1920's Costume

The theme for my husbands work xmas party this year is 1920's. It is being held at a hotel and it will be set out like a casino.
All the girls are a bit excited because we get to dress up. YAY!!
I was thinking of making my costume from scratch... some material, laces, fringing and bling and THEN!! ......I was hit by a bolt of BRILLANCE! and this is what i came up with.
I was originally thinking about taking the lace off the top that i didn't really wear and put it on a dress like NOIRIN did in her post (loved that idea!!) and then i thought...hmmm, if i attached that to a skirt it would be drop waisted (aka 1920's ). In the back of my wardrobe i had this silk skirt. Its hard to explain but is sorta rooshed (cant spell) with jagged hem. It was long so i cut if off and added it to bottom of shirt.
Then OFF went the sleeves. The lace insert and the top looked a little more "evening" with out the sleeves.
I then tottled off to the markets where there is a shop that sells lots of laces, fringing, patches, embroidery bits etc. found what i was looking for almost straight away and only took a few minutes of procrastinating to come to my final purchase.
Two lace inserts of 3 butterflies joined together $7.00
One elastic wide band thingo for dropped waist &3.00
SOOO very excited, i stitched them on. I used one butterfly panel to go down the centre front and then cut the other one in three and added another butterfly to the centre and one either side. i sewed them on a little uneven so that they would sit up a bit and flutter.
Thought i would hitch the side of the skirt up too so i made a flower (of sorts) out of the leftover sleeves and added some thrifted black beaded earings to centre for a bit of bling.
I found the head band at a store on spesh for $4.95 and thought that looked quite the cute.
Total price for refashion.....$25.00 YAY!! xx