SYN AWARDS 2016: Blog #3 TV & Film Inspired Costume Ideas

The 90s was a crockpot of pop culture, with sitcom actors and pop stars reigning the charts and our young hearts.
This blog will help give you an idea of different characters through the decade you could dress up as for the Awards night on Monday 21st March !
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Alan Grant from Jurassic Park
You will need:
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red cravat
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light blue shirt
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“dad” / “aviator” sunnies
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dinosaur plush toy
Goodfellas (1990)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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fake blood – here is a handy fail safe recipe. Use this carefully, take it from a media student who has ruined too many of Mum’s good tablecloths and had too many weird looks from strangers at my “blood stained” hands in the past
://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/fake-blood-recipes/
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black suit
- black tie (or, get a squad of mates together and change your tie colour to match the characters in the film ie. Pinky wheres a Pink tie)
Clueless, Ten Things I Hate About You, (and pretty much every quintessential 90s teen movie …)
Silk slip dresses featured in a lot of rom-coms and any film with a “prom” as the cause and solution to ~ drama ~
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Silk Slip Dresses
“What the heck is that?”
“A dress”
“Says who?
“CALVIN KLEIN!”
Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake (in double denim)
Okay, so it was no “SYN Awards” but the AMAs were responsible for this iconic red carpet appearance. Talk about #CoupleGoals !
Titanic (1997)
Settle the question of the late 20th century, was there REALLY enough room for Jack ? Come as “the door” and settle the score !
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mia Wallace
Alright, we snuck in another Tarantino gem – but this time we’ll shift the focus to a female lead character – Mia Wallace portrayed by Uma Thurman.
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short black hair wig
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oversized black jacket
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red lipstick
- your dancing shoes ! – every attendee must bring these along to the awards night regardless of costume ! 😉
Category: Features
Tags: 1990s, 90s, synawards, SYNAwards16, SYNgoes90s
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