The 1920s were a period of significant social transformation. After WWI, society was ready for something new, and young women began pushing back against the strict expectations that had long defined ...

In 1923 a young American actor named Tallulah Bankhead became the most sensational star of the London stage. Having persuaded the actor and manager Gerald du Maurier to give her a leading role in his ...

A look ahead at what the denizens of 'Downton Abbey' will face when the new season enters the tumultuous Roaring Twenties. No more corsets! By Elizabeth Snead Maggie Smith Elizabeth McGovern Downton ...

This is an entertaining, well-researched and charmingly illustrated dissection of the 1920s flapper, who flouted conventions and epitomized the naughtiness of the Jazz Age as she "bobbed her hair, ...

BBC set an episode of Downton Abbey during 1925. The producers put a special effort toward the use of authentic costumes. The same styles, worn by my mother’s friends, show up in her scrapbook. Mother ...

There are two decades of the 20th century the US harks back to with nostalgia, again and again: the 1960s, and the 20s. The 60s, with their social upheavals, are still a bone of contention for many.