10. 1920s – The Flapper
If women were suppressed in the 1910s, they rebelled in the 1920s. After gaining the right to vote, women’s figures took a dramatic shift from the previous decade. They took off their corsets and took a very deep breath for the first time in their lives. The look of flapper was all about slender long lines and limbs. The curves of hips, breasts and waists disappeared in the boxy dresses of the time. While dresses didn’t showcase curves, they did allow for a good bit of the slender legs and arms that were in at the time to show. Instead of a ton of curls styled on top of their heads, a blunt, bob cut was it. The combination of prohibition and economic growth made for excessive drinking in speakeasies. Since thin was in, it is said that women would smoke and drink instead of eating.
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