{"id":947,"date":"2013-01-19T23:21:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T06:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/?p=947"},"modified":"2013-01-19T23:27:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T06:27:37","slug":"my-80s-party-costume-deconstructed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/2013\/01\/19\/my-80s-party-costume-deconstructed\/","title":{"rendered":"My 80’s Party Costume Deconstructed"},"content":{"rendered":"

So tonight was the big neighborhood 80’s costume party! In my post earlier in the week<\/a> I mentioned I would not be dressing up as an Asian character from the 80’s. Instead I was going for a more generic 80’s style look. H and I have been planning our costumes for weeks and even today we were making some last minute adjustments. The most notable is that I decided last minute to bleach an existing pair of jeans for a perfect 80’s stone washed jeans look. (More on that later)<\/p>\n

Without further adieu, here’s the final product!
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Now, let’s deconstruct my costume a bit.<\/p>\n

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Nothing speaks 80’s like pink leopard pattern on a teal background<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI already owned this t-shirt. I got this Yo! 80’s-inspired t-shirt from Junk Food Tees<\/a> last year but never had a good excuse to wear it. I’m not sure there could have been a more perfect night to debut this Yo! t-shirt.
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\nI had this torn pair of jeans in my closet and it was a perfect candidate for my bleaching plan. I first added a cup of bleach to a gallon of water and soaked them in the bucket for 20 minutes. This barely made a dent in the color so H then helped me dump an entire bottle of bleach in the bucket and bleached it a second time and it worked like a charm. After putting I through the washing machine twice, it still reeked of bleach. Throughout the night I smelled like bleach! Oh well, it got me the look I wanted!<\/p>\n

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\nIt was a bonus that I had this pair available to bleach because it was baggier in the leg which allowed me to peg my jeans just like I did in junior high!
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\n\"checkered_vans\"
\nI’ve had these checkered pattern Vans for a couple of years now. I actually bought them for an 80’s party a couple of years ago but still wear them from time to time normally.
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\nI personally think these glasses are so impractical. But who said style had to be practical? I always called them “Blinds Glasses” but these things are officially called “Shutter Shades”<\/a>. No matter what you call them they are totally 80’s!
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\n\"wod_80s_hat\"
\nI had this pink trucker hat for a couple of years now and have worn them for many different occasions. I had leftover sparkly pink letters from my Honey Boo Boo Fett Sash from last year’s Halloween costume<\/a> so I ironed on the word “Word!” like true Cameo-style<\/a>.
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\nThis watch doesn’t work anymore but it is a Fossil watch that my parents gave me in 1986 when I was in 6th grade. I had to wear it to stay authentic!
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\nOne of the awards given out tonight was for best 80’s accessory. I decided to carry around my Nintendo NES Zapper. It was a bonus that it actually has the year 1985 imprinted on it. Duck Hunt was such a great game…
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