Flappers, and Speakeasies, and Gangsters! Oh my!

Back In Time For New Years Eve

"Let's prohibit prohibition!"

In every history class you've had or any television series and movies you watch with the 1920s backdrop, an image of creativity, spirit, violence, elegance and prohibition is vividly painted in our minds. So what not relish in its beauty by ringing in the new year by partying like its 1922.The Roaring Twenties was a decade of flappers, jazz, fashion, and gangsters. When I say gangsters, I'm not referring to the guys in rap music videos, I'm talking about the legends of the jazz age; Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, or Jack "Legs" Diamond, etc. As F. Scott Fitzgerald puts it: 

"The restlessness approached hysteria. The parties were bigger. The pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the liquor was cheaper; but all these benefits did not minister much delight."

What I love about the fashion in the 1920s is that it reflected the rapid movement and change of society. Its iconic style has stayed with us throughout the decades and with movies and television shows like Boadwalk Empire, Downton Abby, The Great Gatsby and The Artist, 1920s style has definitely made its come back on the runway and into our closets.

 

 Then

 

Now

 

My 1920s New Years