1980S fancy dress

[slake]

I'm going to a 1980s themed fancy dress party on saturday. I'm male, 6 foot 4 inches tall and with long hair (just above the shoulder).

I am rapidly running out of ideas. I'm prepared to pay up to about £50 for the entire outfit. I don't particularly want to go as a celebrity or film character, unless its someone/thing which is a bit obscure (I don't want to be one of ten Ghostbusters in the room).

I always like an opportunity to wear a hat so any suggestions which incorporate headware would be well received.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[ernestolynch]

 

[killer b]

 

[ernestolynch]

 

[ernestolynch]

 

[Orang Utan]

harlem globe trotter?

 

[slake]

They do a Boy George constume in the shop in town. Have been quite tempted to do Robert Smith from The Cure. My hair is just about the right length to pull it off. Only problem is that if I can't get the hair right on the day then I'll be facing disaster.

Ferris Bueller is terrible and I hate everything it stands for, would rather go as Margaret Thatcher. Which I would do if I had the balls and the party wasn't being held in a working mens club.

 

[slake]

That is the kind of look I could definitely pull off. Can you describe what I'm looking at?

 

[StanSmith]

That is the kind of look I could definitely pull off. Can you describe what I'm looking at?

Its the bloke out of two and a half men.....back in the day

 

[Proper Tidy]

 

[pogofish]

Ex Mrs Fish and I did a couple of fancy dresses as Cagney and Lacey - Was pretty easy to prepare and went down an absolute bomb!

And no, I am not going to post pics!

 

[Griff]

 

[Santino]

Anyone have any ideas?

Don't waste £50.

 

[sojourner]

Be whatisface out of Spandau Ballet - big tall guy, with a ruffly white shirt, and a kilt

Could probably pick it all up from charidee shops for buttons if you keep an eye out and keep going in

 

[The Octagon]

Go as a VHS tape (or Betamax, for added individualism).

 

[tarannau]

Put a sheet over your head and go as a ghost from Pac Man. Easy

 

[Griff]

Or be the bloke out of King, with the hair.

 

[geminisnake]

 

[ernestolynch]

Bloke, 3rd from left, really looks too old for that mullarkey.

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

 

[Proper Tidy]

Bloke, 3rd from left, really looks too old for that mullarkey.

He does a bit. Reckon he's probably just bang into whizz or something. Nice top though.

 

[ernestolynch]

He does a bit. Reckon he's probably just bang into whizz or something. Nice top though.

He's probably one of those fellas who had so much whizz they aged 30 years. He's actually 12. Agree on the top though.

 

[holteman]

new romantic all the way

 

[Griff]

Nice top though.

I had the blue version of that Fila BJ top back in the day. Nicked on a school trip to Italy.

Everyone came back from that trip with Fila and Lacoste stuff in their bags, that poor shop.

 

[dilute micro]

I've been thinking lately that the 80s were the best decade musically (since the early-mid 60s) and dresswise too. There were rules about who wore what. Now anybody wears anything.

 

[Orang Utan]

isn't that a good thing?
(agree about the music though)

 

[dilute micro]

isn't that a good thing?
(agree about the music though)

No because the only peeps that have rules of dress are the emo kids. And wtf is an emo?

 

[Orang Utan]

No because the only peeps that have rules of dress are the emo kids. And wtf is an emo?

someone too wussy to be a goth.
i'm not sure i get your point.
what's good about rules in fashion?

 

[dilute micro]

someone too wussy to be a goth.
i'm not sure i get your point.
what's good about rules in fashion?

Fashion rules in the 80s let people know who was who. And no matter who you were, you were a real you. Now people are fake and have no idea who they are.

 

[rubbershoes]