New Year in the style of Chicago

When they say about the New Year in the style of Chicago, they usually mean Chicago 30's, where reigned at that time, "gangster"the atmosphere: luxury limousines, chic dresses, weapons, money, jazz music - all this is so familiar from your favorite Hollywood movies such as The Godfather or Bonnie and Clyde. You can spend your New Year in the style of Chicago in a home setting or in a club.

To celebrate the New Year in the style of Chicago, need to do careful preparation: to think over the choice of costumes, interior decoration,making menu and entertainment program, music selection. All this is needed not just one day and not one pair of hands, so it is better to make the preparation collective, distributing responsibilities among all future participants of the event.

New Year's in the Chicago style of the 30's is good because Costumes for him to pick up quite simply - the style of "retro" is now just at the peakpopularity. For example, girls will wear short loose dresses with a low waist and sleeveless, decorated with sequins, feathers or rhinestones. You can complement the outfit with a fur boa or feather boa, while the hairdo can be decorated with a bandage of lace or cloth decorated with a feather or ribbon flower. Accessories for the resulting image will be gloves above the elbows, small clutches, elegant piece, and so on.

Guys at a New Year party in the Chicago style of the 30's fit costumes-deuces or a triple of colors characteristic of a given epochand cut, hats, famously shifted to one side, narrow "shoes". A good addition to the side will be a tie or neck scarf, a massive watch with a charm, a cigar. Hair can be "pomadit", imitating the fashion of the 30-ies.

With the choice of attire, everything is clear, but what aboutdecoration of the interior? By the New Year in the style of Chicago, for example, the interior can be decorated in the spirit of gambling houses of the 1930s: roulettes, cards, poker chips, posters, posters, etc. The style of the 1930s in America is the atmosphere of "gangster" luxury, so in the interior can also be used for decorating with golden and silvery colors, sparkling stones.

What about the menu for the New Year in the Chicago style? Suitable in general for any meal, the main thing - decoratetheir filing under the era of the 30-ies. So, to treat participants of the New Year's party can be such cold snacks as slicing from tender salmon fillet, slicing of young veal with sweet and sour sauce and pancakes with red caviar, hot dishes from chicken or rabbit, desserts from cream, fruit, biscuit impregnated with cognac or rum.

The era of the 30s in America was remembered "drylaw "that has gilded the underground business of selling alcohol. So, meeting the requirements of the style of Chicago 30's, you can serve guests of the New Year's party alcoholic beverages also "underground", for example, in teapots.

Entertainment in the New Year in the style of Chicago can be composedfrom games and contests reflecting gangster themes. For example, you can invite guests to play poker, blackjack, roulette, participate in a collective detective game or in the famous "mafia". You can also organize for the most "naturalistic" costume, the most accurate arrow, invite guests to dance step, charleston, foxtrot, twist.

What should music be like? on a themed New Year's party dedicated toChicago gangsters? Of course, one that will help party guests fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the gangster America of the 30s. For this purpose jazz music, music, stylized for this era, is not bad. If at the same time there is a retro-gramophone, then this will be a huge plus in favor of the "naturalness" of the thematic New Year.

If it is decided to celebrate themed New Year in the Chicago style, it should be taken into accountseveral important points. First, you need to pay attention to the cost of preparing for the party: will all the guests have enough money to buy clothes, looking for accessories? If the budget of the party is modest, it is better to make a minimal stylization, using only the most characteristic features of the Chicago style of the 30s.

Secondly, care should be taken to ensure thatThe guests of the party had a certain freedom in choosing outfits, entertainment, music or menus: not everyone can be delighted with the style of Chicago. However, it is not necessary to fully adhere to the Chicago festival at the New Year's celebration: the main thing is that the holiday is pleasant and left behind only pleasant impressions!