Back in my uni days, I was definitely a bit of a party girl, especially if it involved fancy dress – and I loved coming up with quirky ideas. At one of our club nights at the student union, I thought it would be fun to go wearing a dress made from bubble wrap. I can’t quite remember what exactly triggered the idea but hubby (in his pre-hubby days) thought it would be hilarious too and headed off to buy some red bubble wrap. Once armed with a large roll of bubble wrap, I sat down with some pattern pieces, sticky tape and scissors and a short while later, there was the dress all ready to go! I decided on a pinafore dress, not being quite brave (or extrovert) enough to want to go out in a complete see-through dress so had a T-shirt and shorts underneath.
It certainly attracted a lot of attention! I had a lot of people coming up to me (thankfully mostly people I knew) wanting to ‘pop’ my dress and so by the end of the evening, pretty much all of the dress apart from across my chest (the one area that was definitely out of bounds!) was popped.
Thanks to A Day In This Dad’s Life for posting the photo that triggered this memory for me! It was definitely one of the most fun nights out I had at uni.
Brilliant! Very creative and I suspect I’d have been one who couldn’t resist popping a couple of bubbles 🙂 #WhatstheStory
Thanks Sara – I think most of the people who were out that night were the same – it was a lot of fun! 🙂
Brilliant! I didn’t even know you could get red bubble wrap! You make it look good- fab post.
Thanks Afra – I didn’t either until hubby called me to offer me a choice of clear or red! 🙂
What a great costume, I love how he went and found you red bubble wrap. How romantic.
Thank you – yes it was lovely of him to go out and find the bubble wrap – I didn’t know it came in red until that point 🙂
Brilliant. I do threaten to wrap my children in bubbewrap, when they fall over. You have done it with far more style than I thought off.
Lol thank you so much 🙂
What a great idea, I love the creativity. I bet you popped a couple of the bubbles yourself, I wouldn’t have been able to resit.
Thank you – oh yes I definitely popped a few bubbles myself and there was plenty of bubble wrap scraps from cutting the dress out to play with as well! 🙂
What a brilliant idea for a fancy dress party…I must admit I’d be another person wanting to pop the bubbles!!
Thank you – yes, I think most people I encountered that night were exactly the same! 🙂
You are a fashion trendsetter! This is genius. Imagine the stress you can heal with this dress =) #whatsthestory
Lol, I never thought of it as a stress reliever – but I can see how it would work that way! 🙂
That dress is awesome!!So clever and you look fab x #throwbackthursday
Thank you – it was so much fun to wear 🙂
Haha this is brilliant!! I want to make one!! 😉 #ThrowbackThursday
Thank you – it was quite simple to make! 🙂
What very clever idea! It’s great that people were amazed with it. I have to say, you’re such a resourceful lady! #throwbackthursday
Thank you, I can’t remember where the idea came from but it was so much fun 🙂
I love a bit of fancy dress! What a brilliant idea and you wear it incredibly well! You look great. Can imagine the attention you must have got with people wanting to pop it! Did your hubby not join in on the bubble wrap fun? #throwbackthursday
Thank you – I don’t remember my hubby being there that night which seems a little strange, maybe he was away for the weekend or something.
This is so creative and it actually looks fab! I can’t imagine you not having a top underneath though!! hehe. Thanks for sharing with #throwbackthursday and see you again next week I hope xx
Thanks Sarah – definitely wouldn’t have worn it without a top underneath! Thanks for hosting #throwbackthursday, lovely to link up 🙂
Haha that is awesome, my husband used to love designing his own fancy dress outfits at uni….keep your eyes peeled on a future post and you ‘ll see! Thanks for joining in with #throwbackthursday and hope you’ll pop by again!
Thanks Helen – will have to look out for your hubby’s fancy dress outfits on your blog! Thanks for hosting #throwbackthursday, lovely to link up 🙂