flapper

Clara Bow The silent era actor who popularized the term “It Girl,” she epitomized the free-spirited “flapper” of the era, and later became a cautionary example for how the entertainment industry chews up talented and beautiful young women.

Underneath, dresses of scalloped sequins and draped fringe recall flapper looks with contemporary discipline.

Even in the 1920s, there were high-profile flapper divorces and, everybody's like, oh my God, society is crumbling.

The team made two robots: a large flapper robot modeled after a moth to better understand how the wings worked, which they deployed in water.

When I explained that I’d performed the food-coloring test and replaced three flapper valves myself, she asked if I’d repeated the test again after my DIY repairs.