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Need ideas please for an 80s themed ball (cannot believe I agreed to this!!)

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MadreInglese · 30/04/2009 20:05

almost had to change my name for this thread!

We have been invited to SIL's first army ball in her current rank

Oh yes, we said, we'd love to come

then she announces it's a bloody 80's theme

What can we go as? Individuals or as 2s or a 4? The less garish the better (yeah I know stupid statement for an 80s theme!)

DP is a redhead, and me, SIL & BIL are all brunettes. I really don't want to go down the wig road if poss (I really don't want to be dressing up but bloody DP said yes before I could argue and tickets are bought already)

HELP!!??!!

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BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:06

oh its fancy dress?
oh fantastic. Some teens I know showed me this site today and this dress in particular as being desriable

you can go as 80s bridemaids,

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:07

Robert Palmer and his girls?

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:07

www.quizclothing.co.uk/shop/products/sku.php?sk=41932e9048bf015059caab06a947d4ba&SHOP_target_sku=100 6006809

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:07

(if he bought the tickets then he can dye his hair!)

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:08

YEs Robert Palmer very good. Or 80s gym clothing.

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:08

Or 80s yuppies anda big old phone, big perms and gold earrings etc

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:08

or go as daytime tv presenters....

rubyslippers · 30/04/2009 20:09

go as bananarama

your DP can go as mick hucknall (redhead theme)

that dress is VILE - and probaby perfect for an 80's night

littlelamb · 30/04/2009 20:09

Get yourself a pretty in pink prom dress

blametheparents · 30/04/2009 20:09

80s bridesmaids - lovely!

Peach satin and ruffles

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:10

I KNOW
and they loved it. I said girls, think toilet roll holder.

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:10

Like this

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:10

80s bridesmaids woudl be a piece of piss.

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MadreInglese · 30/04/2009 20:10

SIL seems to like the idea of something recognisable, eg Bucks Fizz, but I don't fancy the velcro skirt ripping (which the lads thought was a hilarious idea!) and we can't think of many other 80s foursomes

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littlelamb · 30/04/2009 20:10

Oh Molly, what were you thinking

rubyslippers · 30/04/2009 20:11

everyone looked shite in the 80's

have no desire to relive it

saw a load of college students today with neon leg warmers

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:11

Sorry, didn't notice 2 blokes.

Wham plus Pepsi & Shirley?

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:11

It was a truly awful dress

rubyslippers · 30/04/2009 20:12

molly ringwald - whatever happened to her?

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:12

oh do you have to be " an item"?
that makes it too hard imo.

if oyu were a mr motivator etc, you could haev a short routine made up

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MadreInglese · 30/04/2009 20:12

LOL @ Robert Palmer

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BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:12

I HAVE GOT IT

DALLAS!!!1

rubyslippers · 30/04/2009 20:13

your DH could go as Marty McFly from Back to the future

he just needs jeans and a red gilet thjing

BrendaAndEddie · 30/04/2009 20:13

Or be diana and charles arf

giddykipper · 30/04/2009 20:13

"Molly is currently starring in the ABC Family network's hit show The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which debuted on July 1, 2008. She plays Anne Juergens, a woman who married her husband George at the age of 18 because she was pregnant. During the course of the show so far, she deals with her 15 year old daughter's unexpected pregnancy, her 13 year old daughter's rebellious streak, her husband's infidelity (leading her to kick him out of the house), and her mother's Alzheimer's disease."