I based my researching off of F. Scott Fitzergerald's, Great Gatsby. I started off my search by going to google, a classic, and searching pictures of Daisy. I discovered mostly pictures of the varied actresses that have portrayed Daisy in film adaptations. There wasn't a lot of notable pictures that popped up, but I did notice the constant detail that Daisy was always portrayed by a thin blonde lady with the classic 20's hair bob and frequently, holding a glass of wine. I think this route of exploring the tradition styles and expectations for women in this time would be very interesting.
https://www.google.com/search?q=daisy+great+gatsby&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT9u6SlMvnAhUPCTQIHRQ3Dk8Q_AUoAXoECBMQAw&biw=1280&bih=578
Based off of this I went to the New York Public Library Digital Collections and searched "1920's women". The majority of results popped up about fashion in the 1920s. This taught me that many of the fashions were French, which made me wonder about if the world war had any affect on the fashions cross-culturally between countries. Many of the results were also very revealing outfits for their times. I think it's interesting because to me they don't seem extraordinarily revealing however I think an argument could be made that the further time progresses the "skimpier" women's fashion becomes.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=women+1920s#
The visual tradition in depicting Daisy could certainly take you into a fresh reading of Gatsby. I like how you built on that in the next stage of your research by going to the NYPL site. Maybe the French fashion angle could be added to your examination of Daisy. How influential has French culture been in the period/place depicted in the novel? How fashion-conscious is The Great Gatsby (and I would go beyond Daisy to Gatsby himself). Nice starting points!
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