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stoney321Do you know many grown women that have their own costume boxes? Don't judge me, I just like playing, lol. So first, I need to finish my costume for Halloween, the lame-ass sister from Troll 2 in her Garfield Aries nightshirt and spiral-permed hair, which will be so indie no one will get it, but I will know, you guys. I will know. I'm working on having her impromptu dance routine down, too. It's the little touches that make a costume truly great. Hahaha. And if you've never seen the worst movie ever made, no really it is, you HAVE to see Troll 2. Mostly because there's not a single troll in it, and the little boy has to pee on their food to keep them from becoming vegetables. NO, REALLY. Lol.
Costume #2 is for a birthday part the week after Halloween that requires the Mr. and I to dress in our best high school gear from the 80s as the birthday boy is turning 40 and wants to relive his youth. Now, I'm only 23, so I have no idea how to dress. *cough* [I'm not really 23. I remember the 80s quite well.] But here's the big problem:
80s?!?! WHICH PART? Early punk? Early Valley Girl with pastels and popped collars? Splatter-painted jeans? Jumpsuits and heels with ankle socks? My Depeche Mode period with shaved head and trench coat and yellow plaid PEGGED jeans? (Yes, that was hot. In the way that wasn't.) Madonna? Poison? Michael Jackson? Hip Hop? WHAT LOOK, ZOMG.
I think a must is shoulder pads, regardless. And really shiny lips and way too much makeup. And crimped hair. Part of me wants to go as a Robert Palmer girl from the Addicted To Love video and carry a Guitar Hero guitar (lol.) So here's where you come in: there's a poll under the cut to help me narrow this down. Please comment if you have any other suggestions, in case I've forgotten something like DYNASTY. Or Carol Seaver! OH MY GOD FACTS OF LIFE/BLAIR!!!! I NEED COUNTESS WILLHEMINA MAKEUP, ahahahahaha. <3
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[eta] Oh that you could edit polls! Robert SMITH, not plant. Also: 80s prep, as in Endless Love with broken in jeans, add-a-bead necklaces, and chambray shirts, velvet blazers with wooden buttons! Or Bon Jovi chick look: shapeless white mock-turtleneck tucked in to pegged/tapers acid-wash jeans that had those two triangle flaps that folded over where your belt would go, black, scrunched flat ankle boots. HAWT. Conch-shell belts over your prairie skirt! Frankie Says t-shirts! THE LOOKS ARE ENDLESS.
Costume #2 is for a birthday part the week after Halloween that requires the Mr. and I to dress in our best high school gear from the 80s as the birthday boy is turning 40 and wants to relive his youth. Now, I'm only 23, so I have no idea how to dress. *cough* [I'm not really 23. I remember the 80s quite well.] But here's the big problem:
80s?!?! WHICH PART? Early punk? Early Valley Girl with pastels and popped collars? Splatter-painted jeans? Jumpsuits and heels with ankle socks? My Depeche Mode period with shaved head and trench coat and yellow plaid PEGGED jeans? (Yes, that was hot. In the way that wasn't.) Madonna? Poison? Michael Jackson? Hip Hop? WHAT LOOK, ZOMG.
I think a must is shoulder pads, regardless. And really shiny lips and way too much makeup. And crimped hair. Part of me wants to go as a Robert Palmer girl from the Addicted To Love video and carry a Guitar Hero guitar (lol.) So here's where you come in: there's a poll under the cut to help me narrow this down. Please comment if you have any other suggestions, in case I've forgotten something like DYNASTY. Or Carol Seaver! OH MY GOD FACTS OF LIFE/BLAIR!!!! I NEED COUNTESS WILLHEMINA MAKEUP, ahahahahaha. <3
[Poll #1473748]
[eta] Oh that you could edit polls! Robert SMITH, not plant. Also: 80s prep, as in Endless Love with broken in jeans, add-a-bead necklaces, and chambray shirts, velvet blazers with wooden buttons! Or Bon Jovi chick look: shapeless white mock-turtleneck tucked in to pegged/tapers acid-wash jeans that had those two triangle flaps that folded over where your belt would go, black, scrunched flat ankle boots. HAWT. Conch-shell belts over your prairie skirt! Frankie Says t-shirts! THE LOOKS ARE ENDLESS.
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:40 pm (UTC)Actually, I think I'm just going to end up wearing my engineer boots, skinny jeans, and my Cure or Replacements t-shirt. Maybe blowdry my hair so it all falls over one eye. What do you think?
My votes in the poll are clearly biased. Hello? I actually own Cure t-shirts, engineer boots, and way too much eye makeup. Haha, desperately wishing I was old enough to be cool in the 80s...
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:49 pm (UTC)Wow, that list seriously brought me back. I cringe to think of how many of those outfits I owned and strutted around proudly in. Yikes.
Two words: ROBERT PLANT. Hello, The Cure? Smeared lipstick, black on the outside, because black is how I feel on the inside?
Haha, Robert SMITH. But the image of Robert Plant with black eyeliner and crazy hair made me laugh.
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:51 pm (UTC)AHAHAHAHAHAH, WHY CAN'T YOU CORRECT POLLS?! LOL. Robert Plant as Robert Smith would be kuh-ray-zee!!
