Get The Gatsby Look

GET THE GATSBY LOOK: YOUR GUIDE TO THE ROARING TWENTIES WITH THE IMPENDING RELEASE OF BAZ LUHRMANN'S 'THE GREAT GATSBY', A CRAZE FOR EVERYTHING 1920'S AMERICA HAS SWEPT THE COUNTRY. SO WHETHER YOU WANT TO MIX UP A PROHIBITION COCKTAIL, LET 20'S OPULENCE INTO YOUR WARDROBE, OR BE PREPARED IF YOU'RE EVER EDISONED (20'S SLANG FOR BEING ASKEDA LOT OF QUESTIONS) ON THE IT' CARS OF THE ERA, THIS GUIDE IS FOR YOU! Redstaunanu 230 SEATS Coffebune MILK BAR 150 SEATS SALE OCEANIC CHOCOLATE SHOP MEN'S FASHION IN 1921, THE FILM STAR RUDOLPH VALENTINO STARED IN THE SHEIK, AND GAVE MEN AN IMAGE TO AIM FOR. CLOTHING DESIGNERS STARTED CREATING CLOTHES THAT DREW UPON THOSE SEEN ON-SCREEN THE 20'S SAW FASHION GET MODERN: MEN REACHED FOR THE SPORTS-INSPIRED PIECES THEY SAW ON SPORTSMEN LIKE TENNIS PLAYER BILL TILDEN AND GOLFER BOBBY JONES. V-NECKED SWEATER VESTS WERE CARRIED RIGHT OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND INTO EVERY MAN'S WARDROBE, TO BE WORN OVER A SHIRT. THE SLIMMER-STYLED SUITS PERFECTED IN THE LATER YEARS OF THE 1920'S STILL SHAPE THOSE MEN WEAR SUITS FOR EVENINGWEAR WERE STRICTLY BLACK, WITH A STARCHED WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK TROUSERS - WITH A CENTRE CREASE IF YOU WERE REALLY CUTTING-EDGE. NO BROOKSIE (CLASSY DRESSER) WOULD LEAVE THE HOUSE IN THE 1920'S WITHOUT A PANAMA STRAW HAT OR THE GANGSTER'S FAVOURITE - A FELT FEDORA. YOU'LL NEED THE RIGHT DOG KENNELS TO PULL OFF THE 20'S LOOK. THAT'S RIGHT - FEET WERE CALLED DOGS SO THE LABEL NATURALLY FOLLOWED! MOSTLY, THE RIGHT SHOES WERE TWO-TONED BROGUES IN WHITE AND BROWN OR MONOCHROME. COPVRIGHT AFP/COLLECTION ROGER-VIOLLET CONCOURS D'LGANCE EN 1925 WOMEN'S FASHION THE MOST FAMOUS IMAGE OF THE 1920'S? IT HAS TO BE THE FLAPPER. SHE WORE MAKEUP AND SHORT HAIR WITH A SHORTER THAN USUAL SHAPELESS DRESS HER CHEST WAS FLAT AND SHE SMOKED USINGA LONG CIGARETTE HOLDER. SHE HAD BARE KNEES THAT WERE READY TO KNOCK - WHO BETTER TO FRONT A REBELLION AGAINST THE 'DRYS' OF THE PROHIBITION ERA BY DANCING THE CHARLESTON? IF ONE WOMAN EPITOMISED THE STYLE OF THE ROARING TWENTIES, IT WAS COCO CHANEL. CHANEL'S DESIGNS AIMED TO GIVE WOMEN THE FREEDOM THEY WANTED. SHE USED DURABLE MATERIALS AND STRIPPED-BACK UNNECESSARY EMBELLISHMENTS WE'VE ALL GOT COCO TO THANK FOR THAT 'GET-ME-THROUGH-ANY-SITUATION' ESSENTIAL, THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS SHE BROUGHT IT INTO THE WORLD IN 1926, AND WE'RE STILL REAPING THE BENEFITS TODAY. ACCESSORIES WERE A HUGE PART OF WOMEN'S FASHION, FROM THE CLOCHE HAT AND PRETTY HAIR COMBS TO LEATHER CLUTCH BAGS AND COTTON, SILK AND LACE GLOVES. 