80s Party Costume Ideas: John Bender
John Bender is the quintessential bad boy: long hair, leather boots, biting sarcasm and a serious attitude problem. The Criminal of the Breakfast Club, he was thrown in detention for pulling a fire alarm. For your next costume party become the bad boy that everybody loves to hate and all the girls secretly want to date. To get the John Bender look you’ll need: Clothes white waffle/thermal shirt red flannel shirt baggy grey pants jean...
80s Costume Pictures
A picture is worth . . .well you know the rest. Sometimes you just need a little photo inspiration to kick start the costume process even if it does contain a blonde rocker wig or a tinsel wig. Check out these awesome 80s costume pictures submitted by our site readers. Are they totally rad or what!? These pictures are a great source of ideas as you put together your totally rad 80s costume. Be sure to send us a picture of you in...
80s Party Costume Idea: Blondie’s Debbie Harry
Gorgeous, sultry, talented – Debbie Harry was not just the voice of Blondie, she was the voice of the 80s. Blondie started off the decade with the number one song of 1980, “Call Me.” To get in the right frame of mind, we recommend watching the music video for her in Blondie’s very cool song, “Rapture.” To achieve the Debbie Harry look for this 80s costume, you’ll need start with the hair. The...
80s Party Costume Ideas: Prom Queen
This is a very easy to put together 80s costume. Most of us have access to some sort of 80s formal dress, lurking either in our closets or the closet of a relative or friend. Pull that puppy out, dust off the ruffles and plan for a totally awesome 80s party or Halloween. Once you have the dress, you can add details to the costume at whatever level you want. We’ve included some ideas below for taking it up a notch or two....
80s Party Costume Ideas: Let’s Get Physical
Olivia Newton John was a goddess in the 80s. She was beautiful, sang fabulous songs (while the Grease movie/soundtrack technically came out in the 70s – it was close enough) and starred in some classic movies of the period. One of her best albums, Physical, featured its title song and one heck of a great music video. The Let’s Get Physical costume idea is an homage to the 80s obsession with “work out” gear...
