Editing Flapper (section)

== End of the flapper era ==
An obituary for the "Flapper" ran on the front page of ''The New York Times'' at the end of 1928, suggesting that she was being replaced by the "Siren", a mysterious, stylish, "vaguely European" ideal woman.<ref name=israel>{{cite book | title=Bachelor Girl | last=Israel | first=Betsy | publisher=HarperCollins | year=2002 | isbn=0380976498| pages=137–138}}</ref> The flapper lifestyle and look disappeared and the roaring '20s era of glitz and glamour came to an end in America after the [[Wall Street Crash]] of 1929.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Stock Market Crash of 1929 {{!}}|url = http://www.thebubblebubble.com/1929-crash/|website = www.thebubblebubble.com|access-date = November 3, 2015}}</ref>
Unable to afford the latest trends and lifestyle, the once-vibrant flapper women returned to their dropped hemlines, and the flapper dress disappeared. A sudden serious tone washed over the public with the appearance of the [[Great Depression]]. The high-spirited attitude and [[hedonism]] were less acceptable during the economic hardships of the 1930s. When hemlines began to rise again, numerous states took action, making laws that restricted women to wear skirts with hemlines no shorter than three inches (7.5 centimeters) above the ankle. The ever-popular bobbed haircut was the cause for some women being fired from their jobs.<ref>{{cite web|title = Flappers – Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages|url = http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/Modern-World-1919-1929/Flappers.html#ixzz3nJ0tToBB|website = www.fashionencyclopedia.com|access-date = November 3, 2015}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}}

Transitioning into the 1930s was no easy task. Campaigns such as the "Make Do and Mend" slogan were becoming prevalent to ensure there was no [[overconsumption]] throughout society.<ref>{{cite web|title = Women's Fashion in War Work|url = http://www.forgeofinnovation.org/Springfield_Armory_1892-1945/Themes/People/Women/World_War_II/Fashion_in_War_Work/index.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130226060918/http://www.forgeofinnovation.org/springfield_armory_1892-1945/Themes/People/Women/World_War_II/Fashion_in_War_Work/index.html|url-status = usurped|archive-date = February 26, 2013|website = www.forgeofinnovation.org|access-date = November 3, 2015}}</ref>
Fabric choices were among the many items to be cut back during this poverty-stricken time. Artificial fabrics were used instead of elegant fabrics such as silk, which were so popular in the early 1900s. No longer were party dresses adorned with decorative embellishments or made brightly colored. Instead, women headed to work to take over roles of men at war. The physically demanding jobs called for the creation and social acceptance of women's trousers in society.