1920s Costume
Go back in time to the Roaring Twenties, a time of great jazz, literature, silent movies, glamour and gangsters. Relieve this golden age in an amazing 1920s costume that range from fabulous flapper girl dresses to gangster suits and gangster moll outfits.
Bring the glitz and glitter of the 1920’s alive when you dress up in a 1920s costume for your Halloween party or other event. Take a look below at a selection of costumes available to get you started. Click on any link to see even more great costumes to choose from for a fun party.
Fashion Flapper (Red) Adult Costume
Did you know that the term Flapper referred to a young woman who wore short skirts, had bobbed hair and listened to jazz? Not only that they tended to wear a lot of makeup, drink and smoke, drive cars and generally act in a rather impetuous manner. If this sounds like you then this then this rather flirty red flapper girl costume with layered fringe is perfect for you. It also comes with a gold sequin headband with feather. To complete the look you could add a feather boa, fishnet stockings, garter, sexy shoes and some great jewelry. You’ll certainly be roaring in this outfit which by the way also comes in black.
Gatsby Girl Adult Costume
Look like you’ve stepped out of F.Scott Fitzergald’s famous novel, The Great Gatsby. The story is set on Long Island’s North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922, a time of great decadence as well as prohibition. Go back in time and become like the attractive and sparkly Daisy in this shimmering sequined sheath flapper costume with fringe and a matching black sequined headband and black fingerless gloves.
Puttin’ on the Ritz – Teal Adult Costume
You certainly feel like putting on the Ritz in this rather glamorous velour and satin flapper dress with sequin trim and a diamond appliqué. There is also a coordinating cloche-style hat with a sequined brim and flower accent to complete this absolutely roaring costume. The song “Puttin’ on the Ritz” was written by Irving Berlin in 1929 and the term actually means to dress very fashionably, an expression that was inspired by the very swanky Ritz Hotel in London.
Sassy Flapper Child Costume
It’s not just the big girls that want to have all the fun and your little girl will certainly look amazing in this jazzy and fun purple flapper dress costume. To add extra sassiness it comes with a headband with a feather. You’ll have to watch out as she’ll be doing the Charleston all night long. The Charleston dance was named after the city of the same name and became a huge dance craze during the 1920s.
Gangster Costume (Adult)
The most famous gangsters of the 1920’s included Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Bugs Moran and Dutch Schultz. These lords of crime ruled of the underworld of the 1920’s with their smuggling and bootlegging. Look smooth and smart in this dapper pinstriped gangster suit with attached pocket handkerchief, crimson dickie with attached white tie and a pair of gangster spats with button detail. To finish off the look is a rather fetching fedora with a wide white ribbon around the base. You’ll certainly attract the dames in this outfit. For a great couples look then there are some great gangster moll costumes available too.
Fedora or trilby hats were usually worn by middle class men whilst more working class men wore a standard flat cap or no hat. Upper class men tended to wear top hats or a homburg hat. Throughout the twenties men wore short suit jackets. In the early twenties the jackets were very high waisted and often worn with belts with the lapels fairly narrow. Pants were straight and narrow. By the mid twenties, however, wider pants became fashionable and were known as Oxford bags. The jacket became normal waisted with wider lapels.
Gangster Moll Costume (Adult)
Why not go to your fancy dress event as Bonnie and Clyde? This gangster girl costume includes a black and pearly white pin-striped double breasted jacket with matching ring zip pants. It has a tie with a gleaming gold dollar sign. This costume includes the coat, pants and tie. It doesn’t include the hat.
After the restricted fashion of earlier times, the confining corset was thrown out by the women and the dress became low-waisted and looser. In fact, women tended towards a more masculine look with flattened breasts and hips and short hairstyles including the bob, Eton Crop and Marcel Wave. With this new fashion women could kick up their heels to the new dances such as the Charleston.
As mentioned earlier the Roaring Twenties was a time of great music, literature, silent movies and of course glamorous fashion. Also known as the Jazz age, the period after the First World War and through the twenties saw a huge popularity in popular music as well as arts and culture.
A feature of 1920s music included Jazz, Ragtime and of course Broadway musicals. Well-known artistes from that time included blues singer Bessie Smith and jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
Go back in time this Halloween in a 1920s costume and recreate the glitz and glamour of this bygone age.
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