For the women who embraced this lifestyle to an excess, see Flapper. For the art and architecture movement associated with the era, see Art Deco. This article shall discuss the decade of the 1920s in the Western world in general, as well as its stereotypes in contemporary culture.
The Roaring 20s is the given name to the decade of the 1920s in Western culture. After the end of WWI, the United States and subsequent Western nations experienced an extremely successful period of economic, cultural, and technological growth and innovation. These new changes became associated with a decadent sort of excitement, as traditional practices were replaced by modernity. In the modern era, the Roaring 20s are appreciated for this wildness as the literature, music, fashion, and art of the time period is distinctive and carries across the zeitgeist.
History
Fashion
The fashion of the 1920s was greatly different from the fashion previous to this decade due to the fact that women's fashions were now looser, had shorter hemlines, and revealed more of the arms and legs.
Media
Music
The Roaring 20s saw the creation and popularization of Jazz music.