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:52 pm (UTC)I am SUPER JELLIS of your KITT t-shirt, that is crazy awesome!!
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:19 pm (UTC)Man, that is the one retro-80s things I see in stores now that TEMPT ME SO MUCH.
(Remember putting them in hot hot water to mold them to your feet? GOOD TIMES!)
Mine were all neon. Except for one black pair. Taste and me have a long history of not quite hooking up.
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:50 pm (UTC)I had an 80s party once, and I wore THE BEST THRIFT STORE FIND EVAR, OMG!!!!!Eleven!!! A Live Aid Concert sweatshirt, with all the bands listed. Good times.
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Date: 2009-10-20 04:53 pm (UTC)Oh my god, I hope you still have that sweatshirt, I would totes wear that. I think I need to go to the thrift store and just window shop all day and see what I can find. man, I want to bring costume changes!!
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:06 pm (UTC)Also Troll 2 is some of the funniest shit ever.Like you can't even understand why the movie was made. Right up there with Leprachaun in the Hood.
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:22 pm (UTC)I saw a girl waiting for the bus the other day, tunic-length striped shirt over leggings, all finished off with slouch boots, and wow. I think I had that outfit 20+ years ago.
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:24 pm (UTC)Holy crap, if she had a bad perm, pushed to one side, I think that was me in a time warp.
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Date: 2009-10-20 05:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:38 pm (UTC)It's a toss up between Melle Mel and Rahiem
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Date: 2009-10-20 06:29 pm (UTC)My 80s party costume from a few years ago (and note, that is not a wig): http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoshie/sets/72157600829627092/
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:41 pm (UTC)Oh those BELTS! And the bad perms that didn't line up right, then forced that way to be kewl! Loved it.
And let's throw in an aqua double knit shaker sweater - cardigan, and oversized. And covered in pills because it's got acrylic in it. Oh, and it has to have a few giant buttons, too. SEXY!
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Date: 2009-10-20 06:38 pm (UTC)I am, however, sad to see an absence of representation of PrinceFunk, including paisley, tapestry, strings of pearls, granny boots, and foofy shirts a la Raspberry Beret.
(Here via the SparkleSaga, of course. Nice to meet you.)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:43 pm (UTC)I have left SO MANY things out, it is filling me with utter woe. My favorite outfit that I wore back when I was 14, and went to the Salt lake City temple, and declared a "hobo" by my devoutly Mormon uncle:
Red/black plaid men's trousers, belted twice and pegged. Bowling shoes. White tuxedo button down, tucked in super tight. Four or so pearl necklaces, varying length. Charcoal grey fedora. WHY DIDN'T I HAVE BOYFRIENDS? Lol.
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Date: 2009-10-20 06:47 pm (UTC)Me, I'm dressing as Sue Sylvester from Glee because I believe that I should be able to terrorize children in the comfort of a fashionable tracksuit. That's how Sue "C's" it, and so do I.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:29 pm (UTC)This picture was taken in 1985 I think. Dig the Nick Rhodes hair
http://www.facebook.com/michelle.wrightcaudill#/photo.php?pid=553647&op=6&o=global&view=global&subj=528437876&id=821059732 ooh and my Friend John's awesome Def Leppard shirt. We were too cool.
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Date: 2009-10-20 10:22 pm (UTC)Actual use? Ten years later.
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:56 pm (UTC)i just have to throw out my favorite thing to hate, but that i feel totally exlemplifies the 80. total epitomy:
double socks. one pair, say, black, the other yellow. with one pair bulled higher so that both pairs could be shown off.
this showed up when i was 10, so 87. i know it didn't get "big" until 92 or so, but it STARTED in the 80s, and was SOOOOOOOOOOOOo stupid and WHY that it could be perfect.
in another area altogether, people are telling me jelly shoes are "back". WHERE? i LOVES jelly shoes!
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Date: 2009-10-20 10:42 pm (UTC)I don't know what you should do! Part of me wants you to be Jami Gertz from "Less Than Zero" but then part of me wants you to be Caroline "Guys, I'm your Prom Queen!" Mulford (Fun fact: Jami Gertz is one of Caroline's friends in the hair cutting scene.)Perhaps you should wear a red argyle sweater, and tan trousers, and red shoes? Promise me that whatever you wear, you'll constantly keep telling Mr. Stoney, "Relax, would you? We have seventy dollars and a pair of girl's underpants. We're safe as kittens." (All from memory. *bows*)
If I had to choose, I would homage Patrick Swayze (it is soon El Dia De Los Muertos, after all)and wear mall hair and acid-washed Dirty Dancing shorts, red and white bangle bracelets and Keds. (I still have mine, but they're a size 9 and I think your butt is too tiny for them.)
So much fun! Send me pics of whatever you choose!!
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Date: 2009-10-21 01:44 pm (UTC)We don't even have a Blu-Ray player and I'm thinking, want to buy that DVD.
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Date: 2009-10-21 03:09 pm (UTC)And hee, I love that big suit look!! Know what else I forgot? Tammy Fae Baker! I went as her for Halloween in 9th grade, lol.
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