70's Fancy dress on the very very cheap

Mupette

Got a m8's birthday and she wants fancy dress 70's

1 outfit for one night only.
what can i do, outfits are about £30.00 to buy, and well to be honest thats a lot of money for one night.

I don't do well in short little numbers either lol



help and advice.. have sewing machine if i have to make something, although it has been years and not really made a proper outfit to wear on it.

Bananabelly

There is often amazing 70s stuff in charity shops very cheap if you look. Also, a lot of recent fashion has 70s influence and you might be able to get something from your wardrobe. I had one a while ago and had a floaty printed top from H&M which was very 70s, wore jeans and borrowed some 70s style jewellry - cost nothing!

Also keep in mind 70s is Kaftans, knitted shawls, hippie beads, tie dye...you might already have something that would work?

ciderwithrosie_2

Another fairly cheap option is 'Bay City Roller fan' - get some 1-2" tartan ribbon and wundaweb it down the outside leg of a pair of wide leg jeans or white flared trousers then add some tartan trim to a short sleeved, tight fitting white blouse, turn the jeans up so they're a bit half mast, wear stripey socks and platform shoes or wedge sandals on bare feet (if nothing else) get some tartan material to make a scarf for your wrist - all this stuff can be picked up in charity shops or on ebay, tartan ribbon from a craft shop. Google pics of the Bay City Rollers and make yourself some badges to pin on your blouse for an extra touch. Hair's a bit trickier as people had minging haircuts in the 70's - if your hair's long and straight just do a centre parting and leave it like that or put a couple of grips in the sides or put side flicks in and hairspray 'em back like mad.

Other clothes - peasant blouses, velvet jackets, maxi skirts, maxi dresses, Laura Ashley flowery prints, blouses had high necks and mutton sleeves, patchwork suede skirts and bags were popular, flares with high waists, tightfitting jumpers/shirts, bomber jackets, tan leather or fur jackets, polo neck skinny rib jumpers, espadrille wedges. I was a teenager in the 70's so remember all the horrideous fashions

Or punk came in in '76/'77 so that's always another option, everyone overlooks that when they do 70's fancydress.

regards CWR

Bufger

If you're a lady (im guessing you are?) you could go for the comedy version for really cheap.

Crappy old trousers - sew some flares on the bottom.
Large white shirt with big collars if you can find one in yours or OH's stuff.
long hair (if you have it) or a cheap curly long wig
platforms if you have some
another cheap wig, a short curly one to make it look like you have chest hair
a silly medalion, go down the scrapyard and get a mercedes badge or similar and hang it on a necklace/chain.

I always do stupid fancy dress, the last one i went to was trashcan superheroes, everyone had to come in fancy dress but wasnt allowed to spend any money or any more than 30 mins on their costimes, it was hilarious what people came up with! (outfits included Super tennants man, plumber boy, super terrorist, Minger, Iron Man (seriously this dude came with an iron and had a light taped to his chest! haha) and super pizza delivery boy who didnt have a costume but bought 10 pizzas for the party).

euronorris

I agree with BananaBelly, charity shops are a great place to look.

Although, if you search your wardrobe, you may find some items that work anyway. Or maybe some friends/family have some items you could borrow?

Mupette

lol my parents wardrobe would of been perfect... but they are in France



Yes i am female.

these ideas are great, although my wardrobe is full of things i can no longer fit it but kept just in case.

thanks for the ideas

brightonman123

i would def go charity shop route- some good stuff in local places, and helping good causes too..

or do a shout out on gumtree, freecycles etc?

MatyMoo

One of my favourite's was a plain white T Shirt with 7 Golf Tee's sellotaped across the chest/

7 Tees !!