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
