Remember the 80's?

pocketac3s · 2007-08-31 00:04:49

...Because I don't! I have an 80's themed party to goto over the weekend and was wondering what/who I should dress up as. Any suggestions?

31-08-2007 01:04AM

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...Because I don't! I have an 80's themed party to goto over the weekend and was wondering what/who I should dress up as. Any suggestions?

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#2 31-08-2007 01:05AM

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pocketac3s wrote:

...Because I don't! I have an 80's themed party to goto over the weekend and was wondering what/who I should dress up as. Any suggestions?

If you're aged between 16-25, just go dressed normally. Chances are that you'll look the part.

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#3 31-08-2007 01:06AM

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Phil Collins:D

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#4 31-08-2007 01:09AM

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The Hoff in Knightrider or a character from Baywatch (was late 80's, early 90s) but you could catch a chill.

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#5 31-08-2007 01:10AM

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Go as Marty McFly from 'Back To The Future' or one of the 'Ghostbusters'. That's 80's in a nutshell.

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#6 31-08-2007 01:11AM

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You could try the All Things Retro Forum.

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#7 31-08-2007 01:14AM

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the 80s..............

keyboard tie,
white socks,
black slip-on shoes,
shiney jacket and trousers (make sure jacket sleeves are rolled up to elbow)

*if possible...barry mcguigan moustache and mullet hairstyle

follow the above you'll be dandy;)

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#8 31-08-2007 02:10AM

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go as gordon gekko

red braces ftw!

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#9 31-08-2007 02:16AM

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dress up as Boy George did in the Karma Chameleon video

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#10 31-08-2007 02:19AM

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Go as Theresa Lowe from 'Where in the world'! Anyone else remember that Kak that used to be on before Glenroe on a Sunday!

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#11 31-08-2007 02:22AM

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pocketac3s wrote:

...Because I don't! I have an 80's themed party to goto over the weekend and was wondering what/who I should dress up as. Any suggestions?

I can't remember 5 minutes ago.
Apparently it's good not to remember the 80's.

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#12 31-08-2007 02:27AM

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Joeyjoejoe43 wrote:

Go as Theresa Lowe from 'Where in the world'! Anyone else remember that Kak that used to be on before Glenroe on a Sunday!

Yeah but she was fine! Murphys Micro Quizm, now that was Kak:D

Miami Vice or Dallas/Dynasty anybody?

Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.

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#13 31-08-2007 02:29AM

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Gay Byrne. What, are we psychic? are you fat or skinny? black or green? Photographs or GTFO.

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#14 31-08-2007 02:32AM

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Seanies32 wrote:

Dallas/Dynasty anybody?

Ah yes, Dallas, used to love it, id sneak out of bed and hide under the table watching it when I was about 6!

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#15 31-08-2007 02:47AM

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Joeyjoejoe43 wrote:

Ah yes, Dallas, used to love it, id sneak out of bed and hide under the table watching it when I was about 6!

Yeah, think we all did that , but Murphs Micro Quizm?. You're a lightweight!

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#16 31-08-2007 02:49AM

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Dangermouse and Cracker Jack

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#17 31-08-2007 02:58AM

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Dangermouse and Cracker Jack

I'l see that and raise you "The Reardons".

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#18 31-08-2007 02:59AM

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Dress and make up as a really old person with grey hair and a walking stick.

When people ask about it, say the party is for people in their 80s.

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#19 31-08-2007 04:05AM

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Georgie Michael from Wham. Or if that's too heavy for you go as Andrew Ridgley from Wham.

Hair spray. Day-glo. Don't worry everyone was gay in the 80s.

If you want to be a stud go as Ivan Drago from Rocky III. But yes like everyone in the 80s he was gay. Everyone except Rick Astley. He was the only one not taking it up the tail pipe. The only real ladies man of the era.

I did love the 80s though. Best time of my life. The world seemed like a more laid back place back in the day.

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#20 31-08-2007 04:38AM

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The 80s were truly supernal.

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#21 31-08-2007 04:38AM

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aciiiieeeeeed houuuse!
just wear a t-shirt with a big smilyface on it ->
or there were supermario tabs, wernt there? im a 90-'00s man myself,
or just mario/ luigi/

actually, ive seen people with t-shirts with the atari logo on, pretty cool, if you could find one

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#22 31-08-2007 05:54AM

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ah yes Eighties nostalgia

1) take all your money and give it to the most corrupt Bstard you can find
2) drive a clapped out cortina to this event
3) dress in tattered 70's handmedowns that look awful and dont fit
4) smoke indoors without anyone naggin you
5) convince all the people at the party to go with you on the next B+I ferry to engerland lookin for Work

yay nostalgia

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#23 31-08-2007 08:00AM

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stovelid wrote:

If you're aged between 16-25, just go dressed normally. Chances are that you'll look the part.

In that case, maybe he/she should go as a schoolboy/schoolgirl to reflect the age they were then?

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#24 31-08-2007 08:11AM

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pocketac3s wrote:

...Because I don't! I have an 80's themed party to goto over the weekend and was wondering what/who I should dress up as. Any suggestions?

Damn... now I feel really old....

If you want to look all cute to get the ladies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_the_Duck
But then come to think of it they probably won't remember him either... pah!

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#25 31-08-2007 08:12AM

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You can larf at the 80s all you like.

However, I do not seem to recall girls waltzing around Tesco in their pyjamas back then.

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#26 31-08-2007 08:41AM

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Lirange wrote:

You can larf at the 80s all you like.

However, I do not seem to recall girls waltzing around Tesco in their pyjamas back then.

Not even sure we had that in the early 90's, even in the late 90's we just thought they were fresh out of the loony bin.

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#27 31-08-2007 08:47AM

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Slow coach wrote:

Dress and make up as a really old person with grey hair and a walking stick.

When people ask about it, say the party is for people in their 80s.

Brilliant suggestion.

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#28 31-08-2007 08:48AM

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Terry wrote:

I'l see that and raise you "The Reardons".

That's a Grand Cake Nora
PS: Wasn't it Riordans?

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#29 31-08-2007 09:19AM

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Lirange wrote:

Georgie Michael from Wham. Or if that's too heavy for you go as Andrew Ridgley from Wham.

Hair spray. Day-glo. Don't worry everyone was gay in the 80s.

If you want to be a stud go as Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. But yes like everyone in the 80s he was gay. Everyone except Rick Astley. He was the only one not taking it up the tail pipe. The only real ladies man of the era.

I did love the 80s though. Best time of my life. The world seemed like a more laid back place back in the day.

fixed it

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#30 31-08-2007 09:53AM

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Not remembering the 80s is no excuse. It's probably the most image-specific decade of all. I mean, it's kinda difficult to pinpoint a 90s look (apart from the very start of the decade and all that horrible "rave" stuff) but an 80s look - that's instantly identifiable.

OP, are you male or female? If you're female, just wear the generic 80s female outfit: shiny, brightly coloured leggings with a puffball skirt over it made of several layers of netting. A bat-wing top or one of those smock things which are available everwhere at the moment and a black mesh vest over it. Plimsoll shoes or high heels will do - although those monstrous really soft, "collapsed" looking ankle boots would be the best option if possible. What else? Legwarmers, lots of bangles, hair back-combed and hair-sprayed to within an inch of its life, A small chiffon scarf made into a hairband with a big bow tied in the middle, hoop earrings, really bright blusher, orange lipstick, green/blue eyeshadow and you're away (if you're a girl, that is - well there's no law that says you can't dress like that if you're a guy)!

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#31 31-08-2007 10:09AM

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