Who doesn’t love Top Gun? It has everything - Tom Cruise back in the day looking hot, and an epic 80’s sound track. You just can’t beat it! So what better than a Top Gun costume to look cool and relive those memories?! If you are going to an 80’s costume party, or a movie theme party, a Top Gun costume is the perfect outfit.
Guys can go as Maverick (Tom Cruise himself) in a number of different costumes. You can either wear some faded jeans, a tight white t-shirt (if you have the physique for it!), a leather bomber jacket and some aviator shades, of course, to finish the outfit off. This costume is easy to put together and if you have all the components already, it’s cheap.
If you prefer you can go as on-duty Maverick in a flight suit you can pick these up easily from some online fancy dress stores. Just search for a pilot costume, an air force fighter pilot costume or an armed forces pilot suit.
You might find a slight difference between a British and an American armed forces suit but for the purpose of a Top Gun costume the difference won’t really matter. Again just make sure you add some aviator shades and wear a clean white T-shirt underneath.
The other option is a white naval officer uniform, as Maverick and all the pilots wore at graduation, if you want to look really smart. Again these are relatively easy to find in fancy dress stores at a reasonable price. You will probably have to look for a US sailor officer costume for this one, and make sure it has epaulettes, white gloves and an officer hat with it.
If you need a Top Gun for girls the best option is to dress as Kelly McGillis in an 80’s style pencil skirt, although none of her outfits were as memorable as the pilot’s in the film.
If you prefer to go as one of the other main Top Gun characters, your best choice is probably Ice (Val Kilmer) because of his distinctive blonde hair. You can get loads of good blonde wigs. Alternatively you could be Goose, Viper, Jester, Cougar or Wolfman.
Whichever character or costume you choose to go for, firstly have a look on the internet for some images from the movie. These will boost your memory and give you some good ideas on which to base a Top Gun costume.