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| Best to pull off this look with a friend as no one is likely to
remember one half of Pepsi & Shirley. The girls started their
careers as Wham!'s backing singers. At the outset, it was Shirley
and Dee C. Lee but Dee ran off to marry Paul Weller and was replaced
by Pepsi (so called because she was bubbly, apparently and not because
of some multi-million soft drink tie-in).
The puffball skirt was all the rage in the '80s, and was essentially
a skirt that had been doubled over at the hem to give a puffball
appearance. (Invented by Christian LaCroix fact fans). It was a
look also favoured occasionally by Bananarama who customised it
for a more street-tough effect with leg-ins and Dr. Martens. Here
though Peps and Shirl carry off the carefree, girls-next door look
with knee high socks and ankle boots - a look that would eventually
attract Shirl's future hubby, Spandau and Eastenders favourite,
Martin Kemp). Most high street shops should still stock a version
of the puffball or its cousin, the Ra-Ra skirt. Failing that, if
you’re handy with a needle, how about customising an old ballgown
of mum’s that’s gathering dust in the attic? Remember
though, like the real Pepsi and Shirley, you’re expected to
be bright, effervescent and ultimately superfluous to requirements
so don’t feel bad if, after putting in a sterling social performance
at the party, people tend to ignore you. (Things went rapidly downhill
after 1987 debut single, Heartache you see.)
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| A great party look but expect to spend much of the time telling
guests: "We were in Wham! The backing singers? You must remember!". |
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| Oh that's pretty dear. Do you think the shop has one in my size? |
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