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The Bright Young People
'The Bright Young Things', as the press came to nickname them, were a group of rebellious, young aristocratic party makers and the first celebrity youth culture. They held exotic fancy dress parties, including 'Baby Parties, 'Mozart Parties' and 'Poor People Parties', which they used as an excuse to elaborately dress up as well as cross dress. These were considerred to be the first 'Bring your own bottle' parties. They had vast treasure hunts that went throughout London, clues of which would be published in newspapers.
The girls cut their hair short for the first time, and wore the first short dresses,(knee length and above).
They drank heavily and took drugs. This party lifestyle was in someway to make up for the dark aftermath of World War I.
The reason The Bright Young People were so infamous at the time was mainly due to the press leaching off their antics. They claimed to hate the press but did all they could to attract it. Within their group they wrote about and photographed themselves, Evelyn Waugh wrote Vile Bodies and Cecil Beaton extensively Photographed them at the time.
if i had to be born again in a diffrent era this would be the one
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Careful - not taking any chances.
Origin
Belts and braces (a.k.a. bracers) are meant to hold one's trousers up. Going 'belt and braces' is a double insurance against having them fall down. The figurative use, as a general term for cautiousness, was coined around the mid-20th century.
In the USA 'belt and suspenders' is used with just the same meaning. That emerged at around the same time too. The first citation in print we have is from the Galveston Daily News, 1935 - in their 'News Behind the News' column:
"A pessimist wears both belt and suspenders."
"Trust in God. But tie up your camel."
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