#the flapper

[mote-historie]

Frank Xavier Leyendecker, Life Magazine cover, The Flapper, 2. February 1922

[blondebrainpowered]

The Flapper, 1922

Artist: Frank Leyendecker

[notpulpcovers]

The Flapper, October 1922

[drmistytang]

The Black Swan Flapper! Up to no good, obviously. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1771665769/ooak-rescue-doll-the-flapper-black-swan

[thegloriousolivethomas]

In the 1920 film The Flapper, Olive Thomas’ six-year-old sister, Harriet, made a brief appearance on screen as the younger sibling of Ginger King. Despite their age difference, Olive was deeply devoted to Harriet and was well known to shower her with affection and gifts.

Tragically, Harriet, like her sister, would live a short life. She passed away at the tender age of 12 on March 25, 1926, after succumbing to a sudden flu and acute appendicitis.

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[film-classics]

Louise Brooks - The Flapper Icon

Mary Louise Brooks (born in Cherryvale, Kansas on November 14, 1906) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as "The Flapper Icon," in part due to her trend-setting bob hairstyle and modern fashion sense. Those that do not recognize her name almost certainly know her look.

Born in a typical a typical Midwestern community, Brooks joined the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts in Los Angeles at 15. She soon found work a as a chorus girl in New York City. This attracted the attention of Walter Wanger, a producer at Paramount. He had her sign a contract with the studio in 1925. During this time, she gained a cult following in Europe for her role in the Howard Hawks' film A Girl in Every Port (1928). Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood, she went to Germany in 1929 and starred in some of the silent era's films, including Pandora's Box (1929).

When Brooks returned to Hollywood in 1931, she was cast in mainstream films such as God's Gift to Women (1931). However, her career prospects significantly declined by 1940. She briefly returned to Wichita, where she was raised, and then moved to New York City, where she worked numerous jobs. Following the rediscovery of her films by cinephiles in the 1950s, she began writing articles about her film career and had had special relationships with film historians James Card, John Kobal, and Kevin Brownlow.

After suffering from degenerative osteoarthritis and emphysema for many years, Brooks died of a heart attack in her apartment in Rochester, New York at 78.

Legacy:

Served as the inspiration for the long-running Dixie Dugan (1929-1966) newspaper strip by John H. Striebel, the comic books of Valentina (1965-1996) of Guido Crepax, and Ivy Pepper in Tracy Butler's Lackadaisy (2006-2020) comic series

Is the basis of the movie Show Girl (1928) and its subsequent musical Show Girl (1929), and the graphic novel entitled Louise Brooks: Detective (2015)

Opened a dance studio in Beverly Hills and Wichita, Kansas in the 1940s

Authored a booklet titled The Fundamentals of Good Ballroom Dancing in 1940

Became a noted film writer in the late 1950s for various journals like Film Culture and Sight and Sound

Inspired many cinematic and literary characters such as Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972) and Lulu in Something Wild (1986)

Published a collection of autobiographical essays, Lulu in Hollywood, in 1982, which was ranked number 44 in the Hollywood Reporter's "100 best film books of all time" in 2023 and number 28 in the Los Angeles Times' "50 best Hollywood books of all time" in 2024

Presented with the George Eastman Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Film in the 1982 Festival of Film Artists

Ranked number 44 by Empire magazine's 100 sexiest stars in film history in 1995

Is the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu, which was commissioned by Turner Classic Movies in 1998

Is a central character in the PBS film The Chaperone (2018), which depicts her initial arrival in New York

[mistrustmusic]

ULTRAFOXX LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM

ULTRAVOX AND JOHN FOXX TRIBUTE BAND PERFORMING LIVE ON 2ND MAY 2025, SUPPORTED BY ELECTRONIC ROCK BAND AGENCY-V After their recent gig at Molly’s Chambers Bar and Kitchen in Birkenhead on 19th April 2025 (where I supported them!), ULTRAFOXX – the Ultravox and John Foxx tribute band – will be performing at The Flapper in Birmingham on Friday 2nd May 2025. BUY TICKETS HERE ULTRAFOXX are a…

[weirdlandtv]

FLAPPER FANNY SAYS, by American cartoonist, Ethel Hays (1892-1989).

[senorboombastic]

Mt. Yonder release new single 'Hindsight' and announce free show for gofundme donators

Words: Andy Hughes It’s never nice to hear about artists losing their equipment, especially as 9 times out of 10 it’s generally out of their control. It’s even worse when it’s multiple artists on the bounce in one tragic event. A few weeks back, Midlands based artists (and friends of Birthday Cake For Breakfast) Katie Malco, Mt. Yonder, To The Wall and S.T Manville were amongst a number of…

[lackadaisycats]

New musical, animated dance video up today! Or, well, Ivy's dancing. Freckle's just trying not to die.

Just a little something to vibe to!

Find it here!

[thegloriousolivethomas]

Olive Thomas as Ginger King in "The Flapper" (1920, Selznick Pictures)

[monstermoxie]

I've been really into 1920s fashion lately and that's how I came across flapper fanny, what a diva.

[toyastales]

Art Deco perfume bottle by Turriet & Bardach, made in Czechia circa 1930.

[cyclesofmystery]

1926: “This girl has all of [the] trends and she’s not loath to wear them at once: bell earrings, a dog collar worn as a necklace, a large beauty spot on her cheek, an ivory cigarette holder, a design to cover the vaccination mark on her arm, heavy bracelets, an anklet, a photo of a boyfriend on her stocking, an anklet watch, fancy garters worn below the knee and a mirror fastened to her wrist.”

Waiting for wristwatch anklets to make a comeback

[bebemoon]

cubeb smoker boudoir doll postcard (c. 1929) .