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Help, I need to dress up as a book title

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Schulte · 18/09/2021 20:11

Ok don’t laugh… I am going to a party and guests are required to dress up as a book title. I have absolutely no idea what to wear. Help???

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Drinkyourweaklemondrink · 18/09/2021 21:30

Oliver Twist

Or go with a T shirt with London on one boob and Paris on the other (tale of 2 cities)

NuffSaidSam · 18/09/2021 21:32

The Enormous Crocodile - do something amazing with cardboard.

The Twits - but you will need a friend for that one.

James and the Giant Peach. Could you arrive in a peach coloured Zorb? 😂

AntennaReborn · 18/09/2021 21:32

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Using face paint, draw half of your face as a monster, the other half as a man (draw a moustache, maybe sideburns?)

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AntennaReborn · 18/09/2021 21:33

@DialSquare

Or take a fishing net and some ryvitas. The Catcher in the Rye

Brilliant 😂😂

LoveFall · 18/09/2021 21:34

Anne of Green Gables would be quite easy.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 18/09/2021 21:37

Wear red. A Study in Scarlet.

Wear blue and some Devil horns. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.

Cat ears and a tool belt. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

Wear black. All My Friends Are Dead.

Dressing gown and carrying a towel. Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.

Don't try Naked. Unless you're very confident. And they have good draught proofing.

NuffSaidSam · 18/09/2021 21:38

Frankenstein would be good costume-wise.

The Lonely Lighthouse or The Jolly Postman.

Burglar Bill.

KirstenBlest · 18/09/2021 21:39

Wear a one-colour outfit and pin a CD cover and a willy picture on your top and go as Moby Dick

Smashingspinster · 18/09/2021 21:39

Pin a bunch of tampons and sanitary towels on, draw a grid on a tee shirt and go as the periodic table.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 18/09/2021 21:40

Devil horns and Prada shoes?

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 18/09/2021 21:40

How obvious or obscure does it have to be ?

DialSquare · 18/09/2021 21:42

I'd avoid Winnie the Pooh though.

KirstenBlest · 18/09/2021 21:43

draw pictures of mice and men on a plain white t-shirt

inappropriateraspberry · 18/09/2021 21:43

The Tiger Who Came for Tea?
Harry Potter - Prince Harry mask and some flowerpots!
A tricky one - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A Christmas Carol,
Last of the Mohicans
Brick Lane
White Teeth

LubaLuca · 18/09/2021 21:43

Madame Doubtfire would be reasonably easy to cobble together.
Tarzan.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Hallowe'en werewolf mask as an easy starter).

Schulte · 18/09/2021 21:58

@Smashingspinster

Pin a bunch of tampons and sanitary towels on, draw a grid on a tee shirt and go as the periodic table.
Not quite a book but very good!
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Schulte · 18/09/2021 21:59

@70isaLimitNotaTarget

How obvious or obscure does it have to be ?
It can be pretty obscure…
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ShesComeUndone · 18/09/2021 22:01

Could a few of you all wear cone hats with ‘D’ on them? ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 18/09/2021 22:01

The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne

Dead simple wear striped pyjamas

LubaLuca · 18/09/2021 22:07

A cryptic 'Moby Dick' would be a good talking point.

MistandMud · 18/09/2021 22:08

Stand a long way from everyone else and be ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 18/09/2021 22:09

The girl with the pearl earring by Tracy Chevalier

Dead simple, wear a pearl earring.

MistandMud · 18/09/2021 22:10

Stick fairy lights all over you, but keep them turned off: All the Light you Cannot See

00100001 · 18/09/2021 22:13

@Schulte

Love the Old man and the sea idea too… if I can work out how to dress as an old man!
Easy,

Get something like a light brown suit, shirt and tie.

Peak cap.

Cane and glasses if you like or a Zimmer frame or something

White hair wig.

Draw on a fake moustache to help Grin

MistandMud · 18/09/2021 22:13

A net.
Some ham.
I’ll let you work it out.