Hall and Oates Halloween Costume
Some things just go together: Peanut butter and jelly, chocolate and peanut butter, beans and rice, and Hall and Oates. Daryl Hall and John Oates had some of the biggest hits of the 80s. Seriously, it’s kind of crazy just how many hit songs they had throughout the decade: ‘Maneater’ (1982) ‘Private Eyes’ (1981) ‘Out of Touch’(1984) ‘One on One’ (1983) ‘I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)’ (1981) ‘Kiss On My List’ (1981) ‘Adult...
Risky Business 80s Costume Idea
Remember 80s Tom Cruise? “Outsiders” Tom Cruise? “All the Right Moves” Tom Cruise? “Losin’ It” Tom Cruise? (Bonus points if you remember “Losin’ It” Tom Cruise!) I’m talking pre-mega movie star “Rain Man”/”Jerry Maguire”/jumping on Oprah’s couch Tom Cruise. Now when you think of 1980s Tom Cruise, does this come to mind? “Risky Business” came out in 1983 — a coming of age story of Joel (Cruise) a high school student living in the...
Lloyd Dobler 80s Costume Idea
In my book of 80s teen heartthrobs John Cusack deserves several long, loving chapters devoted to him. He was dreamy in a sweet/funny/nerdy kind of way, which somehow in my teen brain made him a possible candidate as a future boyfriend. Shockingly, this did not end up happening. His characters were usually the underdogs that you rooted for and wanted to end up with the girl – from Sixteen Candles to Better off Dead to The Sure...
Andie Walsh Costume from Pretty in Pink
If I could have emulated one movie characters style while I was in high school it totally would have been Molly Ringwald’s Andie from one of my favorite 80’s flicks, Pretty in Pink. Andie may have been cash poor but what she lacked in funds she made up for with her cool creativity and granny-chic style. No cookie cutter mall outfits for this girl. While the mean rich girls were shopping at Contempo Casuals, Andie was busy at the...
80s Costume Idea: Duckie Dale from Pretty in Pink
OF COURSE one of my favorite 80s movies is Pretty in Pink! What an epic love triangle – both Blaine and Duckie vying for the love of our dear, sweet girl-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-Traxx (see what I did there?) Andie. I was Team Duckie all the way. He was a total dreamboat to me. I loved Duckie from head to toe – from his pompadour hair down to his trademark dirty white shoes. I dreamed of someday meeting a boy who would love...
