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We seem to have spent the last few weekends tracking down our costumes, which was quite fun really. Girls seem to have it a bit easier at the moment as 80's are in for them but for men it was a bit harder! I managed to track down a very cool (!) new romantics frilly shirt from a shop on the Gloucester Rd, so it was down the New Romantics road I went, getting a dodgy wig and scarves to tie around wrists and waist.
For this was a bit of trip down memory lane, I've not dressed up like this for a good 20 years, when the make up was applied I was back there reliving my mis-spent youth!
Gayle got herself a rara skirt and legless tights with legwarmers and her hair was great - all backcombed and then tied up with lace (very Madonna-esque!) - apparently this is how she did it every weekend while she was mis-spending her youth in Nailsea Scotch Horn Disco's! Gayle also dug out her original Duran Duran sweatbands and scarf - she was a real Duranie when she was young!!
The four us applied plenty of spray on glitter - now everything we touch seems to be glittery - will we ever manage to get rid of it!
The disco was entertaining, Gayle and her friend seemed to know all the words to all the songs, whilst I claimed I didn't remember many - being more of the Goth type then and lost in some university haze!
3 comments:
Oh come on Steve. We all know what Duranx2 looked like (I'm still having the flashbacks). What we really want is a pic of you & Gayle in all your glory...
Too right :D
One of you should have gone for the Sherlock Holmes look used by Spandau in the Instinction vid.
I need your 80s New Romantics stories and content:
www.daveches.co.uk/80s
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