"European costume" fancy dress theme for New year's eve party. Grrrr.....

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

I don't mind the theme so much, and can just about bear the fact that there's dressing up at all....

What really pees me off is that if you don't comply, there's a forfeit!!!

Call me grumpy but that doesn't sound like fun to me.

And what the hell am I going to wear?

Union Jack dress - like Ginger Spice!!

Crap theme for a party BTW!

Go as a Morris dancer, or be brave and go as Lady Godiva. You might get a bit chilly however!

It is crap isn't it. Oh well, we missed their Bavarian evening so I should count myself lucky.

Black trousers, stripy t-shirt, beret, string of onions optional, et voila!! Can still look chic and not too expensive!

Moulin Rouge?

Saucy french maid?
Pre-Napoleanic French, you could go as a Marie Antoinette type, a wig, heaving bosoms, powdered face and beauty spots? Someone went as that at a Fancy dress party I went to and she looked fabulous. You'd have to hire the costume, unless you have an extensive wardrobe?!

LOL I have neither a wig nor heaving bosoms in my wardrobe

I do want something so I don't look a complete twunt when the novelty has worn off after half an hour.

I'm stuck other than the French one. It sounds an easy theme at first, but isn't at all.

Or blonde scandanavian with wig.

Lederhosen? (Although have no idea where to get that from)

flamenco?

bull fighter - black costume & a red sheet/table cloth?

Toga?

I googled & found this which is a bit random, but good if you get bored between Christmas & new year www.ehow.com/how_2067466_make-12th-century-european-costume.html [hmm

French Maid would be easy.

this is amusing

Giant chocolate ball? You'd be a Malteser!

french - stripy top and capri pants a la audry hepburn

spanish - flamenco dancer

german - bavarian bar maid

austrian - heidi (was she austrian?)

scandinavian - wooly jumper, blonde plaits, earmuffs

scottish - tartan

could you just carry one of these?

A Halloween Skeleton costume and you could be...Hungary?

Sorry!

Toga for Roman could be good?

damn they're not European, are they?

Ah, now. Audry hepburn, that's a look I could tolerate for the evening. (A girl can dream...)

And I could do scandinavian quite easily. Does going as a member of Abba count as scandinavian? I could do that kind of thing?

Abba, yes, of course, easy to do and still be relatively comfy and stylish

Yes, that's more the thing I'm looking for. Normal clothes, but on a theme.

Any more ideas?

A kilt and long socks.

she said normal clothes, Swedes

gimp and madame?

I haven't met Swedes. You never know.

Welsh costume?

What? "Valleys Girl" t-shirt, muffin top and killer heels?