03: Britain in the Roaring 20s | Make-up: A Glamorous History

Duration: 59'02''

Synopsis

Lisa Eldridge takes us back to Britain in the 1920s. She explores how the look of the flappers reflected the new freedoms of the era and recreates a classic 1920s look.

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