Two weeks ago my Christmas gift from my elder sister was a beautiful flapper dress that I really liked. Thanks to fashion evolution, flapper dresses have made a big come back this season than they did ...

Carefree, reckless, flappers seemed to enjoy living on the edge, like these atop Chicago’s Sherman Hotel. George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images She was the sexy ingénue, spending evenings in jazz ...

In the age before the Roaring Twenties, women were still wearing floor-length dresses. Waists were cinched. Arms and legs were covered. Corsets were standard on a daily basis. Hair was long. The ...

The latest screen version of The Great Gatsby opened this week. That calls to mind the story of Chicago’s own Edith Cummings. Born in 1899, Cummings grew up in Lake Forest among the social elite. She ...

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* Originally published on February 4, 2020. The iconic flapper of the 1920s marvelled in flouting convention and stirring the pot. She smoked, she drank and loved a good party with dancing. But to ...