Ffs it's compulsory fancy dress

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Going to an event I can't get out of which is compulsory superhero fancy dress. I'm a size 18 with huge norks FFS!

Please help me mumsnet 🙏

Casual cos play.
Super hero t shirt, jeans and dms or whatever chunky boots you have.

Make a large badge that says ‘NOT ALL SUPERHEROES WEAR CAPES’.

Love that!

Jean Grey from X-Men? Seen occasionally wearing a doctor’s coat so you add a name badge on a lab coat with a red wig or a headscarf to give the idea?

Black Widow red wig / scarf again plus any black clothing you feel good in, DIY some black crayons into two chunky wrist bracelets (or spray some corrugated cardboard)!

Hit Girl from Kickass would be my suggestion: actual clothes, not ridiculously silly and just need a purple tartan skirt and a purple wig.

Not technically a superhero, but I would go as Rosie the Riveter.

Google the fabulous Bella Emburg as Blunderwoman

Or, focusing on the breast aspect, what about adding an extra down the front of your dress and going as the "ooh, three tits!" alien from Paul?

How about Lara Croft? A vest top, some camo combats and a toy gun or cross bow strung across your chest

Wear a cross round your neck, and carry a wooden stake and some water in a bottle and you are...a vampire slayer.

I'd wear this with jeans

Nice, slightly retro dress, showy necklace - you’re Batman’s mum. If you want to go all out you can add a bullet wound but not really necessary.

Or search Vinted for a superhero (eg Wonder Woman) and your size. Odds are you’ll find a t-shirt for a few quid. Then pair it with a sparkly skirt/jeans/whatever suits your usual style.

Now I’ve got all cross all over again about Netflix cancelling Warrior Nun.

Just your average 'off duty superhero' t-shirt should do the job!

Tank girl is a good option to go a bit crazy on and means you don’t have to do a bodycon look. Googles, helmut or cap, punk era combat attire and ott make up.

If you don’t want to dress up (fair enough). Just wear whatever you want and make a socking great cardboard plaque with string to hang around your neck.

I quite like. “god”. “Superwoman”. Even. “I’m a superhero don’t ya know it”

Would not go, say I was unwell.

Nessa off Gavin and Stacy.

Something Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Add a couple of curved toy swords?

[Yes I know this costume is Japanese themed not Chinese]

Vaguely Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

If it were me and I lived in London I'd be trawling round traditional Chinese clothing shops.

Having never seen The Incredibles, I didn't realise that FASHION has its very own superhero! How fabulous!
https://nypost.com/2018/06/14/incredibles-edna-mode-is-based-on-these-fashion-mavens/

We have been to a lot of dress ups over the years. Needless to say, I have a dress up box.

The one item in there that gets used over and over is a cheap black polyester fabric cape.

The last time it was out was for Batgirl. Very easy, I just cut out the logo and pinned it onto a tshirt.

You don't need to go expensive, just use what you have. If you are handy with a sewing machine, a cape is easy enough to run up.

We also attend a dress up for Halloween every year, so the cape gets booked by a member of the household fairly promptly.

I would suddenly 'contract' something highly infectious

oh damn, cant go.....

I beg to differ....we can make a room full of people disappear if we want, all we need to do is come out of our hidey hole. 🕷

I immediately saw you as a glorious Wonder Woman!

Failing that - diarrhoea.

I'd just get a costume off Vinted and go for it, I hate fancy dress too but feel like a party-pooper if I only make a token "I don't want to do this" effort.

Wear a cape and and angry expression: ‘I’m Super Mad’ 😡 😅