Women’s legs have never received so much attention as they did in the 1920s! Flapper styles exposed the calves with short dresses that ranged from mid-calf to just below the knee. At our Jazz Age Lawn ...

Gatsby was Gilded Age goals, flapper style is sexy as hell, and a 1920s orchestra can only be improved when a little Latin flavor gets thrown into the musical mix. So it’s great to hear news of the ...

We present an extract from A Year of Glory and Gold: 1932, Ireland's Jazz Age, the new book from bestselling social historian Kevin C. Kearns. The 1930s in Ireland is often remembered as a bleak ...

For most, the “flapper” evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby on continuous repeat. She’s the spirit of ...

Thomas Mallon talks about his new novel, Bandbox—a madcap caper through the zany publishing world of 1920s New York. The year is 1928, and a once "sclerotic" men's fashion magazine called Bandbox is ...

This is an entertaining, well-researched and charmingly illustrated dissection of the 1920s flapper, who flouted conventions and epitomized the naughtiness of the Jazz Age as she "bobbed her hair, ...

Jazz Age illustrations by John Held, Jr. This post is from Observer Short List—an email of three favorite things from people you want to know. Sign up to receive OSL here.

Australian designer Catherine Martin's Oscar win for the costume design for The Great Gatsby, at the recently held 86th Academy Awards, has left us reminiscing the era of fearless fashion.

With the imminent cinematic release of The Great Gatsby, England's film, fashion and fun have been hit by a surge of 1920s fever. Here, VisitEngland introduces some of the best hotspots for indulgent ...