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Americans hold a special place in there heart for the 1980’s. Whether it is music, board games, video games, fashion, movies of TV shows, people often really love the sense of nostalgia that comes over them when the 1980’s are mentioned. Because there is such variety for men, women and children, it is easy for groups of friends or families to dress up as very recognizable characters to entertain other. Some people loved the 80’s so much that they wear 80’s costumes on days that aren’t Halloween.

Some popular 80’s costumes come from mimicking 80’s rock stars. A classic for drag queen costumes is of course Cher. Her dressing in a leather jacket and a thong while dancing on a battleship in her “If I could turn back time video” is just simply awesome. Also, many memorable hair bands, or bands whose members have big hair, made a huge impression in pop culture. You can buy wigs and tease them to make the hair high. They can also dye the wigs any color they’d like since rainbow hair was common in the 80’s. Crimping and curling hair was popular for men and women in the 80’s. Rock starts also tended to wear very tight pants when on stage. One of these is Tina Turner if you check out her “Better be good to me” video. Of course, the tighter the pants, the better. Leather was also big for 80’s rock stars.

In my opinion one of the best 80’s costumes is to dress up like is Madonna. More of a singer than a rock star, her style has evolved so drastically in the last 30 years, but everyone still emulates her 80’s style. She often wore tights, short skirts, wacky headbands, fake pearls, heavy mascara, lingerie, finger-less gloves, sunglasses and huge jewelry. Her hair was normally crimped or curled. Another idea would be Pat Benatar. A great drag queen costume model is to copy the beautiful and sexy Jessica Wild from Rupaul’s drag race.

Another popular 80’s costume is the 80’s prom queen. Dramatic cascading hair dos, long gloves and heavy makeup are must haves. Also, an 80’s prom dress can be found online or at a consignment shop. Make sure it is a bright color such as teal, magenta, tangerine, purple, etc, have huge shoulder pads and some kind of bugle beads, rhinestones, sequins or cutouts. More is more when it comes to the 80’s prom queen costume. You will also need a larger-than-life tiara and a bouquet of some sort.

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