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The Young and the Breathless

You were born in the wrong era. You would have rocked the flapper look (ciggy and all). Thrown around words like barney-mugging and daddy-o. Decked your pad in deco.

But then you found out about prohibition. Um, no thanks.

Here’s a way to invoke the Roaring Twenties without giving up the tipple: Speakeasy, bearcat-cum-designer Sally Tseng’s new line, inspired by the decade’s pure shape and color blocks.

Taiwan-born and FIT-trained, Tseng uses men’s tailoring techniques to create sophisticated cuts that flatter a dame’s curves. Flaunt your guns (pardon, ma’am) in Bugsy, a tuxedo-inspired dress. Show a little gam in the razor-back, black-and-white Taylor. And throw on Biloxi, a flowing, circle-patterned blouse with a back slit, for hot nights at the old gin mill — or that new watering hole just off Elizabeth.

Thank goodness for the 21st Amendment.

Because this clearly merits a toast.

Available at Lisa Brown Atlanta, 6301 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs (404-255-4949). To see styles, go to sallytsengny.com.