80s Prom Costume Ideas

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About 80s Prom

It's the stuff of legends, the 80s prom! Films like "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" (where the two friends dressed like Madonna and several other films from the 80s where the Prom was the place to be! Deck yourself out in "Pretty in Pink" like Molly Ringwald (and say "hello" to a red wig!) or Tom Cruise in Risky Business and you'll bring the best parts of the '80s with you into the 21st century!

Dressing up as 80s Prom

A popular theme for costume parties or just a fun excuse to crank your Prince and Bon Jovi records, 80s proms are a great motiff for a festive night.

Okay, technically, it was 1976, but Carrie is the Prom Scream Queen that nightmares are made of with a blood-soaked prom dress and a blond wig drenched in red blood.

Whether you pick up a pouffy dress in seafoam green taffeta or an {80s prom queen} costume dress in blinding neon pink with black lace gloves and trim, you gotta tease that hair nice and high, scrunching the ends for that "Working Girl" perm style that was so popular throughout the decade! Add a prom queen tiara and sash and all eyes will be on you!

Dudes can get gnarly with a Spicolli-inspired blonde wig or a classy mullet wig that tells the world that you're "rokken like Dokken" and don't care who knows! Pair it up with a saucy blue ruffled tuxedo befitting a Prom King for a memorable look!