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Our museum designer and co-instructor for the class, Tom Haughey, really got to work on making these ideas a reality,” he ...
Welcome to the 1920s, a decade of spirited spending, luminous electric lights and a newfound sense of liberation in the wake ...
Fashion loves a flower, from Christian Dior's rosettes and Chanel's camellias to Mary Quant's coo-coo-ca-choo daisies and ...
A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays "American and Western ...
Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...
Art Deco style and Gatsby-esque outfits were also popular for 1920s women. Showgirls and Vaudeville performers would dress up in decadent velvet and satin dresses, with pearl and gem details ...
They entered the 1920s with a growing sense of paranoia and a feeling that they had been robbed of something. Winning World War I had come at a terrible cost. More than 116,000 American soldiers died ...
As part of our ongoing Art Deco Centenary series, Dezeen rounds up 15 of the most noteworthy US examples of art deco architecture, from New York skyscrapers to an Oklahoma church. After fully ...
It’s been a century since The Great Gatsby was first published, shining a light on extravagant New York lifestyles in an era that went down in history as the ‘Roaring Twenties’. It was the ...
The Chrysler Building’s spire is an iconic Art Deco addition to New York City's skyline. Photograph by George Hammerstein, Getty Images ...
Although the 1920s are often called the “Roaring Twenties,” it is clear that society was changing. However, the garçonne (flapper) remained a myth, and women were still largely expected to stay at ...
To a first-time visitor, Mumbai presents itself as a kaleidoscope of sensory overload. Architecturally, the peninsula city is host to numerous styles. Mumbai's architectural identity emerges from ...