This Whimsie is named “Fanny the Flapper,” which actually explains a LOT, once you know what a “Flapper” is. I didn’t, and had to go look it up online. In case you didn’t know, Flappers were the rebellious young women of the 1920’s. Now, I am excused from not knowing this, because I was born in 1960, so how could I know what happened 30 or 40 years before my time? I never went to school to learn about such things…though I wonder how much children in school were really likely to learn about women who cut their hair short, listened to jazz music, and stayed up late at night dancing the Charleston.
I would think in school history classes, they would be focusing on much more important things like World Wars and the Great Depression. I would imagine only a passing glance would be given to Flappers. Though now…when I think of it, I have seen Flappers in movies, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Great Gatsby, and the really, really fun musical, Chicago. I just didn’t know that women who dressed like this and acted like this were called “Flappers.”
But look at Fanny here! Doesn’t she just fit the “Flapper” bill? Can’t you just see her staying up late and dancing the Charleston all night long? Maybe that’s why her eyes are so green…because she’s so tired from not getting enough sleep? Or…has she been drinking too much of that moonshine??
And we know why her hair is short, because she’s cut it into a “bob,” the hairstyle much preferred by Flappers. Of course, a lot of Flappers had very straight hair, making for a very sleek looking bob, but Fanny here seems to have naturally curly hair, so she’s doing the best she can to get it to lay straight in a bob.
Notice her dress! It’s so short, and revealing! Oh, those Flappers have no modesty! I at least hope Fanny is wearing some sort of undergarments beneath that short, short dress with the most peculiar hemline. Or maybe she’s not…and maybe that’s how she’s gotten her very unusual name…Fanny…??
Oh, my! Fanny is a very different type of Whimsie, isn’t she? Not more unusual, I’ll admit, that Annie the Astronaut (whom Trixie introduced you to last time), who appears to be from another planet, but I’ll venture to say she is more unusual than Trixie’s previous find of the devil girl Whimsie. In my opinion, the devil girl Whimsie is just a Whimsie who happens to have really, really red hair, and is taking advantage of those natural features to accentuate a most alarming Halloween costume, but I think Fanny really does believe she is a Flapper from the 1920’s! I mean, costumes are fun and all, but once you cut your hair, you can’t deny you’re making a HUGE commitment to the image you’re trying to portray.
And sorry, but I have to go back to those green, green eyes. I believe it’s her Flapper lifestyle that gives her eyes that glossy, odd appearance.
Now let’s talk a moment about her jewelry, shall we? As a rule, Whimsies do not wear jewelry. We are simple folk, who enjoy feeling comfortable and letting our wardrobes and smiles make our personal statements. But Fanny seems to actually enjoy wearing an excess of jewelry!
And I do mean “excess.” Get a load of those beads! How in the world does she even manage to walk, never mind do the Charleston, with all those miles and miles of beads hanging from her neck? Wouldn’t she trip on them? Ah! But then, I guess she must be an accomplished Charleston dancer, who has learned how to live and work with the beads.
But those silver earrings, and necklace, and bracelet? What purpose do they serve, except to say, “Look at me! I’m a rebel! No other Whimsie in the world wears bright and shiny jewelry like this…but I do!! Because I am that wild and crazy Whimsie, Fanny the Flapper!”
Oh my….sigh…
I think someone needs to nudge Fanny and let her know the 1920’s are long gone, and there are far more effective ways to rebel these days than dancing the Charleston all night long, and far more comfortable clothes you can wear while carrying out your rebellion. Though, the shoes are a good idea, especially if you enjoy dancing. But really….the Charleston??
Hi, everyone! Our plan for today was to go through our Wardrobe and find our prettiest Sprngtime dresses and do a Fashion Show for you. Yesterday was so lovely, and that was when we got the idea, but then our day got busy and we never got around to it, so we said, “Oh, well…there’s always tomorrow.” And now here it is…today…which is yesterday’s “tomorrow,” and yes the day has come as expected, but the Weatherman had different plans for this day. It does not feel at all like Springtime! It’s been raining since the moment we woke up, and we have not seen the sun at all. Miss Chrissy’s poor plants haven’t had a drop of sunshine all day, though she is still keeping the window blinds open, offering them a sort of dreary brightness (which is better than nothing, and truth be told, has its own particular charm).
First, here is the lovely Miss Trixie, dressed in a jammie outfit she likes to call “Froggie Fun.” As you’ll notice, the footies of Miss Trixie’s jammies are cute little frog faces! And the green and white terrycloth stripes seem just perfect, and perfectly comfortable, for a fine Spring day hanging out among the lillypads with the froggies, or…hanging out at home with your friends, watching movies! On the upper left of the outfit there is another little green frog, with the words “Cute As Can Be!” Oh, and isn’t Miss Trixie simply cute as can be in her “Froggie Fun” jammies!
Next, let’s take a look at Tillie, who has called her jammie outfit “Berry Sweet”—because that’s what it says around the large pink strawberry on her left hip, and also because Tillie herself is, in fact, Berry Sweet! You’ll notice how fun and lively all those big white polka dots look on the lovely green cotton backdrop. Miniature white polka dots in a field of pink surround her neck, her wrists, and the bottom of her feet! Yes, these are footie pajamas, but there will be very little walking about when wearing this jammie, since it is just perfect for lounging around the house on a rainy Spring day.
Now, finally, let’s have a look at the outfit I’ve chosen. I call it “Flower Power” because all these bright and colorful flowers against a white cotton background are making such a bold statement for the power of flowers to brighten one’s mood, even when the sun won’t shine all day. I’ve paired these jammies with some comfy pink socks to keep my tootsies warm. Oh, and one more thing you’ll notice about all of us. Snap, snap, snap! We’re all wearing snaps! Such a practical and unobtrusive way to keep our jammies in place.
kind of clothes to fit in. We don’t have as much blue in our wardrobe as you might think we do! Part of that might be because we wear size “NB,” which of course for us means “Never Bigger,” but this size is also worn by babies, and of course, if little boy babies are wearing NB clothes, those clothes tend to have a decidedly masculine flair about them, like pictures of trucks, and dogs, and baseballs, and collars and buttons and pockets, which just don’t look right on us Whimsie girls. So, yes, not too much blue in our wardrobe.
You’ll notice also that I am still wearing the shoes. Sigh… I love our shoes. I hate to give them up. But truth be told, soon it will be so warm in Whimsieville that nobody will want to wear shoes. We’ll all look forward to going barefoot through the green, green grass, as we take our dinosaurs on their daily walk! Not too long ago we announced that Spring has sprung, but amazingly, it will soon enough be Summer!
As we’ve been mentioning for a couple of weeks now, Spring is beginning to spring around here, and with that we’ve been getting a lot of rain in Whimsieville, and with that, the grass has been growing quite a bit. And it’s growing GREEN, which is such a delight to see, after months and months of dry, dead brown grass. 
But gratefully, due to the early hour, there was not much activity on that front.
