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The title 'Flapper' originally referred to teenage girls who wore their hair in single plait which often terminated in a wide ribbon bow. When worn by a woman, as opposed to a girl, a single heavy plait can take on a life of its own. When walking it springs and flaps in a strange clockwork manner. This phenomenon, not often seen today, must surely be the origin of the term "flapper". During the Great War flappers tied the hair with a big Butterfly Bow at the nape of the neck. The later short bobbed hairstyles adopted by these girls in the 1920s borrowed the name " Flapper " Style. The name rightly belongs to a generation of women, rather than a style of person or fashion. Flapper "..what would now be called a teenage girl, age 15-18; from the 'pigtail' of braided hair she wore and swung about on occasion" John Brophy& Eric Partridge Soldiers Songs & Slang 1914-18 |
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Worn during her teenage years years until a girl chose her adult hairstyle. |
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