The Pinnacle of Elegance on New Year’s Eve: Great Gatsby Concept Party at Pera Palace Hotel

How about taking a short journey into the glittering and enchanting world of the 1920s? If your answer is “Yes!”, then we are inviting you to the Great Gatsby concept New Year’s Eve party organized by Pera Palace Hotel, which has hosted countless important names for over a century. You can make a great start to 2025 with the party that will transport your guests to 1920s New York and the flamboyant and dazzling atmosphere of the Jazz Age. Let’s have a closer look at the curiosities of the Great Gatsby, who left a deep mark on the worlds of literature, cinema and theater and the details of the New Year’s Eve party that is organized by Pera Palace Hotel.

Love, Glamour and Dissatisfaction: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is one of the most important works that is written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. This cult work, which successfully reflects New York’s flamboyant Jazz Age, focuses on the American dream with themes such as love, wealth and class difference. In his novel, the author focuses on the love of Jay Gatsby, a young millionaire and Daisy Buchanan, whom he fell in love with in his youth but could not be together due to the difference in social status. What makes The Great Gatsby so special and meaningful is that it is a work that reflects the spirit of the period extremely successfully.

The novel focuses on the sensational and ostentatious house parties of Jay Gatsby, who became rich in a very short time with the strengthening American economy after World War I. The work, which makes one feel the fashion, entertainment and music concepts of the period at these parties, also successfully deals with the theme of loneliness and dissatisfaction hidden behind the ostentation and luxury. At the same time, it questions the excessive entertainment and consumer culture of the upper class of the 1920s with a critical perspective.

A Cult Work Adapted for the Big Screen for Four Times

The novel The Great Gatsby was adapted for the big screen four times by different directors in different periods. Offering its own unique narrative style in four different periods, The Great Gatsby was first reflected on the big screen as a silent film in 1926. Then, in 1949, it appeared before the audience as a black-and-white production. The film, which was released in 1974 and stars Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, is one of the most notable adaptations of The Great Gatsby.

The film was finally adapted for the big screen in 2013. The film, which stars famous names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, managed to attract the attention of viewers with its costumes and thematic images reflecting the jazz and entertainment culture of the period. The film, which also influenced the fashion sense of the period, also allowed for the rediscovery of the fast life brought about by American jazz culture in the 2000s and the clothing sense of the period.

The 1920s Fashion Sense Also Featured in The Great Gatsby

In the USA, which achieved economic prosperity after World War I, a young generation emerged that was fond of freedom, music, entertainment and partying, known as the lost generation, according to the understanding of the period. This new generation, which also found a place for itself in The Great Gatsby, is defined as having lost its respect for traditional understanding and authority.

Women in this generation, who danced freely in below-the-knee skirts, preferred designs consisting of deep back cleavage, knee socks, cloche hats and bright, colorful and geometric clothing. In addition, thin leather-heeled shoes called flappers were among the most distinctive clothes of the period. 

The men always looked stylish with their gelled hair, round sunglasses and suits consisting of a jacket, trousers and a vest. Striped fabrics were often preferred for jazz and weekend parties, while more plain fabrics were worn in business life. Shirts worn under vests were thickly striped or small checkered and straw or cloth Fedora hats were preferred as hats.

Live the Spirit of the 1920s with The Great Gatsby Party at Pera Palace Hotel

Pera Palace Hotel is adopting the Great Gatsby theme, which reflects the spirit of the 1920s, for this year’s New Year’s Eve party. You can attend the party, which has a dress code with clothes that reflect the fashion sense of the period. The event, which will take place at the Grand Pera Ballroom of Pera Palace Hotel, will start with a welcome cocktail at 19:00 and continue with dinner and party at 20:00.

The Grand Pera Ballroom will be decorated with inspiration from the Great Gatsby parties of the 1920s, featuring the Hot Shots Jazz Orchestra and various dancers from the Swing Planet Dans Okulu. This special night will bring the exciting music and energetic atmosphere of the period to 2025, and the unconventional spirit of the prohibition era will be remembered once again with unique dishes and cocktails. If you would like to take part in a party that has a scent of nostalgia and love at the Pera Palace Hotel, known as the hotel of the first for over a century, the Great Gatsby-themed New Year’s Eve party can be a great option. To feel the rebellious and young spirit of the 1920s and experience that period at the Grand Pera Ballroom of Pera Palace Hotel, you can get information and make a reservation by contacting [email protected] or calling 0212 377 40 00.