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Creating a 70s costume..more ideas

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

• Visit thrift shops or second hand stores. You will find unique items in these shops that will do the job as long as you know what you kind of look you want. Consider retro and vintage clothing from the 60s, 70s, and 80s at a keen prices. These can otherwise be hard to find.

When you put in this kind of effort there is virtually no chance anyone will look anything like you. You can select printed tees or bold patterns and colors. Experiment with mix and match items you buy from these shops. Make sure to keep an eye out for damages.

• visit your attic and take a look through your old boxes ad bags. These are a rich treasure of vintage finds. Your parents will have some cool clothes that you could make some use of. Be creative and experiment.

• When you get some cash, go to clothes shops in your local shopping centre. For women, you can buy printed baby tees or skinny jeans or stiletto heals in your favourite shops. Men are far are easier to dress. Just a pair of tatty denims, a few fitted t-shirts, and matching shoes will complete your whole rock star look.

To find more ideas for 70s fancy dress check out old films and TV series of the 1970’s. YOu remember aliens jumping out onto unsuspecting heroes, superheroes flew and fell in love, and the enterprise navigated final frontiers. The mix is bold colours, outrageous clothes, disco fever and a list of memorable moments.

It was a time of party and disco, and your 70s fancy dress is the way to recreate your nostalgic look at the era.

70s costumes are varied

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

When you are shopping for fancy dress outfits you will soon realise that there is a huge selection available to you. Out of the most popular products at the moment, 70s costumes are probably the latest addition. Over the past couple of years there has been a huge amount of renewed interest in this decade. A lot of us are old enough to remember it with great clarity and the thought of its fashions, which a lot of us actually wore, make us cringe.

Although it is not just the 70s costumes that pop stars wore that are generating people’s attention, it is also the outfits that were worn be people in children’s television programmes. Captain Pugwash, Hong Kong Phooey and Bagpuss are all available as fancy dress outfits. Even the characters from Rainbow can be found in some outlets. If you are invited to a 70s costumes fancy dress evening, then don’t be at all surprised if you bump into Bungle, Zippy or George. Other famous children’s characters that are on offer include the dramatis personae from Battlestar Galactica and that often forgotten children’s classic, Rentaghost.