Dress Me :)

shan87

H and I are attending our first Officer's Club Social this Friday. It's Roaring 20s Casino Night. 20s attire is encouraged.

 

So far, I have a grey head band with beading that is it. haha I don't have any dresses in my closet that fit so I could use some ideas. Neither of us want to spend a lot of money as we probably wont be wearing them again.

 

TIA! 

kpol8

Do you have any of those Halloween stores open in your area yet?? I went as a flapper one Halloween in college and had the headband with a feather, one of those long cigarette holder things (I don't know what it's really called!), maybe gloves? and a black dress with a beaded overlay. It would be so not appropriate for an O Club event but you might be able to get some ideas off of the costumes and be able to piece together something from their props.

Beachy730

Ooh Halloween stores are a great idea, and I know the Spirit store is already open in our area.  Party City has a lot of costumes already too.  

ericandmarie

I love the hair, makeup, headband and pearls here. Long pearls were big. Obviously the whole outfit probably wouldn't be acceptable, but you could do this, a sequin top, skirt/jeans and some strapy black heels and of course the hair, headband and pearls.

I love the color here.. and again the hair

Obviously this was probably a party that was 20s inspired as well, and these women are a bit older, but for the most part the dresses fit the era. They did NOTHING for the figure. Ha. 

sweetface83

You can get some beaded trim from a fabric store and sew or glue it to an old black dress or skirt (or maybe try and find one at thrift store).  I agree about the long pearls and attaching a feather to your headband, with some strappy black heels.

shan87

Thanks Ladies,

I found a bunch of hair videos on youtube that I'll test out. 

I am heading over to a Costume shop tomorrow, if I can't find one for under $30 then I'll make my own.   H has it so easy, I think we are just gonna grab a white tie and suspenders to go with his black dress pants and shirt. 

Sibil

I'd start watching Boardwalk Empire for inspiration, and then continue watching so long I missed the party.

If I actually manage to go, I'd probably go to goodwill and look for a boxy dress and try to figure the rest out with accessories. 

shan87

*UPDATE*

I checked our Goodwill and nothing worked. I did some googling and found a costume shop in the area, they use to rent costumes but it became too much work so now they are selling all their rentals. I snagged a black flapper dress, belt, fake pearls and head piece w/ feather for $35. My budget was $30 but since it includes everything $5 more is nothing. 

 

I spent the majority of my evening messing around with 20s hair. I've been trying different approaches to pin curls. I showed H last night and he response was less than enthusiastic. Hopefully it will all come together