How to Throw a Theme-Party

If there's anything I know anything about, it's distopian literature relationships theme parties! Themed parties are better than non-themed parties because costumes are a non-liquid form of courage that allow people to be better version of themselves be more fun than they ever are in real life

I was 25 and not a student when I had great success with "Back to School Bash". Present at the party was a nursing student, "teen-mom", janitor, gym teacher, and mathletes-champion circa 1992. A grey background set the stage for a medley of now-20-somethings reenacting their worst-ever school photos.

Another success was "General Hospital". Present at this soiree was a rich young thing dripping in jewels waiting for her elderly husband to die, a couple with one half dressed as a "general" and the other a "hospital", a doctor without borders, and these:

Take a cue from the examples above. The best themes are:

• Open to interpretation 
• Require minimum cost for those who don't wish to go all out or drop money on something they'll never wear again. 
• Have real-life invitations (ok, facebook if you must) sent out a month in advance to give people plenty of time to plan.
• Have genuine follow-through.
• Heck yes, we had chicken nuggets and french toast sticks at the back-to-school party and wine out of beakers at the general hospital one.

Looking for a Creative Theme? Try one of these:

When we're our parents

Open to interpretation, one attendee might choose to dress as a carbon copy of their mother or father; another might interpret this as a futuristic/ distopian-theme.

Dream Job

What if you could be anything (wait there's more...) in any era?

Well, where else am I going to wear it?

The perfect solution for your prom or wedding dress or that pair of chaps you bought "as a joke".

You can thank me by directing your pleased party-guests to Hobo Siren. Photos, pleeeease!