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Costume ideas (cold war theme)

CrystalMethodistCrystalMethodist Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I need to dress up for a party that has a Cold-War theme.

Suggestions?

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Wear a small child's desk over your head, ya know, fear of the H bomb and all.

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    If you're a girl, stuff padding into a spandex bodysuit, slather on some really obvious makeup, get a fake gold medal, and go as a female East German gymnast.

    If you're a guy, wear a wig and a spandex bodysuit, slather on some really obvious makeup, get a fake gold medal, and go as a female East German gymnast.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    James Bond!

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  • YarYar Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Rad Suit

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I would go for a really accurate Karl Marx outfit (I know it's not exactly cold war, but it's related through communism), including carrying a hardbound copy of the Communist Manifesto...

    And then you top it off with these:
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  • JustPlainPavekJustPlainPavek Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Joe McCarthy (with list of communists)
    "The Red Scare" - body paint, hammmer, sickle, etc
    Fidel / Che
    Nikita Krushchev (with shoe)
    Curtis LeMay (with a cigar and an H-bomb tucked under one arm)

    I'm sure there are hundreds more ideas, but those were the first that came to me...

    edit - more:

    A big grey box = fallout shelter
    Go with a friend as Spy vs. Spy
    Chinese Cultural Revolutionary with Little Red Book
    One of the Afghan Mujahadeen

    I also like Improvolone's idea. Failing that, get a turtle outfit and go as Bert.

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  • NoffNoff Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'd probably buy one of those inflatable beer blimps they have in sports bars (like this but maybe a bit smaller), paint it, get a cowboy hat, and act appropriately.

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    M. Bison.

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  • EriosErios Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The eponymous Dance Commander.

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    1. Go as a foam cut-out of the U.S.A.
    2. Have a friend dress up as a foam cut-out of the U.S.S.R.
    3. Have friend threaten to kick you in the nuts.
    4. ???
    5. PROFIT

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Go as Gorbachev!

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  • QuirkQuirk Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Go as Gorbachev!

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  • CrashtardCrashtard Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Make a submarine outfit and go as the Red October.

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  • bigpandabigpanda Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Get a rectangular cardboard box ( a big widescreen TV box would work perfect), spray paint it to look like concrete, spray paint graffiti on one side. Get some wire and coil it up, tape/staple coiled wire to top of box. Go as Berlin Wall.

    Bonus points for getting/making a giant foam hammer and having someone knock you down with it at end of the night.

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  • The EverymanThe Everyman Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Grab an ushanka, a pair of dark sunglasses, a black coat, and a briefcase, and go as a KGB agent.

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  • FartzFartz Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    cut some eyeholes in a red sheet and say you're the spectre of communism. The red scare works, too!

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    220px-Destroy_old_world.jpg

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  • TM2 RampageTM2 Rampage Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    CrystalMethodist wrote: »
    Cold-War theme.

    ANYTHING FROM METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    hammer-and-sickle.gif

    i always thought it'd be awesome to wear red and carry around a giant yellow hammer/sickle combo, calling myself KAPTAIN KOMRADE

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  • shadydentistshadydentist Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    anything from Watchmen would not be amiss.

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    TM2 Rampage wrote: »
    CrystalMethodist wrote: »
    Cold-War theme.

    ANYTHING FROM METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER

    Srsly. Big Boss? Cant fail.

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  • SquirrelmobSquirrelmob Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Grab some fake guns and duct tape a bunch of cold paks to yourself.

    Go as the entire cold war!

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  • ReitenReiten Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Drago.

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  • JokermanJokerman Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Your primary concern should be visibility. You want people to see you and get what you are right off the bat. I recommend either Kennedy, Reagan, Chairman Mao,
    I second KGB or a G-Man.

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