Celebrating the centenary of Louise Brooks, the movies great unknown flapper.
In the booming, pre-Crash 1920s, flapper hemlines bounced giddily to the knee before falling down to the ankles in the depressed 1930s.
Her boyish "flapper" creations were in stark contrast to the Belle Epoque millinery that was in vogue at the time, and about which she asked, "How can a brain function under those .
Summer fashion shines in metallics Models weren’t just walking on metal runways at the spring fashion shows, they were wearing metal as well. Metallic fabrics create a space-aged futuristic look that can be out of this world. They time travel too with flapper-inspired looks made popular by the release of the film, “The Great Gatsby.” The dress pictured here combines the [...]
June 15, 2013 - The Gazette
The Joy of Frances Ha Just try not loving Greta Gerwig. Impossible. FRANCES HA. The quirky, hipster ingénue is a trope that will probably last forever. From the flapper girls of the silent era through Annie Hall and Amélie , leading men have been tripping over themselves to win the hearts of girls with that certain je ne sais quoi.
June 13, 2013 - The North Coast Journal
Do Manchester United Need to Sign Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic? David de Gea couldn’t have had a better season at Old Trafford . The Spanish goalkeeper was an adroit presence between the sticks in his sophomore campaign at Manchester United , defying those who had written him off the summer before. His critics called him a flapper, a keeper unable to hold onto a cross or collect a corner comfortably. His presence in his own penalty area was called into ...
June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
Anna Wintour in New York Times While Ms. Wintour said: "It looks so modern, the flapper girls could be wearing dresses from today."
Hilary Duff in People Magazine It was fun to work with her in a different atmosphere than appearing on her show,Duff told reporters. "She looked beautiful and did a really great job. She had the flat hair that squiggles on her forehead. Very flapper-ish!"
D Wayne Lukas in ESPN His last race you have to completely throw out because of throat problems,Lukas said. "We're training a different horse now than we were when he ran then. He had a lazy flapper, which we did a tie-back on. That worked out very...