Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern is a book of nicely compiled historical accounts about the women, and some men, that have shaped America into the culture we see today. Joshua Zeitz, the author of the book, has presented to his readers a minute accounting of these women’s lives; to bring to us, in a better correlation, of how the Flapper era was born, and how it came to die, through the behavior of these American women in their daily lives and what cause and effect, if any, it played in shaping America to what she is today. Readers will get a glimpse of the Flapper era in an almost romanticized …show more content…
The first part, truly gathers the reader’s attention through stories of how life was changing in the 1920s. Youth of the Victorian Era did not impress their parents with the lewd ways of conducting themselves and that resulted in pushback from the elders of the Victorian Era. The main point in the first part of the book was meticulously written to show the reader’s that the sexual experiences for women of the Flapper era had changed drastically from the women of the Victorian Era and the main woman featured in the first part is Zelda Sayre; we know her more as Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, but more on that later. The author explains that Zelda’s father is an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court along with being one of Montgomery’s leading citizens; however Zelda would prove to be a handful of disappointment to his persona. Zelda demonstrated her wild child ways by wearing too much make-up, frolicking with boys in the backseat of their cars, undermining authority at home and school and delighting in scandalous behavior, all to get the town gossiping. Zelda would sneak out of her bedroom window at night and spend a few hours involved in necking, petting and drinking in the backseat of cars. She would be seen riding on the back of a motorcycle with her arms around her admirer, bobbed hair, skirts raised to the knees, smoking and kissing them goodnight. …show more content…
The author writes in such a way that the reader truly understands the life line of Chanel. Coco was born in 1893 and after her mother dies of pneumonia, her father whom was a drifter, left Coco and her, two sisters and two brothers at the mercy of charity. The boys were sent off to work farms, and the girls were sent to an orphanage. Coco always dreamed of a more exciting life, so she fabricated an interesting story made from complete embellishments to give her background more flare. After leaving the orphanage at eighteen, she was accepted at Notre Dame boarding school as a charity case basis. She took a job at a local milliner and on the weekends she made extra money as a tailor; that is where she met Etienne Balsan the youngest heir of a wealthy textile baron. Etienne quickly introduced Coco into his extravagant lifestyle; were she completed fit in with ease. However, she quickly donned the men’s attire as she wanted to participate in their activities, not wear feathers, silk and lace. She was very content on being Etienne’s mistress and his friends play pal. Coco soon discovered her hidden talent; she began decorating simple straw and felt hats. Ladies at the horse races quickly bought her wares to complement their afternoon attire. She asked Etienne for a loan to start
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern is a book of nicely compiled historical accounts about the women, and some men, that have shaped America into the culture we see today. Joshua Zeitz, the author of the book, has presented to his readers a minute accounting of these women’s lives; to bring to us, in a better correlation, of how the Flapper era was born, and how it came to die, through the behavior of these American women in their daily lives and what cause and effect, if any, it played in shaping America to what she is today. Readers will get a glimpse of the Flapper era in an almost romanticized …show more content…
The first part, truly gathers the reader’s attention through stories of how life was changing in the 1920s. Youth of the Victorian Era did not impress their parents with the lewd ways of conducting themselves and that resulted in pushback from the elders of the Victorian Era. The main point in the first part of the book was meticulously written to show the reader’s that the sexual experiences for women of the Flapper era had changed drastically from the women of the Victorian Era and the main woman featured in the first part is Zelda Sayre; we know her more as Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, but more on that later. The author explains that Zelda’s father is an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court along with being one of Montgomery’s leading citizens; however Zelda would prove to be a handful of disappointment to his persona. Zelda demonstrated her wild child ways by wearing too much make-up, frolicking with boys in the backseat of their cars, undermining authority at home and school and delighting in scandalous behavior, all to get the town gossiping. Zelda would sneak out of her bedroom window at night and spend a few hours involved in necking, petting and drinking in the backseat of cars. She would be seen riding on the back of a motorcycle with her arms around her admirer, bobbed hair, skirts raised to the knees, smoking and kissing them goodnight. …show more content…
The author writes in such a way that the reader truly understands the life line of Chanel. Coco was born in 1893 and after her mother dies of pneumonia, her father whom was a drifter, left Coco and her, two sisters and two brothers at the mercy of charity. The boys were sent off to work farms, and the girls were sent to an orphanage. Coco always dreamed of a more exciting life, so she fabricated an interesting story made from complete embellishments to give her background more flare. After leaving the orphanage at eighteen, she was accepted at Notre Dame boarding school as a charity case basis. She took a job at a local milliner and on the weekends she made extra money as a tailor; that is where she met Etienne Balsan the youngest heir of a wealthy textile baron. Etienne quickly introduced Coco into his extravagant lifestyle; were she completed fit in with ease. However, she quickly donned the men’s attire as she wanted to participate in their activities, not wear feathers, silk and lace. She was very content on being Etienne’s mistress and his friends play pal. Coco soon discovered her hidden talent; she began decorating simple straw and felt hats. Ladies at the horse races quickly bought her wares to complement their afternoon attire. She asked Etienne for a loan to start