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London in Fancy Dress
Gribbo
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Got on to the platform at Redhill Station yesterday and there were 3 or 4 groups of people dressed up in fancy dress, not necessarily Halloween garb either.
Get into London Bridge, train empties and there's even more getting off our train. Get down into the main station at London Bridge and there's even more.
Train out to Woolwich Arsenal, Get off, and there's even people there dressed up. Final straw comes when I'm standing outside The Elephant & Castle and a blokewith a 4 foot plastic sword and his suzzed up Mrs in tow, walking through Baresford Square.
Pretty sure I see even more on my journey home, but not sure what was what by that point...
Anyone shed any light, or us this just London in 2022?
Get into London Bridge, train empties and there's even more getting off our train. Get down into the main station at London Bridge and there's even more.
Train out to Woolwich Arsenal, Get off, and there's even people there dressed up. Final straw comes when I'm standing outside The Elephant & Castle and a blokewith a 4 foot plastic sword and his suzzed up Mrs in tow, walking through Baresford Square.
Pretty sure I see even more on my journey home, but not sure what was what by that point...
Anyone shed any light, or us this just London in 2022?
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Stag dos, Hen dos, Halloween parties etc, pretty normal for London on a Saturday.0
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Honestly Neil, there was hundreds of em in the main station at London Bridge0
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Sure they weren't Palarse ultras13
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Loads around Westminster Abbey area yesterday about 11 am in Alice in wonderland costumes. No idea what it was all about.0
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What? Were people dressed like Richi Sunak?North Lower Neil said:Stag dos, Hen dos, Halloween parties etc, pretty normal for London on a Saturday.2 -
Comic Con was on at Excel I think.
Massively popular now.
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That may well have been one of these:O-Randy-Hunt said:Loads around Westminster Abbey area yesterday about 11 am in Alice in wonderland costumes. No idea what it was all about.
https://www.cluedupp.com/collections/alice-in-wonderland
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I've never understood why people dress up like that, but each to their own.0
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Wondered the same myself, coming back from Bushy Park lots of people (of all ages) In halloween/horror outfits as well as some kind of fancy dress that I couldn't work out on the train & at Waterloo main line. Was also surprised at the amount of females who seemed to have shopped for the smallest garment possible to cover (or not) their bits, is this a Halloween thing or just a normal Saturday night ? I think I need to get out moreGribbo said:Got on to the platform at Redhill Station yesterday and there were 3 or 4 groups of people dressed up in fancy dress, not necessarily Halloween garb either.
Get into London Bridge, train empties and there's even more getting off our train. Get down into the main station at London Bridge and there's even more.
Train out to Woolwich Arsenal, Get off, and there's even people there dressed up. Final straw comes when I'm standing outside The Elephant & Castle and a blokewith a 4 foot plastic sword and his suzzed up Mrs in tow, walking through Baresford Square.
Pretty sure I see even more on my journey home, but not sure what was what by that point...
Anyone shed any light, or us this just London in 2022?
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There was some sort of walk I presume for charity yesterday. It was called the Hallowen walk and terminated at the Oval Kennington. Went past them on the way to the Beehive last night.0
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Over here the in ‘cosplay’ thing is ultra slutty schoolgirl outfits, it’s really creepy if I’m honest.Gribbo said:
Some of it was a bit borderline going by what some of the women had on, and considering its all comic relatedOff_it said:I've never understood why people dress up like that, but each to their own.1 -
Tbh, now I know what it was, some of the costumes looked like characters who'd be in some of those East Asian fantasy type cartoons (not the naughty ones). Pretty sure they're aimed at adults, but comics are usually associated with all ages, including and possible mainly, young people, so I personally still find it a bit strange.Stu_of_Kunming said:
Over here the in ‘cosplay’ thing is ultra slutty schoolgirl outfits, it’s really creepy if I’m honest.Gribbo said:
Some of it was a bit borderline going by what some of the women had on, and considering its all comic relatedOff_it said:I've never understood why people dress up like that, but each to their own.
Also just remembered on the platform at LB, a woman done up like, and acting like, a proper (as opposed to cartoon) geisha girl. Her old man was standing next to her in everyday clobber (unless he went as Bill or Ted)0 -
Speak for yourself Stu…!Stu_of_Kunming said:
Over here the in ‘cosplay’ thing is ultra slutty schoolgirl outfits, it’s really creepy if I’m honest.Gribbo said:
Some of it was a bit borderline going by what some of the women had on, and considering its all comic relatedOff_it said:I've never understood why people dress up like that, but each to their own.10
