Gangster Gal Ladies Fancy Dress Costume

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For something unique, consider making your own working class gangster girl outfit or gangster guy costume with a tweed suit, vest, flat cap and oxford shoes. Browse our entire selection of 1920s, 1930s, 1940s clothing using the menu above to mix and match your gangster costume. You know the story. Gangster robs a bank, gangster spreads the wealth, gangster gets into the papers, the public falls in love. That's just how it goes. It's been happening since the merry daysof Robinhood. And your career is no exceptionto the rule. You know what you're doing. From the moment you walked into the bank, you made sure to make a good impression. You were kind to the civilians, firm with the tellers, you even came up with a good one-liner to make sure you left them laughing as you made your escape. It didn't hurt that you had the perfect outfit to give your criminal debut the perfect debonair tone! Details & Design It was a case of "unintended consequences." The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. It was passed onmoraland health grounds. What its proponents failed to recognize was that people who wanted alcohol would find a way to get it. So a whole illegal industry arose, and the American gangster was born. Bootleggers. Moonshiners. Rum-runners. Al Capone. George "Machine Gun" Kelly. Then there were the G-Men, who worked to stop the bootleggers. Eliot Ness and the Untouchables. Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith. They all earned places in American history.

The mystery and mayhem caused by gangsters in the 20s, 30s, and 40s have inspired recent movie and TV entertainment, from Boardwalk Empire to Peaky Blinders. Choosing a classic 20s or 30s gangster costume for men is as easy as combining a pinstripe suit, fedora hat, vest or suspenders, two-tone shoe or spats, and a fake gun. When out on the town many women could be found in flapper dresses. A twenties dress was flowing, bejeweled, and fringed! Usually, a 20s accessory would be their also bejeweled headband and a great bag! The 20s was a wild time of jazz, speakeasies, and new fashion trends. So when you decide to adorn1920s costumes &1920s outfits you better be ready to for a good time! But how did people dress in the 20s, what're you getting yourself into?

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