M&J Trimmings shared a wonderful “costume” that I think would be perfect for today. Something you can wear for the Halloween festivities and carry on to happy hour and more. The flapper dress. I think it is classic. It gives an update to any LBD and fringe will always be in. The fun part where the beads comes into this project is with seed beads. As soon as I spotted the dress I knew it had to be a part of this week of Halloween style inspiration.
What you’ll need, for the rest of the directions, go here:
- Slip or cocktail dress, I used black but you can word with any color you like. Remember that the flapper look put emphasis on the hips and not the waist, so you want a dress that is strait up and down and not contoured to the waist line.
- 5 yards 3” poly chainette fringe style: 00217-bk The dress that I used I found at Salvation Army and already had fringe on it, so I added 3” fringe in white to bulk it up and give the dress more dimension.
- 1¼ yard 6” poly chainette fringe style: 06006-bk
- ¾ yard 5” bugle bead fringe style: 14290-bks all materials listed above can be ordered by calling 1-800-9-mjtrim
- ¾ yard cut bugle / seed beaded trim style: 14622
- Unique stitch glue
- Sewing machine and thread
I found a blog for prom ideas called Emitations and it even shared ideas from the runway for their customers…check it out—it shows a variety of ways you can interpret the trend to make it modern. But, you can find people wearing this style everywhere. Recently on Gossip Girl, Hilary Duff (who is guest starring) was spotted wearing a flapper inspired look. Here are a few celebs I found sporting the style.
Celebs in Flapper:
And, if you can’t go all the way with the flapper dress, try a necklace, you’ll basically need chains and fringe:
