Last week, my sisters and I went to go see a musical production of Footloose. It was my birthday present, yes- one month later, the show was here one night only. We decided dressing like we were going to prom in the 80's would be a FANTASTIC idea. The weekend before we hit like 6 thrift stores- who knew how hard it would be to find the appropriate garb, I figured it would be lining the walls. But we all found something, and they were all different eighties' styles, so we made a nice collection of funky formal wear....
I'm late eighties, sporting royal purple velvet. The real seller was the swatch of shiny pleated material at the top with the diamond square in its center. Bonus: you could see my black bra straps. In the middle we have mid-80s, reflective teal with poofy sleeves ( sadly you can't see the giant bow in the center of her back), and to the right flowy pastel pearled early eighties.
My niece was mortified. "What if you're the only ones dressed like that?" "Uh, we probably will be." And we were. But everyone seemed to get it, and we received a lot of grins and compliments, particularly Sally Shoulderpads. I think they put that meshy material in them to make them like that, she was crinkling all evening.
Anyway, the show was great, I love singing and dancing and music and applause, etc. The only slightly disappointing thing was that we were literally the only ones there in 80's gear, because they didn't even stage the play in the 80s. It looked more like late 90s to me. Not a leg warmer in sight. Ah well.
My sister got us all t-shirts. Mine says "I NEED A HERO."
My sister got us tickets to see the Full Monty at the college that she works at next weekend. We decided it would probably be too much to dress naked.
Off subject, my husband and my daughters and my nephew are camping out in the backyard tonight. This is my nephew's first night spent away from my sis, hopefully he'll last (he's 3). I stayed out there to sing some songs and tell stories by the campfire, and then I hustled back in here!! Cause it's too freaking cold for me! They all have like two of everything on. They're going to watch movies in the tent until they pass out. Like the pioneers did.
I can see I'm going to have to draw a picture of Skanky Smurf to convince you of her vileness.
2 comments:
Love the 80's gear - the fact that y'all were the only ones wearing it makes it even better. It keeps people guessing. My favorite thing is how 80's stuff seems to be to this generation what 60-70s stuff was to us.... it makes me feel old.
I love it. Yes, especially the poofy sleeves. Awesome! We went to a Valentine's dance and there was a lady there with poofy sleeves, I wanted to say something to her, but was scared that she may actually like them. Ivy is into the paint splatter stuff that I couldn't even stand when it was cool. Barf. I was thinking about shoulderpads the other day and how lame they were. Will they come back, too? I remember having them on t-shirts even. Why? I guess if I didn't already have man shoulders I might appreciate them more.
Post a Comment