These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

Trista - January 18, 2019

These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar
A magazine cover from Glamourdaze featuring the iconic 1920s look for women. Vintage Makeup Guide.

25. They Wore Bright Red Lipstick

Prior to the twentieth century, makeup was reserved for ladies of the evening, not young women from wealthy, respectable families. However, the suffragettes had also adopted the use of bright red lipstick as symbolic of their cause. Flappers followed in their footsteps by wearing heavy makeup, topped off with red lipstick.

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