Showing posts with label Costume Parties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Costume Parties. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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.