So, you will be surrounded by 18 year old girls... in fancy dress. You MUST go. WTF do you wear?

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I am thinking this?

or maybe this?

any preference or other suggestions?

That's princess Leia in the white frock - not the bikini.

corpse bride?

zombie?

Sarah Jane though - that would basically mean bunches etc... I don't think I want to compete on the whole looking like a school girl with, well, schoolgirls.

Leia - maaaaaybe...... But I'd have to actually buy something for that.

What about classic, stylish type looks like Audrey? except of course not her, because my colourings are ALL wrong for that.
Someone blonde then, hmm. film character? or maybe book character?

Can you go a bit Mamma Mia, and do the sparkly blue eyeshadow, crocheted skull cap, blonde wig and platform boots Abba look?

Lou, I don't think there is any halloween connection - though of course that shouldn't stop me gothing it up.

Actually corpse bride is pretty good. Easy to put together and dh can be johnny depp in a nice suit.

alice in wonderland?

HOlly Golightly - LBD, pearls, sunspecs - far more classy than costumes.

look you can buy costumes but holy moly $200.

hahaha Noooooo 18 y.o b'day sis is going as

'Alice in wonderland, with a slutty edge' (her words)

yes, Lily I thought that would be good, all smokey eyes and long gloves, updo etc. Have light hair though.. so hmmm, do you think I could still do it?

I like thought of something a bit more classic then sexy as such - because as I imagine that all costumes will be 'whatever - with a slutty edge'

I saw someone in a Mary Poppins costume once - looked good.

oh oh oh Corny! speaking of Mary Poppins, did you see this thread? go and watch if you haven't tis a very funny vid.

Friend of mine went to a hollywood themed fancy dress as Bette Davies in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane - complete with vodka bottle in her candlewick dressing gown - and stole the show from all the glamorous willowy girls around her

Bums it won't load on this clapped out PC. Will have to kick ds off my laptop and see it later.

Bette Davis sounds fab!

I have just bought a hooded cloak from a fancy dress shop for a party we are going to. I reckon it can be trundled out for every fancy dress occasion forever more but in a different guise each time.

On this occasion, I am whitening my face and have got some vampire teeth and fake blood.

It means that I can do fancy dress with minimum effort , I can just wear the cloak over normal clothes.

Would that work for you?

ooooh good point I have a cloak

Go as Miss Jean Brodie and whip them into shape.

go as mrs trunchbull

har har

go as cruella de ville

I was going to say Edith Piaf but as you're fake blonde...

patsy from abfab

Yes Miss Jean Brodie is a good idea, I could be all fierce, although that could be lost on this crowd.

Cruella - yes, does anyone have a spare fur coat they can lend me? or a lurvely suit?

Now Patsy. Hmmmm yes. Patsy would be very good for me since chances are I will look like her by the end of the night anyway, drunk and hitting on teenage boys.

Actually maybe I should be avoiding that image

good point, we have a local place which is excellent and have used in past. I should at least check there, if only for inspiration even if I don't hire anything

cruella

ooh ta Lou, if I did that I could coordinate the dc to be dalmatians

Actually that's a thought, perhaps I should think about the rest of family...

have one dd (4) and one ds (2) and a dh (36)

now if I go as mortica I could easily go with Wednesday etc,

or if film/music/book character could pick similar era for them.

Damn not sure where Patsy would fit into that.... then I think I'd just have to dress them in unrelated attire.

addams family would be good - Mr A is delectable. Wednesday is a seriously cool girl. The 2 yr old prob wouldn't mind if he was Pudsey or Uncle Fester.

(was is pudsey?)