These gangster costumes were for a Halloween party 3 years ago.
We bought most of my husband’s costume at a thrift store. The watch chain was really just a simple chain that we pinned inside the pockets. For his spats, I cut up an old pair of sport socks and sewed them together under his dress shoe. He smudged black eyeliner under his nose for a mustache. We bought a black derby style hat and I modified it to look more like a gangster’s hat.
My costume required a little more work! I bought a long black dress from a thrift store and cut it shorter. I sewed fringe that I bought from Wal-Mart to the bottom. I also bought plastic beads from Wal-Mart and then glued the ends together. (I had two necklaces on… one short and one really long one.)
I made the headband using black stretchy sequined ribbon and white feathers. I had long black gloves, a gaudy fake diamond ring and black beaded bracelets. I bought a plastic cigarette hold and made a fake cigarette. I wore simple fishnet stockings and an old pair of high heeled shoes.
We also used these costumes last year except I wore a blond wig (and was pregnant) and we went as Bonnie and Clyde after their first big heist!
well my bf falls in to the gangsta stereotype …pants falling down..chains.. all that stuff. So i told him we should be an old fashioned gangster couple for Halloween, it seems like a good idea!!
i love your costumes ..You were very detailed
THANK YOU for your help :)