80s Party Costume Ideas:
Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe
This
awesome 80s costume comes to us from one of our site readers, Chuck T.
Thanks so much for sharing Chuck! You look totally rad!
This is Chuck dressed as Vince Neil during Halloween 2009. In year's
past he have dressed as Billy Idol and won a costume contest. This past
year he decided to try something a little different and take a more
hands on approach to making his costume. Here's how Chuck accomplished
the Vince Neil look:
The shirt is a women's zebra print shirt I bought at Ragstock for 6 bucks. I
took a scissors cut the sleeves and frayed the edges and bottom of the shirt.
The remnants of the cutoff sleeves were tied around my wrists.
The pleather pants were previously bought at Ragstock for my Billy Idol
costume.
The wig was purchased from a Halloween store.
The fingerless gloves are my motorcycle gloves. The leather
cuffs, necklaces, earrings, hip chains and belt were also leftovers from my
Billy Idol costume.
The biker boots are a pair I have had for about ten years.
I bought an ordinary bandana for my head at Hot Topic. While walking through
the Mall of America (Bloomington, MN) I happened to notice a lady airbrushing
kids T-shirts. Luckily I was wearing my Mötley Crüe "Girls, Girls, Girls"
t-shirt at the time so the lady sketched the logo on my new bandana and within minutes my ensemble
was completed.
A couple lady friends taught me how to do the makeup.
I thought the taking the picture in
front of the padded bathroom doors would look fitting because the
establishment I was in has a definite retro look and feel to it.
-- Chuck T.