Long before Pinterest boards and Spirit Halloween, there was Jane Asher’s Fancy Dress—a gloriously chaotic relic from the 1980s filled with DIY costumes that were either wildly creative or mildly traumatizing (sometimes both).
Yes, that Jane Asher—the actress, baker, and former girlfriend of Paul McCartney—blessed us with this fever dream of a dress-up book.
This post features the most hilarious throwback costumes from its pages, offering a peek into a time when dressing as a cracked teapot or haunted broccoli was apparently a solid party choice.