Products and eras

The roaring 20's/ Jazz Age

Think flapper, hear the Fox Trot, Charleston and Tango. Smell long stemmed cigarettes and smoked salmon sandwiches. See women explore emancipation and short skirts. This is the Roaring 20's! Alive and kicking in Art Deco Napier!

Key items:

  1. Cloche hats, bobbed hair

  2. Long beads, pearls and jets

  3. Chemise shift dress and cami knickers

  4. Elbow length gloves

  5. Oriental fringed scarves.

  6. Two tone shoes with Louix heel

  7. Mesh evening bags

  8. Cigarettes and holders

Wow! Telly ho down to Charleston Chic. We have everything Art Deco!

1930s Age of Chanel

Enter the opulence and designer fashion of Jean Patou and Coco Chanel. Pivotal and timeless, fabrics are cut on the bias for form, figure and flow. See the slender silhouette of Jean Harlow.

Key items:

  1. Sportswear fashionable

  2. Tailor made womenswear

  3. Fun capes, full body fox furs

  4. Silk, velvet and crepe jersey robes

  5. Matching coat and dress sets

  6. Bakelite jewellery

  7. Demi-cloche, felt toques, turbans, delicate floral scarves and matching hats

Need glamour with seductive style?

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War and Dior. 1940's and 1950's

Simple lines, practical tailoring, wide shoulder pads and full skirts. Military precision. Conservative, ladylike and proper. Marilyn Munroe and Audrey Hepburn set the scene - behold the LBD (Little Black Dress)

Key items:

  1. Sling back shoes, slippers and mules

  2. Nipped in waist, full skirt dresses, mink fur

  3. Peter pan collars and tapered trousers

  4. Cocktail hats and hatpins

  5. Sturdy metal clasp handbags

  6. Gloves, nylon hose and lingerie

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The Mod '60s

From shirtwaist dresses to crisp boxy suits, then mini skirt mods. Mary Quant, Twiggy and Jacqueline Kennedy own this decade as bigger bolder colours and geometric patterns unfold.

Key items:

  1. Pill box hats, PVC coats Beatles' style

  2. Three quarter length jackets

  3. Lace mantillas

  4. Sleeveless A-line dresses, mini skirts and long boots

  5. Costume jewellery, plastic and resin beads

Hippy and Disco 70's

Stayin' Alive in maxi dresses, evening trousers or glamorous halter neck catsuits. Flared pants and bell bottoms spread style with matching tanks. Hot pants and knee boots are pure vibe. Think the Beatles, Farah Fawcett, The Osmonds and The Brady Bunch

Key items:

  1. Kaftans, kimonos, tank tops and unisex clothes

  2. Macramé clothes

  3. Bead necklaces

  4. Ponchos, seersucker jackets and dresses

  5. Patchwork shoulder handbags and platform shoes

  6. Floppy felt hats

Going to a 70s party? Really look the part with Charleston Chic.