29! A Gatsby birthday to remember

Gatsby party 1920s The Back Room

Last Friday was my birthday. I’ve dreaded the day like none other, for it’s my last year in the 20s. Last year I can say I’m just a gal in her twenties. Last year to do all the things I wanted to accomplish before I turn 30. It’s overwhelming to say the slightest, because I know all the expectations I had for my life up to this point, simply won’t happen. Others will instead, as they very well already did. At the same time, I’ve grown on my … [Read more...]

The Flapper Girl and the 1920s

As I mentioned it before in a previous post, I love everything about the 1920s - the fashion, the music, the decorating styles - and in particular the infamous flapper girl. When it comes to fashion, women experienced a sense of liberation from the old-fashioned tight corsets and crinolines, breaking into shorter skirts, shimmery dresses and chic wavy bobs. Women now had a right to vote, to flaunt their cigarettes and be as bold as they … [Read more...]