Here is a quote from pg. 31, The Age of the Flapper:
"By 1924 the wise-cracking flappers were as much known for their reckless behavior as for their style. Smoking and putting their make-up on in public, the bright young things drank and danced the Shimmy and the Bunny Hop in a frenzy of excitement. taping up their breasts to get rid of unwanted curves, they looked youthful and boyish, and the new silhouette was slender, straight up and down like a board, and in fact became known as 'le garçonne'. "
This book is great for collectors. It's also quite educational and I believe you can never learn too much about the past in order to know where the future is going. My high school history teacher taught my that.
