"The fedora is important. And also a vest and tie," Kristijan murmured. Pants were less important, especially if they were black, because people generally didn't look at pants as much as everything else, unless they were very flashy.
He did understand. Kristijan was half ready to chicken out of going himself. His costume was, after all, clearly a dress, and after the list he wasn't sure he wanted to draw attention to himself.
"You should go. There is safety in numbers and all of that," he said as he held the box of chocolates out to her again. "You could be intimidating without a guy. And, you should have a fake cigar as well." In gangster movies they were always smoking cigars and drinking hard liquor and what not. As well as shooting people.