Wedding Blues
I just found out that I have two weddings to go to on the same date.
One is for an old friend of mine, I had known him for more than 14 years since we came from the same school and joint the same club. He was the president and I was the vice-president of the club. We sort of drifted apart after graduating from school as we went separate ways after that. but once in a while, we still keep in contact.
The other wedding is my boss/friend’s wedding. I got to know her as a friend before I started to work for her. Her wedding reception has a disco theme and we are all supposed to dress ourselves with clothes from the 60s/70s disco era. That means wide collar starched shirt and pants, or tight top with bell bottom pants, anything from that era, you get my drift?
Now, if this was an ordinary wedding, then its not so bad, but since its a theme one, I have to go to both in my 60s/70s outfit. Can you imagine going to a traditional chinese wedding at a posh hotel dressed up as Elvis or anything from that era? People would look at you funny or think that you are the performer, or even the wedding singer.
I can’t imagine myself in a wide collar polyester suit with a big afro attending a chinese wedding… oh the agony…
Found this help on how to dress for a disco here
- Wear your hair big. Afros and pompadours were the height of disco fashion for men. Long, straight hair or very tightly permed hair was the norm for women.
- Make your body sparkle and shine. Cover yourself in glitter; wear makeup in bright and shiny colors; apply fake eyelashes and lots of blue eyeshadow.
- Put on loud clothes in awkward combinations.
- Try to dress only in synthetic fabrics, especially polyester.
- Dress in a fully matched ensemble, if possible, such as a leisure suit or velour jumpsuit. You might even wear a Village People costume.
- Pull on tight pants that flare at the ankles.
- Slip on platform shoes, keeping in mind that white ones are ideal.
- Expose as much chest hair as possible if you’re a man.
- Accessorize with lots of fake gold chains and jewelry.
Mandrake, you gotta proof-read your postings before publishing them! It should be “…joined the same club”, not “…joint…” lah. Also “…its a theme ” should be “it’s a theme one”, since “its” meant ownership.