It is against this backdrop that the new series of Downton, beginning next month, will be set. They went from lunch to tea dances to parties and on to nightclubs, returning home to sleep at the hour when ordinary men and women were going to work. The public lapped up tales of the decadent lives of these Bright Young Things, as they were dubbed by the Daily Mail. None of these fads and fashions caused such a stir as the antics of a small group at the epicentre of society whose sole objective was to have fun. Girls cut their long hair into bobs, painted their lips red and bandaged their breasts to attain the fashionable boyish figure. More shockingly still, dresses became backless. Hemlines rose first above the ankle then - to the horror of the older generation - above the knee. The first nightclubs opened, serving new drinks called cocktails.
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