“Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard ... It was the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, the Roaring Twenties. Flapper style reflected changing roles for women in society, says ...
Emerging after World War I, the original Art Deco era embodied a spirit of creativity, freedom and innovation. There were faster trains and jazz-fueled nightclubs. More free-flowing flapper fashion.