If you have missed out on the fun and frolic of Napier's immensely popular Art Deco Festival in 2013, then you can look forward to its bizarre side-effects in February this year. Get ready to steep yourself in a never ending sea of multi-colored feather boas drifting down Marine Parade-situated on the fringes of the turquoise waters of the Pacific Ocean. You can invest in a new boa being sold at the enterprising Napier shops or bring along your own hired prop and costume - either way you are in for a lot of fun and fervor.
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If you are new to this festival, then it will suffice to say that going "art deco" is more of a compulsion than choice in Napier during the festive season. This annual event is attended by thousands of excited revelers coming in from all corners of the world. Vintage cars in all their gleaming glory are another feature of this hugely popular festival. Here, you are expected to adopt the dressing sense and take up the fashion ideas of 1930s very seriously. Don't be surprised to find yourself surrounded by gentlemen in striped blazers, cravats and boaters, as during the Art Deco Festival, a small minority of locals/tourists prefers to go around without a costume. So, venture along the Marine Parade in an attractive drop-waist dress, a hat, strappy shoes and an overdose of beaded strings-you will not feel out of place!
Are you ready to merge with the swelling crowds around Marine Parade and enjoy the notes of the pipe bands floating by? Remember to book a car rental in Napier to ferry you from your hotel to the focal points of festive activity-which are likely to be full of feathers, flappers and fringes - and not quite in the same order.
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