Thursday, 21 March 2013

Life of a Socialite

Life of a Socialite. . .



The 1920s "revolution in morals and manners" represented a liberation from the restrictions of the Victorian past. Some saw it as a decade of dissipation, a hedonistic interlude of jazz bands, bathtub gin, & bootleggers between WWI & the depression.


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- A little snippet of music I found online, which I could imagine being played in the background of a formal occasion.
The Roaring Twenties is the term used when referring to the 1920s, characterizing the decade's distinctive cultural edge in main cities such as New York, Berlin, Paris and London, during a period of sustained economic prosperity. 
Socialites should not be confused with "socialism," although excesses by the former can historically lead to a socio-political backlash resulting in the latter. According to the 2006 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary, socialites are defined as those who are "prominent in fashionable society." The word is a fairly recent one; most etymologists trace the term socialites back to the 1920s, when editors at Time Magazine apparently coined the term. socialite is a term for a member of a social elite, or someone aspiring to be a member. According to Merriam-Webster the word was first used in 1928. A socialite participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable events attended by others of similar standing.

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