flapper

Nicks strolled in later, fresh from her stint at Clementine’s and still donning her flapper costume.

In the hour before Pippi’s party, children scoured the room on a scavenger hunt to find nine Pippis, donning disguises from a Dodgers jersey to a 1920s flapper dress.

To replicate the columnar formations of birds, in which they line up one directly behind the other, the researchers created mechanized flappers that act like birds' wings.

Underneath, dresses of scalloped sequins and draped fringe recall flapper looks with contemporary discipline.

Next steps from the robotics perspective will include working with material scientists to equip the flappers with muscle-like materials.