▁Ro aring ▁Tw ent ies ▁was ▁und ou bt edly ▁" the ▁fla pper " ▁look . ▁The ▁fla pper ▁dress ▁was ▁functional ▁and ▁fl atten ed ▁the ▁b ust ▁line ▁rather ▁than ▁acc ent u ating ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁straight - line ▁chem ise ▁to pped ▁by ▁the ▁close - f itting ▁clo che ▁hat ▁became ▁the ▁uniform ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁Women ▁" b ob bed ", ▁or ▁cut , ▁their ▁hair ▁short ▁to ▁fit ▁under ▁the ▁popular ▁h ats , ▁a ▁radical ▁move ▁in ▁the ▁beginning , ▁but ▁standard ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁de cade . ▁Low - wa isted ▁dress es ▁with ▁full ness ▁at ▁the ▁hem line ▁allowed ▁women ▁to ▁literally ▁kick ▁up ▁their ▁he els ▁in ▁new ▁d ances ▁like ▁the ▁Char l eston . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁" shift " ▁type ▁dress es ▁with ▁no ▁wa ist line ▁emer ged . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁de cade , ▁dress es ▁were ▁being ▁worn ▁with ▁straight ▁bod ices ▁and ▁coll ars . ▁T uck s ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁bod ices ▁were ▁popular , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁kn ife - ple ated ▁sk ir ts ▁with ▁a ▁hem ▁approximately ▁one ▁in ch ▁below ▁the ▁kne e . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁art , ▁fashion ▁was ▁being ▁influenced ▁heavily ▁by ▁art ▁movements ▁such ▁as ▁sur real ism . ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁popular ▁art ▁saw ▁a ▁slow ▁transition ▁from ▁the ▁l ush , ▁rect il ine ar ▁abstra