'PEARLS ANY LENGTH, AS LONG AS THEY'RE THERE! BUT NO DIAMONDS BEFORE COCKTAILS - IT WAS THOUGHT VULGAR! THE ART DECO MOVEMENT BROUGHT GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND BOLD COLOURS TO JEWELLERY, AND WHEN TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB AND ARTEFACTS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1922, JEWELLERY AND ACCESSORIES BECAME RIFE WITH EGYPT-INSPIRED MOTIFS. MUSIC THE 20'S SOUNDS WERE JAZZ, RAGTIME & THE MUSICALS THAT SWEPT BROADWAY. MUSICAL CLASSICS FROM THE ERA INCLUDE 'NO, NO, NANETTE' AND 'SALLY'. PUBLIC DANCE HALLS AND CLUBS OPENED IN CITIES, WHILE MID-20'S ROADHOUSES AND SPEAKEASIES WERE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF JAZZ. NEW DANCES CAME WITH THIS UPBEAT SOUND, INCLUDING: THE BUNNY HUG CHICKEN SCRATCH MONKEY GLIDE THE DANCE OF THE DECADE? THE CHARLESTON. THESE PROVOCATIVE MOVEMENTS SEPARATED DANCERS FROM THOSE WHO WERE IN FAVOUR OF PROHIBITION. IT WENT GLOBAL AFTER APPEARING IN THE 1923 MUSICAL RUNNIN' WILD. IL FOOD &DRINK PROCESSED FOOD TOOK OFF AND 20'S HOUSEWIVES LEFT THE MIXING BOWL ON THE SHELE IN FAVOUR OF READY MEALS. WE WONDER HOW MANY STILL TOOK THE CREDIT? AFTER JANUARY 16TH 1920, AMERICA'S NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BUSINESSES BOOMED: PROHIBITION HAD BEEN PASSED. 1923 WITNESSED THE CREATION OF THE ENDURING WHILE REESE'S PEANUT KOOL-AID CAME INTO THE BUTTER CUP. WORLD IN 1927. ILLEGAL SUPPLIES OF ALCOHOL WERE STILL ENJOYED AND SELLERS COULD MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT - AS ALLUDED TO IN F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S BOOK, 'THE GREAT GATSBY'. SPEAKEASIES POPPED UP EVERYWHERE, SELLING ALCOHOL ILLEGALLY. HOPEFULLY MADE FROM BETTER QUALITY PLONK THAN THOSE BACK IN THE DAY, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A 1920'S PROHIBITION COCKTAIL: MARY PICKFORD NÁMED AFTER THE GOLDEN-HAIRED SILENT FILM STAR, THIS COCKTAIL IS A BLEND OF WHITE RUM, PINEAPPLE JUICE AND GRENADINE, MIXED WITH CRACKED ICE, STRAINED INTO A GLASS AND TOPPED WITH A CHERRY. B 30 33 CARS WHEN THE 1920'S BEGAN, THE WORLD OF CARS WAS DISTINCTLY ONE-COLOURED AND DECIDEDLY BASIC. FORD MODEL T WAS THE PRODUCED FROM 1908 UNTIL 1927 AND WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE FIRST AFFORDABLE CAR. WHILE THE FORD MODEL T PUT AMERICA ON WHEELS THEY WERE, UNTIL 1926, RUDIMENTARY ARTILLERY WHEELS BY THE LATER PART OF THE DECADE, AUTOMOBILES HAD BECOME FASTER, SAFER AND BETTER-LOOKING MACHINES IN A RANGE OF COLOURS THANKS TO THE INVENTION OF PYROXYLIN FINISHES IN 1925. SEVERAL SEEMINGLY MODERN FEATURES WERE CREATED IN THE 1920'S: FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, HYBRID CARS AND EVEN SOLELY ELECTRIC-POWERED CARS. WHILE THE FORD MODEL T HAD THE BUDGET MARKET COVERED, THOSE WITH MORE CHAMPAGNE TASTES COULD PICK UP A DUESENBERG, CADILLAC, PACKARD OR EVEN A ROLLS ROYCE.