The image of young women in America is changing. Are you keeping up with the times? The Gibson Girl is out, and the Flapper is in. Still wearing your hair long and up? Still hanging on to those long skirts? Still filling your closet with collared shirts? Finding yourself unable to keep up with the fast dances because of that constricting corset? Well, we are here to help. In this article you will find five easy and inexpensive steps to changing your image to the fast, the popular, the irreplaceable flapper.
Step 1:
The essential element of a flapper is her bobbed hair. Having locks down to your waist may have been popular in your mother’s time, but this is the Roaring Twenties. Take a scissor to that tangled mess, or, better yet, go to a beauty parlor and have it done right. You’ll love the way you look when your bobbed hair turns the heads of the old Gibson Girls.
Step 2:
Having trouble doing the Charleston with that torture device around your middle? This step is the simplest of all--park that corset.
Step 3: How can you keep up with life’s lightning-fast pace in ankle length skirts and collared shirts? Dresses are shorter, lighter, and easier to put on nowadays, and if you don’t change with the times, you’ll be left in the dust, trying to keep up with your friends in your old-fashioned getup.
Step 4:
While you’re in that boutique, picking out your fashionable new clothes, be sure you chose the right fabric for the look. Rayon stockings are all the rage and we are also seeing the best people dressing in knits, jersy, and assertive colors.
Step 5:
We all know that the Great War has done away with most of the handsome, eligible young men that we were all hoping would notice us. The flapper has discovered the solution: dating. Why wait around for some boy to “formally pay interest” when you are just as capable of finding one for yourself? The flapper philosophy is to take life into your own hands: take risks and enjoy life.
Now you can see for yourself the way our culture is going. We’ve given you as much help as we can; the choice is up to you. Will you sit in the powder room with the Gibson Girls, or will you dominate the dance floor with the Flappers?
