The 1920s ushered in a new era for women, especially when it came to fashion and footwear. After World War I, Western society began to shift away from the strict Victorian era and into the swinging ...

This year, Indianapolis celebrates its 200th anniversary. Throughout 2020, we’re reminiscing with a series of photo essays featuring fashion inspired by specific decades. These flappers keep things ...

There was a dichotomy in 1920s fashion. Designers like Coco Chanel introduced a looser, more practical silhouette that freed women from corsets. Yet they also embraced the extravagance of the Jazz Age ...

Content warning: This article includes mentions of racial violence. Thinking of similarities between the 1920s and today, fashion may not be the first thing to come to mind. However, the seemingly ...

Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” isn’t set to hit theaters until May 10, but long before the first flapper has flapped, it’s become one of ...

Fashion has come a long way in the last 100 years, beginning with the liberated clothing choices of 1920s flapper girls who could newly vote, loved to dance and were entering a booming post-war ...

At surface level, the obsession with vintage clothing among young people may be baffling. In an age when newer is better in most industries, that many people are choosing to wear blatantly outdated ...

Editor’s note: Every year, hundreds of undergraduates at the University of Delaware dig into research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Such experiences provided by UD — a nationally recognized ...

WEST CHESTER–Let’s say you’re curious about what it was like 100 years ago? Now you’ve got the chance to see what it looked like during the 1920’s at West Chester University’s boldest exhibit to date, ...

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