George Barbier, Gazette du Bon Ton, La Belle Damme Sans Merci, 1921, originally uploaded by Gatochy.
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During the 1910s young girls wore big bows on their hair that fell onto the head, and so they became known as "flappers". The name would stick with this generation, as they grew up in the 1920s.
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2 comments:
la belle dame sans merci has got to be one of my favourite poems...
Me too. She explains a lot. Great illustration, now my desktop, thanks!
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