1970s Halloween Fancy Dress: Groovy, Spooky, and Full of Fun

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1970s Halloween Fancy Dress: 

Halloween fancy dress in the 1970s was a colorful mix of tradition, pop culture, and DIY creativity. As the world entered a new decade of change and expression, costumes reflected the social and cultural shifts of the time. From classic spooky characters to disco divas and TV icons, Halloween in the ’70s was all about dressing up with flair and personality.

One of the most common trends of 1970s Halloween costumes was the continued popularity of classic monsters. Witches, vampires, ghosts, and skeletons remained favorites, often enhanced with glow-in-the-dark paint, plastic masks, and store-bought costume sets...

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Fun Halloween Costume for Children

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Fun Halloween Costume for Children

When it comes to parties and social gatherings, Children don’t want to be left out. They want to be the talk of the party and want to dress well.
Most children always look forward to the Halloween celebration.

A few months before Halloween, children start disturbing their parents about Halloween.
Mommy, Daddy, what am I going to wear for Halloween? Mommy, are we not going to celebrate Halloween this year? Daddy, my friend in school wants to dress like Spiderman, I would love to dress like Dr. Strange. These are the questions they regularly ask their parents.

As a parent, if you do not have an idea of what outfit your child can wear for this Halloween. Your kids might prefer to look scary, funny, or be like their favorite TV characters...

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70S HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: IDEAS YOU CAN COME UP WITH IN FEW STEPS

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You do not need to have a PHD in costume design to make creative Halloween costumes for yourself. There are so many ideas that you can borrow from if you wish to “do-it-yourself” rather than buying from a store. Let us look at some of the amazing 70s Halloween costumes you can create for yourself with a couple of items and just a few steps.

Wonder Woman

Items you need: T-shirt, blue tutu, red leggings, red, white and yellow felt, scissors, markers, glue

Steps

  1. Cut out the starts from the white felt and glue them on the tutu
  2. Use the red and yellow felt to create the cuffs and headpiece.
  3. Use marker to recreate the Wonder Woman symbol and attach to the t-shirt.
  4. Cut the leggings below the knee, throwing away the top piece. Voila!

Carrie

Items you need: Long white dress, red paint, pai...

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Rock Star Costumes – What It Takes to Replicate a Rock Look

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Rock Star Costumes – What It Takes to Replicate a Rock Look
Rock star costumes are suitable for varieties of occasions, especially Halloween and themed party. Pulling off a fantastic rock look doesn’t need to be difficult or costly. It requires more creativity and attention to details. From your choice of clothing items to footwear and accessories, a rock star look is not an uphill task to achieve.
Distressed Jeans
Really rough-looking jeans are staple when it comes to pulling off a great rock star look. Particularly, you should go for distressed denim. If you want to save money, you can distress your old jeans to come up with the perfect jean for your rock look. For instance, you can shave over the edges of an old jean with a shaving razor...

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Relive the Past with 70s Costumes

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Relive the Past with 70s Costumes

The 70s was definitely one of the decades of the past that went down in history as the “Happening Decade”. The 70s saw the hippie movement, huge Afros and disco fever, it is no wonder that most people love going retro with 70s costumes. Have you been invited to a 70s costume party? Here are a couple of the lovely 70s costumes that you can wear to the party.

Disco 70s Costume
One of the major happenings of the 70’s was DISCO! If you are thinking of wearing a slamming 70s costume, you will need to channel John Travolta, when he busted great moves on the dance floor in “Saturday Night Fever”. You should also wear bright colored clothing, the brighter the color, the better...

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Tips on 70s Costumes for Women

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Tips on 70’s Costumes for Women

If you’ve been invited to a 70’s theme party, your first concern would be what to wear. Of course, you wouldn’t want to look odd from everyone else in the party. There are tons of 70’s costumes ideas you can draw inspiration from.  You only need to get creative with the ideas in order to achieve the best possible result. One of the places you can explore for wide range of 70’s costumes is your local costume store. Keep reading…

70’s Theme Costume Ideas for Women

Women started gaining control over what they wear in the 60s and 70s. Some of the women’s 70s fashions that became popular even till date include the flare-legged pants and jeans. Also, flowing skirts became the fashion vogue in that era, alongside organic and earthy tops...

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70’s Costumes – The Punk Concept

Posted in  70's Costumes, Costume Ideas on July 14, 2013 | Comments: 4 comments

70’s Costumes – The Punk Concept

70s costumes provide a great opportunity to bring back the memories of the 70’s dressing style and fashion. Even if you never lived in the 70s era, you can travel back in time and bring the fashion of the 70s right into the 21st century. This article will provide you with ideas on how to dress like the 70’s for your 70s themed party, Halloween or other events.

The following fashion trends were popular in the 70’s;

The Punk Phenomenon

Typically, the punk phenomenon made the headlines in the 70s. The punk fashion itself was inspired by anything anti-authoritarian in the 70s. The credit for the punk phenomenon would largely go to Malcom Maclaren and Vivian Westwood who were seen to be the pioneers of the punk movement...

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70’s Costumes Ideas for Everyone

Posted in  70's Costumes, Best Halloween Costumes, Costume Ideas on July 7, 2013 | Comments: One comment

70’s Costumes Ideas for Everyone

Just like the 20s, 80s and other previous eras, the 70’s were known for certain fashions and dressing styles unique to that era alone. Nowadays, the 70’s costumes are finding their ways back to the fashion scene. And, these costumes are suitable for different purposes such as 70’s themed party, Halloween, costume party, and even for casual look.  Get some ideas right here on different 70’s fashion and styles that you can bring in to the present dispensation.

70’s Bell Bottom or Flares

One of the popular fashions in the 70’s is known as Bell Bottom or Flared. Until the close of 1960, flared pants were only associated with sailors. This fashion trend became popular among the everyday people in the 1970s...

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