The Original Flappers

Celebrating the Roaring Twenties in a Special Series

I love the idea behind this fashion shoot, presenting 1920s inspired clothing that has in turn been inspired by the style of the original flappers. The editorial, photographed beautifully by Martyn Thompson, presents fashion that is vintage in itself, for it dates from the October/Novomber 1988 issue of FOLLOW me magazine.

The Roaring Twenties remains such a fascinating period for so many factors, chief amongst them being that it was such a period of lighting fast change; a wild party set between the dark days of First World War and the dismal days of the depression. There was the emancipation of women and a new revolution in fashion: bobbed hair and short frocks, and a new breed of la garçonne. Here’s fashion inspired by Edith Sitwell, Daisy Fellowes, Nancy Cunard, and Ladies Diana Cooper and Thelma Furness. Click the images for a closer look and read a little about each of these fascinating women.