Disco Halloween Costume Ideas
When you think of the 1970s, you probably think of one of a handful of things. Energy crises, the Cold War and wars in Afghanistan and Israel, Presidential scandals, and disco music. The heyday of disco was in the middle and late 70s -- some bands continued the disco sound into the 80s, but for the most part, "disco" is a 70s phenomenon. Disco Halloween costume ideas run the gamut from run of the mill leisure suits to full on disco dancing costumes.
Disco
music was all about flash -- bright costume jewelry, gold chains, and
outlandish footwear are the most recognizable features of disco Halloween
costumes, which combine with other popular accessories like afro wigs, fake
chest hair, and platform shoes to create the perfect disco Halloween
costume. Even though the hippie culture died out long before the emergence
of disco, many of the trappings of hippiedom stuck around for disco fashion.
You see similar "granny glasses" and other 60s style sunglasses in photos
from discos in the 70s, as well as peace signs and other insignia normally
associated with the 60s. The trick to the perfect disco Halloween costume
idea is melding the recently passed 60s flower culture with the
self-obsessed "me" culture of 70s disco.
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For a good starting point for a disco Halloween costume, check out popular TV series "The Simpsons" character Disco Stu. He is clearly a parody of disco culture -- but if you're planning on wearing a disco Halloween costume, chances are you are looking to parody disco culture yourself. Disco Stu has it all -- the platform shoes, strangely colored leisure suit, gaudy jewelry, visible chest hair, throwback 60s glasses, and a 70s style "white man Afro". His posture, the stereotypical "disco dance" consisting of a pointed finger and a bump of the hip, is perfect "disco" style. If you can imitate Disco Stu's look, you have a great disco Halloween costume.
Ideas for women's disco costumes are a little more difficult. Women's fashion during the disco era is not as easy to parody as men's leisure suits and awful accessories. A good woman's disco Halloween costume could consist of anything from a sequined polyester mini dress and thigh-high boots to black and silver lace one-piece jumpsuits and arm bangles.
Disco has long gone the way of the dodo. We are left with a few scraps of memory from that heady time in American culture -- any time you hear the Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" on a classic rock station or see any movie starring John Travolta you can almost smell the sweaty polyester suits and neon colored jumpsuits of the 70s. Throw a few choice accessories on a bad men's suit and you have the beginnings of a great disco Halloween costume idea.