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Help 90s themed fancy dress party tomorrow

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Sickoffamilydrama · 28/08/2021 23:18

Going to a 90s themed 40th birthday party tomorrow and I'm really struggling to find an outfit.
Thought about Edina from absolutely Fabulous especially as I have similar hair but I'm now stuck.

Tried a couple of grunge outfits see pictures below but I'm not really feeling that they work?

Any ideas of anything i can pull together quickly? Problem is I was a teenager in the 90s and hipster trousers and handkerchief tops or halter necks just aren't going to work on me anymore 😉

Help 90s themed fancy dress party tomorrow
Help 90s themed fancy dress party tomorrow
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VanishingAct · 28/08/2021 23:26

Spaghetti strap dress over white tshirt plus boots and maybe a Blossom style floppy crushed velvet hat?

JonSnowedUnder · 28/08/2021 23:28

White -shirt with a black vest top over it and cargo pants? Bit like your second outfit but without the open shirt (although that was also a 90's staple for me).

captainpillows · 28/08/2021 23:31

Think all saints or spice girls?

Sickoffamilydrama · 28/08/2021 23:47

Thanks all weirdly I have no spaghetti strap dresses anymore or cargo pants, I don't even have a chain belt!

I thought spice girls @captainpillows I should have just bought a union jack dress but I've left it to late now, I thought I had enough to pull something together.

Just tried this outfit as an Edina style and it's not working for me.
Back to grunge I think!

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Callybrid · 29/08/2021 00:15

I think both the first two outfits work. Accessorise with a Bacardi Breezer, a packet of Marlboro lights, some dodgy eyeliner and some blue hair mascara.

Blindleadingtheblind · 29/08/2021 00:19

I love your first two outfits. The first one gives me Clueless vibes, the new girl in school that was played by Brittany Murphy.

TidyOmlette · 29/08/2021 00:27

Double denim! B-witched style

Borris · 29/08/2021 00:32

Shell suit 😂😂😂

HailAdrian · 29/08/2021 00:36

First pic but maybe stick a tattoo choker on!

whatswithtodaytoday · 29/08/2021 00:38

Love the first two! realises I have dressed like image two for the past 25 years...

Anoisagusaris · 29/08/2021 00:43

Definitely either of the first 2. Early 90s vibe, both work perfectly. Get some brown lipstick to finish it off.

Third one isn’t great.

VanishingAct · 29/08/2021 00:51

The first outfits are fine. Then just work on the details like contrasting lipstick and lip liner and then a 90s hair do like one of these.

Help 90s themed fancy dress party tomorrow
Help 90s themed fancy dress party tomorrow
Sickoffamilydrama · 29/08/2021 07:12

OMG Bacardi Breezer how could I forget!
Thank you yes the hair needs to be right I think little space buns. I'm now remembering those little butterfly clips throughout hair very stylish!
This is the only time I've wished I kept my Kappa tracksuit top!

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Fubitch · 29/08/2021 07:22

Definitely go grunge.

Sickoffamilydrama · 29/08/2021 13:38

Ignore the mess behind and around me this is what I went with.

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Fubitch · 29/08/2021 14:14

Perfect! Reminds me of "Singles".

Blindleadingtheblind · 29/08/2021 17:39

You rock that outfit! Love it 😍

BillMasheen · 29/08/2021 17:51

I think you nailed it..

Mainly because my first reaction was ‘oh, cool outfit‘ followed by Oh. Fuck it was 30 yrs ago, and a deep sadness that I won’t be dressing like that anymore 🤣

Sickoffamilydrama · 29/08/2021 21:54

Oh thanks @Fubitch @Blindleadingtheblind & @BillMasheen it was fun dressing up and dancing to music I loved as a teen.

I definitely didn't dress like this as a teen I was more spice girl slash bewitched cross a style train wreck goodness knows what 🤣

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Bobmonkfish · 29/08/2021 21:58

You nailed it OP. I wore this outfit many times in approx 94 Blush

MichelleScarn · 29/08/2021 21:59

I was going to suggest those all saints trousers with all the tassley bits, but you looked great!

Palavah · 29/08/2021 23:53

Don't forget some dark lipliner and Rimmel heather shimmer lipstick. Is it too late to get some Body Shop dewberry body spray?

Centre parting, hair mascara?

Blueroses99 · 29/08/2021 23:59

Inspired! Wish I’d thought of a 90s theme for my 40th last month. Though my outfit would’ve been an indie band t-shirt, jeans and blue ellesse trainers (if they still exist) so not the most glam look…

Blindleadingtheblind · 30/08/2021 00:36

I was only 13 by 1999 but I remember early to mid 90s I wore a lot of mini skirts and jelly shoes (thanks mum!), then crops tops and checked shirts with ripped jeans (didnt really know what grunge was back then). By the time the late 90s came it was Adidas popper pants (where people would try and rip them open), strappy tops and boot cut black trousers or those horrible wretched skirt-over-pants combo.

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