Hi all

As you may (or may not) know Butlins does themed weekends for grown ups (I am not calling them 'Adult weekends' to you lot!) during the winter. At very short notice (that is 2130 last night) I was offered a space on one THIS WEEKEND.

People dress up in themed costumes/fancy dress.  As I literally have just until midday Friday to come up with something, any ideas?

Think of several, but cant get the image of just a posing pouch and go as a Chipendale

Black trousers, black shirt (settle down people that's not where we are going!) and a strip of white card as a dog collar and go as a vicar. Unless you are a vicar in which case it hardly counts as fancy dress!

Alternatively swap the black shirt for a purple one and go as a bishop.

There was a real thing for fancy dress parties when I was at uni and then at college. A cohort of Welsh agricultural students knew me only as "The Vicar."

If you feel that's too easy, get a pair of those horn toggles that were (are?) used on duffle coats, paint them with luminous paint and glue them to a hair net, put the hairnet on and get someone to (gently) pull your hair through the net to disguise it. Add a black tie clipped to the waist band at the back of the trousers as a tail. If you can work out how to do the hooves tell me how, I never managed it.

So, Good and Evil in two outfits!

90s - Nirvana grunge, ripped jeans, t-shirt (preferably long-sleeved) checked shirt over the top, un-buttoned

I used to tell the younger people I worked with that this was what everybody was dressing like in the  80s

All black, silver tinsel in your hair - pint of Guinness

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 01 October 2025, 12:14:45 PMThink of several, but cant get the image of just a posing pouch and go as a Chipendale

I can't find my posing pouch. 😡

I remember toga parties at uni. I was not a fan! My then girlfriend helped make me a 'barbarian' costume for them - basically cotton trousers and a t-shirt/tunic I think.

Edward

QuoteI can't find my posing pouch. 😡

There's always the Gaesati!

Cave man, just a coat thing and a big stick (baseball bat). the can be run up from a couple of metres of teddy bear fur ..... which may come to have other uses in due course!

Quote from: mollinary on 02 October 2025, 06:30:10 PMThere's always the Gaesati!

Quote from: Last Hussar on 02 October 2025, 03:44:33 PMI can't find my posing pouch. 😡

Quote from: mollinary on 02 October 2025, 06:30:10 PMThere's always the Gaesati!

Thank you very much, that's one image I could do without   

 

Instead I have a photo of me as David...

I can share, if so wished.