Ruby Ransome's World

Real-life inspiration for Ruby Ransome's world of speakeasies, vampires, and the Chicago mob.

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OMG that dress!

This dress is very similar to a dress in my paper doll set, all cut (not by me) directly out of 1920s fashion catalogs. I intend to dress Ruby in a variation of it at some point!

I imagine something like this when I picture Ruby's favorite handbag: beaded, short strap (they didn't have shoulder straps in the 20s), closing with a metal clasp. The Egyptian theme was very popular in the 1920s following the discovery of King Tut's tomb! Egyptian Odalisque Evening Bag, 1927 (Van Cleef & Arpel, Paris) Art Deco Bag, Bijoux Art Deco, Moda Hippie, Vintage Evening Bags, Kelly Bag, Egyptian Revival, Bag Designs, Vintage Purses, Chatelaine

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I imagine something like this when I picture Ruby's favorite handbag: beaded, short strap (they didn't have shoulder straps in the 20s), closing with a metal clasp. The Egyptian theme was very popular in the 1920s following the discovery of King Tut's tomb! Egyptian Odalisque Evening Bag, 1927 (Van Cleef & Arpel, Paris)

two women dressed in business attire posing on the edge of a high rise building with their arms around each other

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Paris in the 1920s: Changes in Society Lead to Changes in Fashion

This daring stunt reminds me of something Ruby would do. Madeleine Ginsburg, author of Paris Fashions: The Art Deco Style of the 1920s, states that “[b]y mid decade, in fashion terms the ideal new woman was a tomboy, a garconne, young, slim, athletic, short-haired and short-skirted, almost androgynous in appearance; a friend and an equal rather than a passive dependent”

Ruby to a T! "The 1920’s introduced to us the iconic flapper girl. Ladies traded in their floor length dresses for those with shorter hemlines, they bobbed their hair and topped it with a cloche hat. Girls dropped their waistline trying to create an illusion of a different body shape. Behind this quirky new trend were girls with a sense of adventure and love for new fashion- something different!" Roaring Twenties Fashion, Look Gatsby, 1920's Flapper, Clara Bow

Roaring Twenties Fashion

Look Gatsby

1920's Flapper

Clara Bow

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Ruby to a T! "The 1920’s introduced to us the iconic flapper girl. Ladies traded in their floor length dresses for those with shorter hemlines, they bobbed their hair and topped it with a cloche hat. Girls dropped their waistline trying to create an illusion of a different body shape. Behind this quirky new trend were girls with a sense of adventure and love for new fashion- something different!"

Flapper undies - @~ Watsonette

The Jazz Age

Three Women

The Secret to Making Any Outfit Amazing

Looks like it could be Ruby and her friends!

1925 Fashion

Vintage Dresses 1920's

Fashion Illustration Vintage

Fun with flapper fashions

Ruby and Genevieve -- paper dolls cut out of 1920s fashion magazines that I scanned into Photoshop

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Ruby's celluloid cigarette case

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