80s Picture Day Costume Idea
Jun25

80s Picture Day Costume Idea

Picture this: you get invited to an 80s party, and you need to come up with the perfect costume. Of course there will be the usual suspects in attendance: your Cyndi Laupers, your Madonnas, a few guys walking around in tiny shorts and “choose life” t-shirts, and maybe even a Beetlejuice or Duckie Dale. But what if you want a costume that is a little quirkier? Funny. Subtle. Dare I say . . . brilliant? Why go with the expected when you...

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Lloyd Dobler 80s Costume Idea
Oct30

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...

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80s Bathrobe Costume Ideas
Oct18

80s Bathrobe Costume Ideas

By Lori Ferraro Do you own a bathrobe? Then guess what? You have a Halloween costume. The 1980s gave us many classic bathrobed figures, and now you can recreate their iconic looks with little effort. Michael Keaton – Mr. Mom It’s this easy. Props include a baby and a vacuum cleaner. What you’ll need: Bathrobe T-shirt Pajama bottoms Stubble Cousin Eddie – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Stick a cigar in your mouth,...

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Jack Torrance Costume from The Shining
Oct16

Jack Torrance Costume from The Shining

By Lori Ferraro At our house, we love Halloween. I mean love, love, love it, it’s kind of like our Christmas – we dress up, we decorate, our house glows orange and we watch a ton of scary movies during the month of October. There’s one particular movie that’s on my list of the all-time best, scariest, edge-of-my-seat, sweat, jump and squeal no matter how many times I watch it movies. It’s Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 masterpiece The...

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