The Great Burtsby

What if Jay Gatsby had caught Daisy? They might have looked like this. The supercool jacket with the white piping was actually bought for a Great Gatsby party. Ditto the white shirt, since Burt Keppler swore off white shirts when he left the Navy.

Great Gatsby costume parties blossomed when the Mia Farrow/Robert Redford movie came out in the mid-70's. Naturally my parents threw themselves into the spirit. Dad's outfit included sharp pink and white seersucker trousers and a straw boater. Mom's hat was the circumference of a bistro table.

Once we comb through the archives, I hope to post a photo of them wearing the full regalia.
The tie, of course, would have been an anachronism. In just about any era.