1920s Flapper

The drop-waist dress, the bob, and the scandal of visible ankles. Chanel, Lanvin, and the birth of modern womenswear.

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Essays from the 1920s Flapper Era

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Elsa Schiaparelli and the Birth of Shocking Pink

Before the colour had a Pantone number, it had a bottle. The surrealist couturier who tinted the twentieth century.

XVIII · VI · MMXXV · 6 MIN READ

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Coco Chanel and the Liberation of the Modern Silhouette

She dressed the twentieth century in jersey, cropped its hair, and freed its waist. The story of how a milliner from Saumur became the architect of modern style.

II · IV · MMXXV · 8 MIN READ

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