One of most popular and iconic movie trilogies of the 80s, the Back to the Future films provide a fantastic source of fancy dress costumes. The main charcaters, Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox) and Emmett L Brown, are the most popular of the Back to the Future outfits, but a Biff Tannen costume [...]
People often ask me for 80s fancy dress ideas, so in this post, I’m going to throw out literally hundreds of suggestions that might lead to an awesome 80s fancy dress costume. Some of these costume ideas will be better than others. Some of the outfits will be available to buy in fancy dress stores [...]
Previously a decade that was deeply unfashionable, 80s culture and fashion has, in recent years, been influencing modern day fashions more and more. In the 90s people tried to distance themselves from the 80s, but now we are embracing the eighties and taking a nostalgic view of the good and bad elements alike. As a [...]
With lots of fancy dress costumes, it’s the props and accessories that make or break the outfit. This is true of 80s fancy dress costumes, too. Imagine a Michael Jackson costume without a sparkly glove, a yuppie costume without a filofax, a Top Gun costume without the aviator shades, or a McEnroe costume without a [...]
Here are six ideas for 80’s fancy dress costumes. These would be really good fancy dress outifts to wear to an 80s costume party or to a costume party that doesn’t have a specific theme. Some of these outfits can be purchased or hired from a costume shop, and they could all be pieced together if [...]
A few years ago, the 1980s used to be a joke, a decade people tried to forget. But now, however, the 80s are fashionable again. All over the world people are re-discovering the the eighties, and, as a result, 80s fancy dress costume parties are back. So, if you are invited to an 80’s fancy [...]