Meaning of Floradora | Babel Free

Examples

“She had been called a number of nice things, such as a "real beaut," a high-flyer and a Floradora[…]”

“The more daring had lithographs of Lillian Russell, Mae Howard, the Floradoras and poses of the Gibson Girls.”

“Florenz Ziegfeld, who learned much from the Floradoras, produced his first Follies in 1907 (to continue for twenty-five years) and stabilized the pattern for the type. Revues depended on gags and girls, at a higher level than burlesque[…]”

“And the sweetly grinning Floradoras, lovingly painted by Ben Strauss himself, undulated from side to side, their palms coyly placed beside their roseate cheeks. Hubba hubba! Folks gathered nightly to admire this vision.”

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