, this would soon prove once again to be quite inadequate.

[cameliias]

My dream is to be Jordan Baker. Please. That’s all.

[I’ve been wanting to make a 1920s dress forever because I get majorly disappointed every time I see a mass produced ‘20s’ dress so I finally did it. The hemline is a bit short but I did use an accurate pattern meant for a person shorter than me.

This dress took about two weeks and the sash was definitely the trickiest bit-but overall, I am very happy with it. Apologies for the crummy cell phone photos but it’s all I can do at the moment.] 

[artadorkable]

heres the flapper girl for 2020.dman this year is too much like the 1920's heres a flapper to calm the nerve.those pearls and jewels took soo long my hands.im super proud of this now i sleep  #commissionsopen #commissionsareopen #flapper#pearl #art #flapper 1920sfashion #artdeco #deco #fashion #roaring20s #roaringtwenties #1920sflapper #artdecostyle #commissionsopen 1920sstyle #1920sfashion #artdeco #deco https://www.instagram.com/p/CCFs-byFp2N/?igshid=ro4yvwn9m6m1

[jojorousselin]

#CabaretGirls: Happy #womensday 👠 #cabaret #showgirl #jean #shirley #edith #cartoon #1920sstyle #1920sfashion #retrofashion #vintagefashion #1920sflapper #cartoonstyle #retrostyle #vintagestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ffxAeJNwv/?igshid=jzy8wz7tiv0u

[irasuperbiavanagloria]

Alfonso I, Netflix, and Chill #dolledup #1920sflapper #1920scurves #shotsniFRANZ @switangel_gabshawn https://www.instagram.com/p/B6I4F0vjm44/?igshid=1k6353mvgah53

[lemoncielart]

If you’re still accepting AU requests, Catarina and Tessa in a 1920s flapper AU? 💕

Send me some characters and an AU for me to draw

I love this one! And maybe I get some Gatsby vibes for it!

Catarina Loss and Tessa Gray from The Shadowhunter Chronicles by @cassandraclare

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[saraphia]

🎆📽🎞💰💣⛓📿🕋🚢🥂🍾“Just a flapper girl in a Gatsby World!” ...Holiday party season is upon us! @asimmonsnyc #flappergirl #gatsby #roaring20s #holidayparty #hubbiesworkparty #2017 #tbt #oneyearago #anchor #1920s #1920sfashion #artdeco #1920sflapper #theguildedage #artnouveau #holidaze #tbt #throwbackthursday #thebackroom #nyc #newyorkcity (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEe1SwA4oU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i8btjdihlqbn

[a-more-poofy-world]

A POOFY Protest: 1926

Here we see a very interesting picture. To a modern observer It may just look like a woman wearing a rather puffy dress sitting next to a very tiny car! however, this is actually what was known during the late 1920s as a protest picture! with the Poofer craze sweeping the country, Many women were very upset that they were unable to fit in their cars wearing such large gowns! to draw home this point many women staged pictures of them trying to sit in their vehicles wearing their massive for the time dresses but not being able to fully fit inside the car!these pictures would be handed out as flyers or sent to the heads of the automotive companies in mass as a form protest, demanding they start manufacturing larger vehicles that would fit their growing gowns!

[mysterymisterantiques]

This little Art Deco Bathing Beauty dish is waiting for you on Etsy! Link to shop in Profile. * ** *** **** ***** **** *** ** * #mysterymisterantiques, #mysterymister, #etsy, #porcelain, #artdeco, #bathingbeauty, #1920s, #flapper, #flapperfigurine, #1920sflapper https://www.instagram.com/p/BzXBvTegBPv/?igshid=ct5mmbc85lxb

[tiffanylabelle]

My 1920’s Lady created especially for Melbournia, a Melbourne Developer for their stunning new luxury apartment development ‘ Couture Armadale ‘. . . . . . #1920s #timelessvixen #vintagecouture #vintageshopping #vintagefashion #vintagelove #1920sfashion #1920sstyle #1920style #1920sdress #1920sflapper #1920sinspired #1920svintage #1920sheadpiece #1920flapper #gatsby #greatgatsby #1920fashion #1920inspired #1920sthemed #1920theme #flapper #couturefashion #vintageglamour #redcarpetdress #redcarpetfashion #losangelesvintage #vintagechic #hautecouture #couturedress (at Armadale, Victoria, Australia)

[vivianvintage8]

Fashion goal! Carefree and glamorous!... #1920sstyle #1920sfashion #flapper #1920sflapper #vintagefashion #vintagestyle #vintagephotography #vintagephotos #vintagewomen #vintageglamour #antiquefashion #vintagelove #lovevintageclothing #womenofthepast #vintage #vintageglamour

[a-more-poofy-world]

POOFERS, The Young Women Who Changed the World; 1920

It is hard to understate the importance to not only the history of fashion, but the history of the entire world of the “Poofer” movement of the 1920s. In our world, they were known as flappers, young women who wore very small dresses that would make a loud flapping sound when they danced, thus giving them their name. They were rebels who’s shocking fashion choices steered the world towards the place of short skirts and pants it is today.  In this world, they had equally important role, but in a very different direction. While the hoop skirt had remained fashionable since its invention in the 1850s, its size had been relatively stable at around 4 feet in diameter for daily wear dresses. That is until the Poofers came around in the 1920s. Unlike in our world these young women found liberation and freedom in wearing significantly larger gowns than that of their parents. This fashion rebellion was born out of of a desire to take up space both figuratively and literally, by wearing dresses wider than they were tall! And it worked!!!!! It was hard to ignore someone wearing a literal wall of fabric that was pushing into you at a party! You see a girl coming towards you on the street wearing a dress like that you step out of the way! At first, their oversized dresses were viewed as an annoyance! Try walking down the narrow sidewalks of the time and you’d understand!!!! One Poofer could take up the same  of space as two or even three women would wearing their own smaller hoop skirts. Though just like always, the fashions of young people tend to catch on sooner or later. Soon the Poofer movement’s designs and silhouettes were being incorporated into fashion around the country at an alarmingly quick rate! By 1925 it was not uncommon to see the skirts of dresses of all styles inflating in size! And not just here, but around the world as well. The classic Victorian hoopskirt silhouette had proliferated around the world by this time. It was extremely rare to see a woman anywhere in the world wearing a skirt without any hoops at all! And in some countries, it was not uncommon to see skirts wider than in the US at the time!  Though they were nothing compared to the scale of the dresses the Poofers wore! By 1925 this extreme silhouette had spread far beyond the United States and was immediately popular with young people everywhere! By the beginning of the 1930s you’d be hard-pressed to find find a woman wearing a skirt less than 5 feet wide anywhere! 

[21stcenturyvamp-blog]

The sun was out so I had to take a couple of photos of this incredible lamé cape! It just oozes jazz age glamour. Covered in stylised Art Deco motifs. #1920s #JazzAgeFashion #1920sFashion #1920sflapper #ArtDecoFashion #vintagefashion #21stCenturyVamp

[vivianvintage8]

1920's Flappers... They seem like the best of friends! #vintagephotography #vintagephoto #vintagephotos #1920sflapper #vintageladies (at Vivian Vintage 8)