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80s Fancy Dress and 1980s Costumes
Shoulder pads, neon leotards, mullet wigs, and leather flight suits: 80s fancy dress is a great way to turn the clock back and turn up the fun. We stock more than 20 different 80s costumes and accessories for men and women, sized from small up to 3XL, so we have a size that is right for you.
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80s Fancy Dress and 1980s Costumes, Ready to Wear
There are so many great costumes from the 80s: pop star, aerobics class, movie hero, power dresser, and more. Deciding which one you are going as before you shop makes it a much shorter decision than "something 80s".
80s Fancy Dress by Theme
Our best-selling 80s costume over the past two months is the Aviator Flight Suit, taking around one in four 80s-costume sales. Across the range, men's styles outsell women's roughly three to two. Five picks below, one from each corner of the decade.
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The Mens 80s Aviator Flight Suit Costume is the one in four: a one-piece green jumpsuit with printed badges, a dog tag necklace, and aviator sunglasses, all in the box. It runs S to XXL with a relaxed, stretchy fit. Between sizes, we would size up for comfort over a full evening. |
The Womens 80s Pop Star Costume is our second best-seller: a six-piece set built on a leopard print-trimmed jacket, a black tutu skirt, and lace gloves, with the chain necklace and hair pin in the same box so you are not hunting accessories the week before. It runs from UK 8-10 up to 28-30. |
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The Mens 80s Fitness Instructor Costume is the aerobics-class pick: a blue "Work It" leotard with pink leggings, leg warmers, headband, and sweatbands, all included. It is sized M to XL by chest measurement, so measure your chest and read the chart. The M here is not the M on your shirt label. |
The Womens 80s Aerobics Costume Bright is the Fitness Instructor's other half, for a workout-buddy pair: a bright printed leotard, bardot top, and aqua shorts, plus knitted leg warmers, a headband, and sweatbands. It runs small to XX-large. |
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The Men's Ghostbusters 80s Deluxe Costume is the movie pick: a jumpsuit with an inflatable proton pack and wand, so the whole look arrives in one order. One thing to check first: it currently comes in a single size, M (38-40in), so measure your chest before ordering rather than after. |
Sizing an 80s Costume
Get the tape measure out before you order. Leotards, flight suits, and one-piece jumpsuits are not cut like the clothes in your wardrobe, so your chest and waist measurement is the number that matters, not the size on your usual shirt. A MorphCostume is measured across 30+ points by garment techs trained in tailoring, and where a costume runs true to standard clothing sizing we say so on the product page. Between two sizes on the chart, size up.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the best 80s fancy dress costume for men?
The Aviator Flight Suit sells more than any other men's 80s costume we stock. The Fitness Instructor leotard and the Hair Metal Rocker jacket cover different corners of the decade if aviators are not your thing.
What's the best 80s costume for women?
The Pop Star costume, for most nights out: leopard print-trimmed jacket, tutu skirt, and lace gloves in one box, and it reads as 80s before you have said a word. Take the Aerobics costume instead for a themed workout party or a retro fitness night, where the leg warmers are the point.
What are the most recognisable 80s characters to dress up as?
Ghostbusters is the one nobody has to ask about: the proton pack does the work. A leopard print-trimmed jacket and a tutu skirt say pop star, and a leotard with leg warmers says aerobics instructor. We stock all three as complete sets rather than as separate pieces to assemble.
What can I wear for an 80s couples or group costume?
The Fitness Instructor and Aerobics costumes are the easy couple: same 80s workout theme, right down to the leg warmers, without needing to match exactly. For a bigger group, mix in an Aviator Flight Suit or a Pop Star costume alongside them; they still read as one theme in a photo.
Do I need extra accessories to make an 80s costume work?
Not with any of the five picks above: each one includes its finishing details (sunglasses and a dog tag, lace gloves and a necklace, leg warmers, a proton pack) in the box. If you want to go a step further, an 80s wig is the easiest single add-on for a pop star or rocker look.
Set on a different decade? Our full decade costumes range runs either side of the 80s, with 70s costumes and 90s costumes.
