Immortalized in movies and magazine covers, young women’s fashion of the 1920s was both a trend and a social statement, a breaking-off from the rigid [[Victorian]] way of life. These young, rebellious, middle-class women, labeled ‘flappers’ by older generations, did away with the corset and donned slinky knee-length dresses, which exposed their legs and arms. The hairstyle of the decade was a chin-length bob, of which there were several popular variations. [[Makeup]], which until the 1920s was not typically accepted in American society because of its association with [[prostituteprostitution]], became for the first time extremely popular.<ref> Kitch, Carolyn. ''The Girl on the Magazine Cover''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. pp. 122-23.</ref>