I have such a love for the Roaring 20’s so you can probably guess my excitement for all of us to be entering a new 20’s era. I really enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby in high school and that quickly turned into a love for F. Scott Fitzgerald, his work and his love story with this wife Zelda. I’ve thrown two 1920’s themed parties already in my life and I’m about to throw a third on NYE. I’m actually not wearing this outfit but I seriously love this look. This gorgeous sequin cowl neck, high slit midi dress is a rental from Rent the Runway and everything else I already owned (which is a pic win for me). Roaring 1920’s fashion is something I really admire and I hope I embodied that in this outfit. If you’re attending a Gatsby NYE party this week, you’ve stumbled upon a great post. If you scroll down, you’ll find some 1920s appropriate party captions for Instagram and some more pictures of me looking like a true flapper girl (so basically, in my happiest state).
The Great Gatsby Quotes:
- “I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
- “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
- “I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
- “It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes:
- “Youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.” – The Diamond As Big As The Ritz
- “I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”- This Side of Paradise
- “Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”- The Beautiful and the Damned
- “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
- “I hope something happens. I’m restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.”-This Side of Paradise
- “I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.” -Flappers and Philosophers
- “I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.”- The Beautiful and the Damned
- “Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right.”
Songs to Steal Lyrics From:
- “Roaring Twenties”- Panic! at the Disco
- “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”- Taylor Swift
- “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody”- Fergie
- “Young and Beautiful”- Lana Del Rey
Other Random Captions I Found on Pinterest:
- Speakeasy: Beware of pickpockets and loose women.
- Oh, to be a flapper girl in a Gatsby world.
- Have a roaring good time, Old Sport.
- “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind”- Humphrey Bogart
So I got this gorgeous dress form RTR but you can also purchase it in the link below. The fur coat you may recognize from this post. It was my great aunt’s and I only bring it out for special occasions. I got the headband from Francesca’s I think and the shoes and velvet purse are both hand-me-downs from my mom. I stole these earrings from my friend Jess like 3 years ago (so maybe she’ll realize I have them after reading this post).
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Shoutout to this beautiful girl for taking these pics of me and making it so fun! If you haven’t checked out Kayla’s photo page, click here.
Do you know what you’re doing for NYE yet? Comment below!
Thanks for reading! xx