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These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

1920s - Roaring Twenties

25. They Wore Bright Red Lipstick

A magazine cover from Glamourdaze featuring the iconic 1920s look for women. Vintage Makeup Guide.

Prior to the twentieth century, makeup was reserved for ladies of the evening, not young women from wealthy, respectable families. However, the suffragettes had also adopted the use of bright red lipstick as symbolic of their cause. Flappers followed in their footsteps by wearing heavy makeup, topped off with red lipstick.

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