Flappers were women in the 1920’s who had a carefree way of thinking. They wore shorter skirts and higher heels, wore makeup, drunk alcohol, and went out more than what was deemed acceptable for being a respectable young lady. Flappers were very risque. A flapper was a free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920’s. Women had just received freedom to vote and basically do as they please, some took this liberation as a way to branch out and to create their own rules and sense of style. The Jazz Age encouraged carefree ways of thinking. Flappers engaged in night life and attended Jazz clubs and vaudevilles shows. They consumed alcohol more than ever and saw male roles as unnecessary. Flappers wore skirts
