You still have time to work up a good Halloween work out outfit. Try saying that 10 times quickly. Why not go as a Perfect 10 — from the 80s or 90s, that is. One benefit — you will not be tempted to eat too much Halloween candy if you are outfitted in lycra, spandex, and other gear stretched tighter than sheep gut over a snare drum.
We thought butt floss looked good back then??!!
From my personal 80s collection! Even the dog can't look! Maybe it's the orange headband!
If you have access to
leg warmers,
thong – or even better (worse?), full-bottomed leotards,
terry cloth braided headbands,
shiny tights,
t-shirts with strategic strips cut into them, or
flashdance sweatshirts with the neck and sleeve hems cut ragged
Ack, block that colorblock leotard from the 80s
–why then, you are SET to SWEAT and COLLECT on full Halloween treats.
In case you do NOT own the above, do what we did and go to your local thrift store. You can also do what we did and take all your pictures in the dressing room due to massive embarrassment from all the adoring stares we received from the homeless guys. Hey, for under $20 you can Sweat Back in Time and be popular.
We did, and discovered a few things:
1) Such valuable fitness costume items may be available for purchase pre-Halloween only. The thrift stores we went to all hold onto their “good” stuff until October then present it as costumes. So shop while you can! You never know when you need a pair of bright pink exercise shorts.
I could swear we thought these were cool
2) Some of the stuff we thought was “perfect” meaning hideous and dated and obviously an over-the-top costume turned out to look pretty darn good and au courant. How does that reflect on our taste? Yikes!
That track suit isn't tracking.
Blue velour - the cheap person's Blue Velvet
3) Bargains do exist if you are willing to dig a little. By “dig” we mean “humiliate yourselves in public.”
Please don't shoot my orange velour!
Dear Readers: Vote for your favorite and we’ll consider actually buying that outfit and wearing it in a future video. “Consider” is not the same as “Promise.”
I definitely vote for the hot pink tights and the butt floss leotard. Wowza. Would be nice if you could add a headband to get the total look.
I think you’re right. I have the lovely orange headband on in the paisley one-piece, but I think my bangs lessened its “loveliness.”
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The 80s pink tights get up…with leg warmers
too awesome.
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You’re right. I will go find my leg warmers. I actually used to wear them. But we actually needed them before fitness shoes were invented!
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Yeah..I think I had ALL these outfits at one time or another…
Yes, Michelle, but the question is – do you STILL have them? If so, we want pics.
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I totally agree with Kathleen!!
You just made Kymberly very happy as she does NOT want to win with that purple leotard. She is SO hoping I have to go out in public in butt floss!
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I like the track suit but in a different color LOL, love the thought of leg warmers
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Does anything beat dressing up as your former self? I am sure that everything we considered to be hip still is hip in some alternate dimension, even the 80′s!
Thanks for the fashion show, this post took some time. (I believe there may be a pun in there somewhere)
-b
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I think that dressing up as your former self is even more fun the original wear, because it gives you a chance to totally mess with your teenage kids. And yes, your pun was clever as it only took us 25 years to get this together. We’re just sad that we got rid of all our legwarmers and striped leotards. Our kids are not sad about that at all!
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I love your outfits, especially the one your dog doesnt like and the top with the pink leggings ….if you ever need to sell those, you know where to call =))
hahahaha. Sell them? We didn’t even buy a few of them. We just tried them on in the thrift store, took the pics, laughed ourselves silly and got out before anyone recognized us. But if I DO sell the ones I own, I’ll let you know, oh yes!
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