My office is having a 1920’s theme holiday party this year and at first I thought I would wear a dress that was “close enough” but I’m starting to rethink how much fun it could be to make a more traditional 1920’s outfit.
I have a few ideas… but for now, I started out by diving into my scrap pile to find a velvet from our Halloween Pirate coats.
I watched a YouTube video and then did a little bit of googling for some style ideas.
I decided to make a test pattern out of paper and then I also made a muslin since I had some leftovers from my Chanel jacket.
This was my first hat and I think I really enjoyed making it. I feel like I may be able to make one or two more that could be a little more modern and really nice for winter.
Normally, I feel like I have a pretty big head, but if I make the hat myself, then no one can tell!
I had a few extra scraps of silk charmeuse and the black art-deco square brocade which I was able to use to cover a few buttons, make a ribbon, and the little fan flourish.
Here’s the inside incase that is interesting to you too:
Stay tuned for the rest of the outfit. This will be an interesting project to balance with the Chanel jacket. So far, I think they will balance each other out quite nicely. I’m trying to take making the Chanel jacket rather seriously and it should be quite tailored, whereas the dress I have in mind will be very loose and simple.
More fun to come!
The hat turned out so cute! Do you know to google the word “flapper” for 1920s stuff? You could do a sheath dress with rows of horizontal fringe. I would think that would be easy for you!
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Oh I’ve got plans!!! 🙂 I think I’ll get the fabric this weekend. We may have a trip into the city for a friend’s birthday dinner. I also kind of want to make a cool drapey shawl in a really wild silk or just finish the chanel jacket since I think coco chanel was actually alive back then
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