***Looking for 1920s Halloween costume ideas? You’re in luck! We just updated this post with lots of new looks! ***
Hello all! It’s that very special time of year, the time when the leaves start to turn, the pumpkin starts to spice, and grownups get to start planning a night to dress up and play make-believe…
….yes it’s October, which means it’s Halloween season! Huzzah!
If you’re looking for 1920s Halloween costumes, boy oh boy have you come to the right place. The fashions of the 1920s and ’30s give you a great base to play with. Use bits and pieces from our fave retailers below to create fabulous vintage-inspired costumes. Some real-life ideas to get you started!
Amelia Earhart
Louise Brooks
Josephine Baker
Zelda Fitzgerald
Dorothy Parker
Or you could go with a classic costume like flapper, gangster/gun moll, hollywood starlet, etc. Want to get a little gruesome with your gorgeousness? Check out this zombie flapper makeup tutorial!
Now for the goods! One of our absolute favorite online retailers is Unique Vintage. They’ve got a lot of stunning, hand-beaded and high-quality flapper dresses, as well as 1920s accessories, shoes, capelets, etc, plus some more costume-y (read: cheaper) dress options. Check these lovelies out for one-stop shopping!
Vintage-inspired retailer Modcloth is another great place for beautiful, high-quality 1920s and 1930s style dresses you can party in on Halloween, and wear again for special occasions through out the year. Just take a look at these beauties…
1920s + 1930s Style Halloween Costumes from Modcloth.
Finally you’ve got your classic Halloween shop finds at HalloweenCostumes.com. These dresses may not last as long as the others, but they’re typically lower-priced, and there are some great finds there as well.
For more ideas you can check out our brand new Art Deco Shop: small, but growing quickly. We’ll be adding new finds daily! Dresses, shoes, bags, jewelry and more.
Sue Wong is a Los Angeles based designer whose 20s-inspired pieces have long been a favorite of art deco obsessed ladies everywhere (including the art deco obsessed lady-proprietor of this blog. Me.) Her bridal collection has some incredible 1920s style wedding dresses, and (bonus) is extremely reasonably priced. Take a look!
Tonight, just a little modern flapper fashion to end the weekend…sequins and beads, always a stunner! Flapper inspired dresses are all the rage these days, like this beaded beauty by Rachel Gilbert… Also in love with this gorgeous Alberto Makali black beaded flapper dress: And this Art Deco dress by Anna Sui: Perfection! Next …
Just a quick post today, a sort of mish-mash of art deco bits and pieces I’ve found while poking around the net for content for our site. The theme? Blue! Now, I myself am quite a superstitious sort, so you’d better believe I had my “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue” …
Out and about recently I saw a girl with the most amazing art deco manicure, and I immediately realized: of course, NAILS needed to be a post! Can’t believe we haven’t done it already, though we’ve had some posts featuring 1920s Makeup… but check these out: If you’re planning your wedding, you’ve probably already thought …
1920s Halloween Costumes
***Looking for 1920s Halloween costume ideas? You’re in luck! We just updated this post with lots of new looks! ***
Hello all! It’s that very special time of year, the time when the leaves start to turn, the pumpkin starts to spice, and grownups get to start planning a night to dress up and play make-believe…
….yes it’s October, which means it’s Halloween season! Huzzah!
If you’re looking for 1920s Halloween costumes, boy oh boy have you come to the right place. The fashions of the 1920s and ’30s give you a great base to play with. Use bits and pieces from our fave retailers below to create fabulous vintage-inspired costumes. Some real-life ideas to get you started!
Or you could go with a classic costume like flapper, gangster/gun moll, hollywood starlet, etc. Want to get a little gruesome with your gorgeousness? Check out this zombie flapper makeup tutorial!
Now for the goods! One of our absolute favorite online retailers is Unique Vintage. They’ve got a lot of stunning, hand-beaded and high-quality flapper dresses, as well as 1920s accessories, shoes, capelets, etc, plus some more costume-y (read: cheaper) dress options. Check these lovelies out for one-stop shopping!
Flapper dresses from Unique Vintage.
1920s flapper headbands from Unique Vintage.
1930s Style gowns from Unique Vintage.
Vintage-inspired retailer Modcloth is another great place for beautiful, high-quality 1920s and 1930s style dresses you can party in on Halloween, and wear again for special occasions through out the year. Just take a look at these beauties…
1920s + 1930s Style Halloween Costumes from Modcloth.
Finally you’ve got your classic Halloween shop finds at HalloweenCostumes.com. These dresses may not last as long as the others, but they’re typically lower-priced, and there are some great finds there as well.
Flapper costumes from Halloween Costumes
For more ideas you can check out our brand new Art Deco Shop: small, but growing quickly. We’ll be adding new finds daily! Dresses, shoes, bags, jewelry and more.
Happy Halloween everyone!
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