80′s Fancy Dress Ideas To Make Your 80′s Event A Huge Success

Who can forget the eighties? It was a time of big hair, shiny clothes, tall shoes, strong make up, great songs and fantastic movies. Whoever invited you to an 80s costume party had a brilliant idea. You will no doubt get a plethora of ideas on the internet, in magazines or at your local costume store. Nevertheless, for ease of reference you might find some 80′s Fancy Dress Ideas below.

To make things easy, you should break down your preference into a few genres like for instance; music, movies, television, cartoons, political, royalty or other segments of society. Once you have your list, make sub lists in each genre. Take movies for example, you could choose from horror, science fiction, comedy, drama or westerns. Once you have decided which segment you prefer, then you can plan around a specific character you would like to portray.

Some people like to shock at fancy dress parties, others like to be cute and fluffy or even depict a nursery rhyme character. The 80′s certainly lived up to all of those standards. Take for instance a horror movie like Nightmare on Elm Street. There is possibly no scarier face than Freddy Krueger’s. With his disfigured face, brown fedora (hat) and his trademark tool of death – the metal-clawed brown leather glove – he will thrill and scare anyone silly.

Alternatively, there is Conan the Barbarian. This is a cult classic movie that many people can identify with. His costume is skimpy but sexy, coupled with his long hair and intimidating sword you can strut your stuff on the dance floor, wooing the ladies with your well oiled body flexing your muscles when you see danger.

If you want to tone it down a bit, and you do show a small resemblance, why not go as Lady Di. She was awesome in her time and there is probably no one on earth who would not recognize her. Get a stylish outfit, wear a jewelled crown and get a wig in one of her famous hairstyles and presto you are royalty. Arrange to arrive in a limousine and get the heads at the party turning and the tongues wagging.

The idea of a 80′s fancy dress is to make people relaxed by talking about their costumes to each other. It is a great way to introduce people and to break the ice on the dance floor. You are guaranteed many laughs and fun at such an event.

Make it worth your while in wearing your costume in such a manner that it really looks authentic so that people who don’t know you would even doubt whether you are the real stuff or a fake. Whatever costume you decide on, even if you decide to go as a cartoon figure like Uncle Scrooge in Duck Tales, your duck costume must look the part.

As mentioned before, there is a myriad of websites that will give you great 80s fancy dress ideas. All you need to do is to plan ahead and get in the right the mood to dazzle, frighten, woo or intrigue the party.