Love this NYT article today talking about how brides are going all Daisy Buchanan:

“Brides-to-be have been looking to “The Great Gatsby,” the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the millionaire Jay Gatsby and his disastrous affair with the shallow Daisy Buchanan, for shimmy-ready wedding styles. The slim Roaring ’20s look has been quietly gaining momentum the last few seasons, especially with brides. But this spring, it seems to have reached a tipping point.”

As we get close to the season finale of Downton Abbey, I visited Under the Cover Books to discuss the most romantic couples of the 1920s, starting with the original flapper, Zelda Fitzgerald.  For  the complete list, please visit Under the Covers.

Love and All That Jazz:
The Great Romances of the 1920s

If there was any era when American women were more fabulous than the women of the 1920s, I can’t imagine it. After reading the nonfiction book Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz, I was inspired to write my first historical novel, The Gin Lovers, set in 1925 Manhattan. The 1920s –  the dawn of the flapper era, the onset of Prohibition, and the rise of jazz — was  arguably the most dramatic decade in American history. It didn’t take me long to come to the conclusion that it was also the most romantic. I was struck by how many couples of the time still influence us today – in films, in movies, in music. Here is a look at five of the most fascinating couples of the 1920s:

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre

The golden couple of the 1920s (or in today’s parlance, the Brangelina of their time) F. Scott (author of The Great Gatsby) and Zelda married on April 3, 1920.  He called her the “first American flapper,” and their life was regarded as the ultimate in glamour. In reality, their relationship was marred by alcoholism, infidelity, and mental illness. But for a shining moment, theirs was a relationship dreams (and bestsellers) were made of.

 See the complete list.