Wicked Costumes Adult Female Hot Pink 80's Shellsuit Fancy Dress (Women: One Size)

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The simplicity in which you could fabricate something crazy, by wearing just a shell jacket and any combination of skirt, dress or trouser – made it a costume-lovers delight. The elasticated waists and forgiving movement of the baggy bottoms were perfect for outdoors activities - Kris Akabusi for one loved them very much as he was able to lunge and run to his heart’s content without the fear of chaffing.

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On a warm sunny day, you could accessorize this shell suit 90s look with a matching flat cap and a pair of shades. Given that Icke famously believed that he was a ‘son of the Godhead’ in a world that consisted of vibrational energy and infinite dimensions, as well as his certainty that a shape-shifting race of reptilian beings had hijacked the planet and manipulated events to keep humans in fear, perhaps he was not the sanest man to look to for sartorial inspiration. Apparently they originated as part of the Liverpudlian counter-culture of the 1980s and were most memorably popularised by the conspiracy theorist and former footballer David Icke, who began wearing a turquoise shell suit which he saw as a ‘conduit for positive energy’. But a more important reason that the shell tops, with matching elasticated bottoms, became popular among the masses was the more relaxed silhouettes that manufacturers embraced. The shell suit 90s look was a sharp departure from the slim-fit shell suit look from the 60s, 70s and mid 80s.

Although various manufacturers created different shell suits the principle of the design was always pretty much the same; the lightweight top featured a small, rounded collar with a full zip down the centre. It was fairly common to see siblings as well as couples wearing matching shell suits at the malls or walking through the neighborhood. With giants like Nike and Adidas looking to cash-in on the popularity of elasticated trousers and matching tops, they advanced a new idea of the shell suit –“made for everyone!

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Tie a brightly coloured – patterned or plain – headband around your forehead for that sporty style touch to your outfit.

The last few days when I've been out for a walk I've worn my plain turquoise Puma shellsuit jacket and almost matching green puma bottoms, and I've also taken my dark blue, purple and yellow Hi-tec jacket with me to wear on top when it gets cooler in the evening as I'm on my way home. So you would have stopped traffic all right, could maybe even have moonlighted as a traffic warden, mostly because you looked like a bloated irradiated technicolour chump possibly with Martian relations and recently rejected from the confines of a dodgy youth club or an amateur circus troupe.