The Flapper

With the end of the Victorian period, women chopped off their hair, lost the corset, wore make-up, eliminated layers of clothing for ease of movement, and became promiscuous.   Young women of the 1920's desired the freedom from domestic responsibility, men enjoyed (Simon 10).  Daisy Buchanan, the quintessential flapper, is one of the main characters.  Her attire is much like those of the 1920' known as flappers.  The chopped haircut became known as the "bob." Historically, women of loose morals only wore make-up.  By the 1920's young women began wearing rouge, powder, eye-liner, and lipstick (Rosenberg).  The waist lines of dresses were dropped below the hipline and stockings were worn with garter belts.  Skirt lines began to rise just below the knee, which was considered scandalous at the time.  Young women of the time loved to play tennis or golf, much like Jordan Baker from story.   The dress pictured is an example of the type of drop-waist attire Daisy could be wearing in The Great Gatsby.

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