Although it wasn't a conscious choice at the time to tick one off my list, in reflection I believe I can tick off attend a fancy dress party as last weekend I went to the Belle Epoque party at Village Underground in Shoreditch. A Moulin-Rouge themed party where everyone had made an effort to come dressed in their finest 1920s whore and pimp outfits.
Think Jim Broadbent in Moulin Rouge for the boys and pretty much anything goes for the girls - there were girls there in pretty much just their underwear (some girls will use any excuse!) and others in lavish feathers and flowing netted skirts.
There were aerial performers (static trapeze, net, etc etc.) and live bands (some better than others), expensive cocktails and by the end of it all a lot of drunkeness (or so I heard because after having had an entire cocktail split down my back, I left well before it finished to get the last tube home).
Sadly, I didn't have much pre-warning and had not been able to put quite as much thought and time into my costume as I'd liked and you can see the resulting outfit in the photo.
So I'll tick this one off for now, although I think it deserves half a tick as I'd like to go to one where I've really put thought into it. There's a frat-party-themed birthday party I'm attending in March so I've got my thinking cap on for that one!
5 down, 25 to go
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