Flappers and Gangster and Vamps, oh my

Look for 1920’s costume ideas in your closet or grandma's closet

Gents

Men white jacket, black shirt, black pants, striped tie, black fedora

Black jacket, red shirt, white tie, spats, black fedora

Argyle socks

Carnation in the lapel

Flat cap, suspenders, black garter on arm

Raccoon coats

Vee neck sweater vest with knickers

Vests

Ladies

Bare arms, straight, flattened silhouette- they wore suppressors

Cloche hats, Small hats, turbans, pork pie hat, Headache band with feathers and pin

Hair – short or ‘bobbed’ or tie your hair back

Feather boa

Flat chunky shoes or Mary Jane’s

Fox furs

Bangle bracelets

Long string of pearls tied in a knot, crystal beads

Ostrich feather fan

Drop waist dresses, layered handkerchief hemline

Narrow skirts just below the calf, tops with sailor collars

Slave bracelets

Unbuckled galoshes- hence the name”flapper”

Velvet harem pants or Oriental motif

Wraparound coats

Here are some names to look up for dress ideas:

Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo

Rudolph Valentino – sheiks