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

1920s - Roaring Twenties

3. They Flattened Their Chests

A photograph of a group of women in the 1920s wearing flapper-esque fashion. My Interesting Facts.

Seeing as flappers did away with girdles and corsets and gained the attraction of boys, what may come as a surprise is that they often tied strips of cloth around their chests in order to flatten them, thereby creating a more androgynous appearance. They were feminists, although not very feminine.

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