Do you like or Dislike a dress code at parties ?

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   johnortonposted 14 years ago

   Dress code makes really interesting the parties is it true ?

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      waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Dress code?
      
      You mean fancy dress....I love it!!! I once wore a skin coloured wet suit and then strapped an inflatable lady doll to my back for a party once...it was great fun! gotta tell you though I was drunk as a skunk!

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      sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It is true. But as such, we know that our dresses appreciate by others. We can choose, but the recognition comes from others.

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      Mikeydoesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It is more than fine with me. If you don't like the idea or don't want to dress up don't go. But most of the time you don't have to dress up and you can go anyway, which is just as fun to see people dress up.

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   Joy56posted 14 years ago

   i am not mad into parties, or dressing up or dressing down.
   
   However i always enjoy looking at pictures of friends that have attended fancy dress parties, it is interesting to see how they choose to dress, and who they become.
   
   I had a princess party for  little girls recently, they all loved dressing in their fairy tale dresses. Something i would have hated to do as a child.

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   Jayne Lancerposted 14 years ago

   There's nothing worse than turning up for a party inappropriately dressed.
   Fancy dress can be interesting. I usually go as a twentie's flapper.

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      camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I always go as a gypsy, but everyone thinks I'm a pirate ...

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         Joy56posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         is there a joke there that i do  not understand, Camlo

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            camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            No - it's just the way it is I try to look like a gypsy, but people think I'm a pirate.

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               Joy56posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               go as a pirate, they may think you are a gypsy

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                  camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Then I'd have to take out one earring and put on an eye-patch ... wouldn't that look a bit like a pirate?

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                     Joy56posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     ah go as something else, like batman, you could find a friend to be Robin, and 70's music is my sene too.... where is the party

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                        camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        No - the gypsy outfit suits me so well, people tell me I should wear it all the time. One problem at fancy dress parties could be that I use Johnny Depp style eyeliner with the costume ... maybe I should stop doing that.
                        
                        The party is at Shadesbreath place. I haven't been invited yet, but I'll go anyway ... see you there!

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                           Jeff Berndtposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                           Not to bring everyone down, but dressing like a "gypsy" isn't the same as dressing like a cowboy.
                           
                           It's closer to dressing like a Frenchman. The Romany people, from what I understand, generally don't like being called "gypsies" (which by the way, derives from a mistaken belief that the Romany people originally come from Egypt.
                           
                           I'm sure nobody means to offend anybody when they wear such a costume, but it does carry a certain baggage with it.

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                              camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                              You mean because Romanies are an ethnic group?
                              Well, the Biba fashion was inspired by their look.
                              Apart from that, people dress as Red Indians, Frenchmen (beret, striped t-shirt, curled moustache and baguette in hand), Englishmen (pin-striped suit, bowler hat and cane umbrella), as well as nuns, vicars and whatever else people could (if they wanted to) take offence to.

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   Shadesbreathposted 14 years ago

   It's one of those things that's fun to do if you don't do it all the time.  We have Renaissance parties every so often.  I've been kicking around the idea of having a 70's disco party one of these days.

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      camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Oh yeah! I love 70s music and clothes. Can I come?

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         Druid Dudeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         No uniforms, no "Dress Code" but a theme is cool, and comliance with the theme allows entry. But imagine      having a dress code at a party, you show up to find out that it's the rear gaurd  of the Heaven's Gate cult.

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            camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Yeah - I went to a party a few weeks ago where the theme was 'Hollywood'. Of course, I went as a movie star.

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   Joy56posted 14 years ago

   have i missed the party have been in England, just got back...... i do hope not.  Lets do another story in the forums.

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      camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I don't think I'll have time to join in this time - I'm totally over-worked right now ...

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   ediggityposted 14 years ago

   Toga!  Toga!

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   camloposted 14 years ago

   As a child I was made to go to a fancy dress as a tree. There was a bird's nest on my head, and I had to keep my arms 'branched out' throughout ... it wasn't a good experience, even if I did win the competition for best costume.

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      Joy56posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      that seems a bit cruel.  Overworked, then wait til Christmas, you will surely be overworked then.......

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         camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         No - I'll have more. The tourist season is coming to an end. But I have to go to school in January, and won't have any at all.

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   couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

   I love dress codes.  It sets the tone of the party.  I'd really want to know if something is black tie and not just dressy or if something is hayride casual not business casual.  You know?  And themes are great.  Maybe I'm mixing up the word party with affair.

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   Anouserposted 14 years ago

   I see no reasons for a dress code, except it's a theme party. I think you shall wear what you want, if you want to dress up your self or your children, do it.

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