Books of the 1920s

Books of the Nineteen-Twenties which may give you some alternative 20s costume ideas

• All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
• Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh (1928)
• 1920 – Edith Wharton ‘The Age of Innocence’ – First woman to win a Pulitzer prize.
• The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha  Christie (1st Hercule Poirot) (1920)
• A Passage to India – E M Forster, a chance to wear Indian Costumes from our hire range
• Tarka the Otter – Henry Williamson
• Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) -The Winnie-the-Pooh stories written by A A Milne featured   Winnie, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger. The original books (illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard) show a rather more tatty teddy, than the one now associated with the Disney model.  There are standard Bear, Pig, Donkey and Tiger costumes available as well as the Disney interpretation.

Symbols & Settings for a 1920s Event

• American Speakeasy
• Country House
• Jazz Club
• Parisian Style Café