{"id":34532,"date":"2016-10-27T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34532"},"modified":"2016-10-27T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:43:29","slug":"throwback-thursday-80s-pop-star-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/throwback-thursday-80s-pop-star-halloween-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: ’80s Pop-Star Halloween Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m so disappointed that 1980s-themed dance club Culture Club has closed (again)!<\/a> It was a good Halloween party spot for people dressed like 1980s pop stars. In 2013, my designing friend Stacy Lomman and I acquired official Devo “energy domes” (aka upside-down flowerpot hats)<\/a> and blended into a Devo mural at Culture Club.<\/p>\n

\"devo-painting-adjusted\"<\/a>

Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s still fun to dress as an ’80s pop star even without a great backdrop. In 2010, I was Adam Ant.<\/p>\n

\"halloween2010\"<\/a>

Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

I felt so good in my cheap costume-website Adam Ant pirate shirt that I had Jean Kormos of Ghost Tailor<\/a> make two better-quality versions for me — one in black<\/a> and one in white<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"puffy\"

2013 (left) and 2014 (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve worn those shirts ever since, undaunted by the amusement of people who compared my shirts to the infamous “puffy shirt” from Seinfeld<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/a>

Jerry Seinfeld in the puffy shirt.<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, who’s laughing now, bitches? Me and Chelsea Peng, that’s who! Chelsea has a photo story on Marie Claire’s website called “How the ‘Seinfeld’ Puffy Shirt Became Fashion’s Latest, Unlikeliest Inspiration<\/a>.” Puffy shirts are all over the runways. Cate Blanchett walked the red carpet in extravagantly puffed Gucci …<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n