Fancy dress party “ what you were wearing when the ship went down” any suggestions ?

[Mrsstevenpatrickmorrissey01]

Ideas either for individual costumes , or as a couple , I will be going with my husband.

Dinosaur costume, carrying an asteroid.

Are we talking inflatables in the English channel or the Titanic?

Bit of a dark theme.

You could always go dressed as an insurance assessor.

Once Only Survival Suit

Says he holder of a Basic Sea Survival Certificate & last man to be Crimped into the Merchant Navy

Like someone else said, take a door!

I looked it up and reckon it is basically Titanic.

Went to a party with this theme many years ago.

My mate had a toilet seat hanging down his back and pants round his ankles. Fairly self-explanatory :)

And it's not necessarily a Titanic theme. Any old ship.

I loathe them with a passion. I just find the whole thing juvenile and humourless.

I’d never attend one under any circumstances. Thankfully they are not really a thing in my or DH’s social circle.

What a fun sponge

I’m in the WTF camp for that theme. Bit fucking macabre.

I’d go Star Trek uniform.

WTF? Are we talking Vasa? Titanic? Herald of Free Enterprise? Costa Concordia?

None of them are particularly appropriate party themes are they?

What next, 'what you were wearing when the towers fell?' All seems in pretty bad taste.

It’s really a sick theme. Who celebrates the untimely deaths of over 1000 real people? Children died on that boat.

I don't mind a fancy dress theme but agreed that this one is a bit dark....

I agree with this, @peanutbuttertoasty 's post, and others.

Great numbers of people dying doesn't seem like something to party about.

For a couple, man in Naval Officer uniform, woman in party frock or nightdress wearing the cap or jacket from the Naval uniform.
Or
Man in boiler suit, woman in party frock or waitress outfit.

I do agree, that it's rather a macabre theme to choose. One I went to had a huge painted backdrop of towering waves and iceberg, and flickering lights,

Thanks everyone , It’s not the Titanic specifically , more anything you could be wearing on a ship just before it sinks. My first thought was pyjamas , mainly for comfort ! Could add fluffy slippers and a few curlers in my hair I suppose .
Some good suggestions so far , keep them coming !
Last night my DH suggested Magician and his assistant.

pyjamas, evening dress or a summer wear. I’d make sure I wore something I looked good in. We once went to 1940s themed party and all the other women wore headscarves and aprons. I chose the Lauren Bacall look - wide evening trousers and a sequinned jacket from a charity shop.

Yes, they did.

Go as Jane McDonald?

I'd wear my wedding dress as it was based on the pattern for one of Rose's dresses in Titanic.

Some posters seem confused about when the Titanic sank. It was 1912, not the 20s or 30s.

Anyway, bad taste. People died.

I find it pretty distasteful as well - a Titanic themed party wouldn't bother me, but the wording of the theme just brings to mind so many relatively recent disasters that it makes me feel really uncomfortable and I'm usually the last of the pearl clutchers.

What’s the difference?

Tell me it was the pink and lilac dress she wears while running through all that steam 😍

As for the theme, easiest would be pyjamas or normal evening dress w/ life jacket.

I have to say though, what a horrible theme. I normally like a bit of fancy dress but dressing up as people who’ve died a horrible death, ick.

Get a couple of gimp suits.

I love fancy dress parties but I agree with PP, what a horrible theme. An outfit someone might have been wearing before they died a horrible death by drowning. Gross.