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

Trista January 18, 2019 15 min
1920s - Roaring Twenties

20. They Couldn’t Dance in Girdles

A woman dancing in the 1920s, typically known as a flapper. Pinterest.

And that just wouldn’t do. While the vast majority of women in the 1920s insisted on wearing girdles, flappers ditched them so that they could dance unhindered. Often, girls would put on girdles or corsets when they got dressed; then, when they arrived at school or a dance, they removed them.

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