Theme Parties - C or D?

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Theme Parties - excuse to dress up and have some fun in the house of a friend of a friend OR just another piece of stress to pile upon the already stressful situation of social gathering.

Also, what to wear to a 50s theme party? And who has 50s theme parties anyway?

― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 20 February 2003 11:54 (twenty-three years ago)

A "Fellini's Satyricon" theme party might be interesting.

― Skottie, Thursday, 20 February 2003 11:57 (twenty-three years ago)

We once had a multiple flat theme party, with about six flats taking part, each one with a different theme and 'punch'. The best of these was the one which feautured kahlua milkshake. I forget the theme itself. I was dressed as a pimp, surprisingly.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 20 February 2003 11:57 (twenty-three years ago)

The Primal Scream Theme.

― JeremyZag, Thursday, 20 February 2003 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Our rock party was a huge success.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, Rock party, now that's a theme. Finely defined parameters, enough obvious choices and enough leway for not-so-obvious choices to be understood. A 50s party - what can you go as? Amerikuhn Dad or Amerikuhn Mum. Jeez. Well.

Nothing happened in the 50s.

― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

you could be a greaser, wear black and a leather jacket

― H (Heruy), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Sporting icons is a good one.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:06 (twenty-three years ago)

How do you sport icons? Do you have to attache those russian religious objects to your person in an artistic and compelling matter? Over and out.

― Skottie, Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I get *very excited* about dressing up. I love theme parties...

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I had a P party once. It was just an excuse to dress up as a prostitute really, but did bring punks, peasants, pixies, pimps, princesses and a Pippi Longstocking together as well...

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I think my problem is that I have no imagination.

There's also the last day at school worry - how many of these people are going to be in costume/in uniform - so that if you go in costume/uniform are you going to be the only one there?

It is a minefield.

― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:20 (twenty-three years ago)

they are classic. the trick is to make the theme such that it is quite easy for people to fit it.

Great theme parties I have been to:

i) a Vicars & Tarts PLUS Sailors & Slappers party (many of my friends did not actually need to dress up for this one)

ii) a Velvet Underground party (essentially everyone wears black jeans, black poloneck and if wraparound shades if you can be arsed)

iii) a French party (in which we all had to be French in some unspecified way)

iv) a Beatles party

v) a superhero party (I went as The Midnighter)

and many more.

At some stage in the future I want to host a Spinal Tap party. Wow, spandex!

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:44 (twenty-three years ago)

In Sydney we had:

Tarts and Vicars
Fantasy and Fetish
Stars of the Silver Screen
Uniform
James Bond
(and the obligatory) Sixties

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 14:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Theme Panties - C or D?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Lara, have you been to everywhere in the world?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Lara, have you been to everywhere in the world?

Nowhere near it, I'm afraid. I've lived in Australia and seen a lot of Asia. Closest parts of Europe pretty much covered too. Theer is so much more to see and so little time (money)...

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Theme Panties - C or D?

Most girls already have these, I should have thought i.e.

I'm Going to Score Tonight Pants
I Feel Fat and Need Some Tummy Support Pants
Damn I'm Going To Show That Bloke How Sexy I Can Be Pants
I'm Going To The Doctors And Must Not Seem Like A Ho Pants
Potential For Communal Changing Room Experience Pants

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

My mate had a "come-as-a-tube-station" party. His costume was normal clothes + rusty garden gate (Aldgate) and his girlfriend carried a hinge about (Moorgate). High Barnet, Monument, Barking, Angel and Parsons Green were also done, although I'm bloody glad Cockfosters wasn't.

― SittingPretty (sittingpretty), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

There was the Call of Chthulu roleplaying game party once...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Toga, Toga, Toga!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

We had one once in college, "Your Favorite Meat Bi-Product Party" I went as Beef Jerky.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, we had a Beach Party too and everone had to arrive in beachwear.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

That's by-product, Chris. I mean, ew.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 20 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

ah whatever, it was cool seeing chicks dressed up as spam.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

SICK AND WRONG.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

A few years back, Cprek threw a swing party that was OFF THE HANDLE! People in retro-retro 20s/30s garb, flapper girl dresses, zoot suits, people doing the charleston...yet with modern updates like a stereo with a subwoofer and a keg and electric lighting and WOW!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I've been invited to a Flapper party.
Are these the Togas of the new millenium?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

1920s I'd have thought.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

There's something endearingly ILE about that.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 20 February 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Toga, Toga, Toga!

Has anyone here actually gone to a toga party dressed in a toga? My friend had one with about 200 people in her loft, but there were only three togas, a couple of roman-legionnaire outfits, two naked black men, and one momus.

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Halloween is the only theme party I bother with any more. Last time I put on my loudest shirt, stuck pictures of Paul Newman and Steve McQueen to my shoulders and went as the Towering Inferno.

― Al_Ewing, Friday, 21 February 2003 21:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Slobs & Snobs (some people come wearing very expensive clothing and monocles and stuff, generally looking very British. And other people come wearing ratty torn up tank-tops or barrels) is classic

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 21 February 2003 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

My Latin club had a murder mystery dinner last weekend, we made up characters and some people dressed up. It was pretty awesome. It took a long time to plan and write, though.

― Maria (Maria), Saturday, 22 February 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

down here, generally only women dress up for theme parties. it annoys me. our flatwarming is going to have a glam theme - i'm so excited, getting to be marc bolan for the night!!!!!!!!!!!

― di smith (lucylurex), Saturday, 22 February 2003 22:34 (twenty-three years ago)

oooh! that is a GREAT theme.

― Maria (Maria), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Wah! You must take pictures.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:59 (twenty-three years ago)

The glam party is going to be sooo great.Yesterday The Futurians worked out the song we are going to cover for it - singwithme "Dr Who-ooooooooo! Dr Who". I always get very excited about theme parties. Best theme last year was die-nasty/dynasty. It is hard to get dunedin boys to dressup.

― ducklingmonster, Sunday, 23 February 2003 05:12 (twenty-three years ago)

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