# Lebowski Fest: What should I wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330 "2010-02-02T03:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/1 "2010-02-02T03:34:21Z")
I’m attending a Lebowski Fest Saturday in Springfield, Illinois. What should I wear? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/2 "2010-02-02T03:59:53Z")
I know it’s cold but…[Maude](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_voNFWrrm-Pw/SrJ_mOSEAzI/AAAAAAAABNc/shAH_sbsDPI/s400/6a00d83451b46269e200e54f65ec528833-800wi%5B1%5D.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/3 "2010-02-02T04:00:10Z")
Well if you can’t scare up Maude’s Viking hat and accouterments, how about one of the [Gutterball girls?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2ET5K6zY0) Or Bunny-just ask the guys dressed like the Dude to blow your toes dry:D ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/4 "2010-02-02T04:10:00Z")
[The Jesus?](http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=212499342&listingid=53026892) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/5 "2010-02-02T04:31:41Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I know it’s cold but…[Maude](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_voNFWrrm-Pw/SrJ_mOSEAzI/AAAAAAAABNc/shAH_sbsDPI/s400/6a00d83451b46269e200e54f65ec528833-800wi%5B1%5D.jpg) I thought you were going to suggest the black leather boots and flight harness. Period. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/6 "2010-02-02T05:27:48Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/7 "2010-02-02T05:50:13Z")
So the answer _isn’t_ a tattered bathrobe? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/8 "2010-02-02T06:39:50Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So the answer _isn’t_ a tattered bathrobe? Tattered bathrobe gets my vote. ETA: The Dude would never have to ask for wardrobe advice! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/9 "2010-02-02T07:06:11Z")
Try to keep your head out of the toilet, it’s not always easy. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/10 "2010-02-02T08:00:52Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I thought you were going to suggest the black leather boots and flight harness. Period. > > 😉 Same here. I almost broke my arm clicking on the link. By now, all of the “obvious” costumes have been taken. How about getting a whole bunch of steel wool and knitting a “Brother Shamus’s Volkswagen” outfit? Although from what I’ve read, it’s almost certainly been done already. . ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/11 "2010-02-02T08:30:10Z")
Purple jumpsuit! PURPLE JUMPSUIT!! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/12 "2010-02-02T12:13:42Z")
Go as the rug. You’ll really tie the place together. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/13 "2010-02-02T12:40:17Z")
The bathrobe is only good if you want to be like everybody else there. You could go for Sam Elliott’s cowboy character, complete with fake mustache. Order sarsaparilla soda. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/14 "2010-02-02T13:56:30Z")
Kenny Rogers, but with bowling ball buttcheeks and a bowling pin cod piece. You know, because he sang _Just Dropped In_, which played during the trippy scene where the bowling pin slides between two bowling balls. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/15 "2010-02-02T15:21:21Z")
Dress as one of the guys from Driveshaft. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/16 "2010-02-02T15:25:36Z")
Go as Saddam Hussein in a bowling shirt. Or maybe a tumbleweed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/17 "2010-02-02T15:26:03Z")
Go as Walter, dressed to impress in a too-tight three-piece-suit and aviator shades. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/18 "2010-02-02T15:26:25Z")
Go in an iron lung. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/19 "2010-02-02T15:50:58Z")
Wear whatever you want. I’ve seen people in street clothes and every costume you could imagine, from the toe to the Pomeranian. (I’ve always felt that if you’re going to go as the Pomeranian, you really ought to wear bowling shoes and carry a beer. It’s just funnier that way.) You could just wear a towel and tell people you came over to use the shower. Or wear a jumpsuit and tool belt and tell everyone you’re here to fix the cable. Or you could wear all black and go as a Nihilist. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330/20 "2010-02-02T19:51:26Z")
What is even better than going to a Lebowski fest? I’ll tell you. Seeing [Two Gentlemen of Lebowski](http://www.dm-theatrics.com/) on my birthday in April. If you haven’t read the [script](http://www.runleiarun.com/lebowski/) yet, here is an excerpt: > [@](#): > > [THE KNAVE’s house. Enter THE KNAVE, carrying parcels, and two THUGS. They fight] > > BLANCHE > Whither the money, Lebowski? Faith, we are servants of Bonnie; promised by the lady good that thou in turn were good for’t. > > WOO > Bound in honour, we must have our bond; cursed be our tribe if we forgive thee. > > BLANCHE > Let us soak him in the commode, so as to turn his head. > > WOO > Aye, and see what vapourises; then he will see what is foul. > > [They insert his head into the commode] > > BLANCHE > What dreadful noise of waters in thine ears! Thou hast cooled thine head; think now upon drier matters. > > WOO > Speak now on ducats else again we’ll thee duckest; whither the money, Lebowski? > > THE KNAVE > Faith, it awaits down there someplace; prithee let me glimpse again. > > WOO > What, thou rash egg! Thus will we drown thine exclamations. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebowski-fest-what-should-i-wear/527330.md?page=2)