20's Fancy Dress

The rip Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age the original decade of boom times and great financial prosperity at the end of World War I when everyone was looking to let loose and party. However in the USA the Government thought it would be a good idea to introduce prohibition banning the sale and consumption of alcohol. This, of course, led the speak easies, bootlegging and a huge boost in organized crime full of gangsters and molls. The 1920s was also a decade that saw huge advances in women’s rights and the introduction of the “Bob” haircut and the care free hedonistic flapper culture. It was also the decade of the Jazz age best characterized by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book “The Great Gatsby.” The biggest entertainers of the twenties were Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton who introduced the world to slapstick comedy. Need a costume from the 20’s? Browse our extensive collection and you are sure to find one that is just the cat’s pyjamas.