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Scary Masks for Adults to Wear

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Many people use masks or eye pieces as accessories to complete a costume look. However, there are some really awesome designs that actually are so cool that they can be used without any other gimmicks or need for further dressing up. The ones here focus on rather scary, creepy and horror like designs for adults to wear. Warning, they may well give your friends and family a little fright when you put them on. I remember my dad scaring me silly with the really cheap plastic variety; never mind the more realistic looking versions that you can get now. Thinking of dressing up? You have to take a look at these. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. Sloth from The Goonies Mask Get this Latex Sloth Goonies Mask from Amazon.com UK Readers get a Sloth Goonies Mask from Amazon.co.uk If you're old enough to remember all the way back to 1985, you've probably seen if not heard about the film called The Goonies . It's a classic 80s film ...

1980s TV Characters Fancy Dress Costumes

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Stuck for some really cool ideas on what you can wear for an eighties party or for Halloween? Here's my top ten favorite 1980s TV characters fancy dress costume ideas to get you started. There are loads of great television shows from this decade that you can glean inspiration from. Having recently been to a birthday celebration with this costume theme, I've already seen some fantastic outfits first hand. As a bit of a geek, I particularly like the Doctor Who idea to run with and there were 4 different Doctors on the BBC channel during this decade. But we also had many other shows that made fantastic entertainment; remember the A-Team. What about Miami Vice too with the smooth Don Johnson. These made great viewing of an evening. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. Lots of Great 1980s TV Characters Fancy Dress Costume Ideas and Inspiration Image Credit: Original image shared by Osckar on Pixabay with a CC License 1: Get a Tim...

1980s Video Game Costume Ideas

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The 1980s was a very exciting time to be growing up. Mainly this excitement was because it was the dawn of some super popular video games and also affordable home computers. It makes a great theme for 1980s video game costumes. This page uses popular 1980s video games as the basis for some really cool looking Halloween and party costumes and fancy dress ideas. If you're a gamer, what could be better than dressing in an inspired outfit from one of these awesome retro suggestions. I owned a number of the handheld electronic Game and Watch LCD games which were made by Nintendo. I also had a personal ZX Spectrum home computer which I worshiped. Friends of mine had Sega consoles and then there were a wealth of arcade machines to enjoy as well, normally along with a visit to the seaside. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. Lots of Great Ideas for 1980s Video Game Costumes to Wear Image Credit: Original image shared by OpenClipart-Vectors...

Brideshead Revisited Costume: Lord Sebastian Flyte

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Putting together a fancy dress costume for the highly flamboyant Sebastian is lots of fun. In this guide I show you how to get the look for a Lord Sebastian Flyte Brideshead Revisited costume for Halloween or any dress up occasion. Anyone who has read the book of Brideshead Revisited or seen the televised adaptations on the big screen will recognize your Halloween or cosplay outfit. They will appreciate the nod to this outstanding novel and also the really tortured and self-destructive character from it. Lord Sebastian Flyte is a highly unique character who is played to absolute perfection by the English actor Anthony Andrews in the 1981 British TV series of Brideshead Revisited . The TV series was based on the original 1945 classic book written by Evelyn Waugh. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. Dress to Perfection With a Brideshead Revisited Costume Based on Lord Sebastian Flyte Image Credit: Shared by teadrinker on Flickr with a...

1980s Movie Costumes for Adults

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Love the 1980's? So do I. Here's lots of ideas and inspiration for 30 1980s movie costumes and outfits for adults to wear at eighties fancy dress parties and events like Halloween. Movie characters are great fun to dress up as because most people watch films or at least see them talked about on the news and in the media. You can remind people of some fab retro shows that they can enjoy going back and watching again. The eighties were packed with fun things to watch at the cinema, back in the days when it was actually affordable for whole families to go. Here's idea on 30 different movie characters from the big screen that you can dress up as. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. 30 Great Ideas on 1980s Movie Costumes for Adults to Wear 1: The Goonies, 1985, Adventure Film with a Deformed Superhero A Sloth character mask would have made this outfit just perfect. He doesn't have the required ugly face to pull this off suc...

Miss Havisham Costume: The Dickensian Ghost Bride

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Miss Havisham is the poor, jilted bride from the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens. With a Miss Havisham costume, you want to emulate the sheer misery of a woman who had love cruelly ripped away from her on her wedding day. The actress who played this character to perfection in the wonderful BBC series Dickensian was Tuppence Middleton. In this series she was given the first name, Amelia. Poor Amelia becomes a reclusive spinster and never takes her wedding dress off again. She lives alone in her mansion Satis House until her lawyer Jaggers adopts a daughter for her called Estella. Note: This post may contain affiliate links for which I can be compensated. Dress as a Dickensian Ghost Bride With a Miss Havisham Costume Image Credit: Original image shared by AdinaVoicu on Pixabay with a CC License Miss Havisham is often depicted in films as being a very elderly spinster but Charles Dickens only imagined her as being in her fifties for Great Expectations . ...