𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 - an archetype from the Roaring 20s
These young western women in the 1920s wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, drove cars, smoke, drank and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior
you are the spectator of my silent nakedness engulfed by the white aestival light
The door is ajar and I feign sleep so that you can gaze at me furtively with the same delicacy of a feather brushing against my skin
I can be the slave to your games, the accomplice to your delicts
-through the rapid commercialization and marketing of its venues and at the end, many artists lost interest in Montmartre’s nightlife and sought their modern subjects elsewhere
📌 What had begun as a critique of decadent society had become a symbol of decadence itself
Montmartre was a parisian district that in 1880s flocked with artists and workers that lived and met in the 40+ cabarets, café-concerts, dance halls, music halls, theaters, circuses...
Some of the most famous venues were le Chat noir, Mouline de la galette and Moulin Rouge