80s fancy dress accessories can come in a number of forms. First, there are the accessories that are aimed to replicate an object actually worn or used by the subject of the 80’s fancy dress costume. An example would be a skateboard or walkman for a Marty McFly, Back to the Future costume, or a toy machine gun as part of a Rambo costume. These 80’s fancy dress accessories enhance the costumes by adding detail to the look. They make it more realistic and give other guests at an 80s party additional information and clues as to the identity of the character. Anything that helps to make a fancy dress costume more recognisable is worth looking at. After all, there’s nothing worse than attending an 80’s fancy dress party, only to have other guests asking, “Who are you?”

The second type of 80s fancy dress accessory are those that would never actually be worn or used by the subject of the fancy dress costume, but still make an excellent (often amusing) addition to the outfit. Examples would include, button badges or pins that display slogans or quotes of the character (’ET phone home’, ‘I pity the fool’ (for an A-Team costume), ‘Wax on, wax off’ for a Mr Miyagi costume). Slogan T-shirts can also achieve the same effect.

If you are going for a general 80s themed costume, which isn’t based around a real person or character, then there are also lots of accessories that you could incorporate into your 80s outfit. Accessories such as, Rubick’s cube earrings, neon socks and rubber braclets would enhance most 80s fancy dress costumes.