flapper
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Fans dressed in approximations of her floaty ballgowns and 1920s flapper dresses, hollering lyrics like mantras.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
President Donald Trump hosted a “Great Gatsby” themed party for Halloween, complete with tuxedos, flapper dresses, jazz covers and cocktails that evoked the opulence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Roaring Twenties.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
Sam Gallagher and Yash Thakkar, both English majors, dub her Jordan—after the flapper and semipro golfer in “The Great Gatsby”—when they learn that she gave up a golf scholarship her freshman year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Underneath, dresses of scalloped sequins and draped fringe recall flapper looks with contemporary discipline.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
The flapper nodded and grinned, then threw the whole bundle down.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Jazz ruled the airwaves and flappers ruled fashion.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
Next steps from the robotics perspective will include working with material scientists to equip the flappers with muscle-like materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
In what ways were flappers a reaction to World War I?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The evening started with cocktails and moved to a tent on the museum’s back lawn; many patrons were dressed as flappers to fit the Roaring Twenties theme.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
At one point, the dancers appeared dressed as flappers, twirling wildly to jazzy music.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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