THE LEADING ACTOR HURRIED BY
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One choice is to dress like Bob Dylan for your party. There are many different looks he has sported over the years. Here are some ideas, although there are even more to choose from and this list is only a short guide.
Folk Singer Bob
- Work shirts or turtle neck sweaters
- Blue jeans
- Work boots
- Felt/corduroy cap
- Short jacket or sheepskin coat
Electric Bob
- Dress shirts (often buttoned to the top with no tie)
- Shirts can also be striped or polka dotted
- Black Ray Ban Wayfarer shades
- Single button dark blazer/jacket
- Skinny jeans
- Cuban boots
Rolling Thunder Bob
- Wide brimmed hat (grey or cream) with flowers on the brim
- long scarf knotted at the neck
- 'Grandfather' shirt in white
- Black waistcoat
- Jeans
- Cowboy boots
- White face paint
Eighties Bob
- Loose shirts
- Leather pants
- Leather fringed jacket
- Earring
- Eye liner
- Blond hair streaks
Modern Bob
- Wide brimmed hat (preferably with a jaunty feather)
- Long, western style jacket
- Black pants with stripe
- bright coloured silk shirt
- Bolo tie or cravat (or both)
- Cowboy boots or two-tone retro shoes
You can also use your imagination and dress as a character from one of Bob Dylan's songs...
- The Jack of Hearts
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Maggie's Ma, Pa or brother
- Mack the Finger
- Einstein disguised as Robin Hood
- A jealous monk
- Cinderella
- Preacher with twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest or Gypsy with a broken flag and flashing ring
There are so many! You can investigate all the songs for ideas by perusing the lyrics on Bob Dylan's official website here.
You could saunter in to the EDLIS chronology of clothing and see just what a clothesline saga it is!
Costume essentials and accessories are available here.
