The IKEA Fancy Dress Dinner Party

Oh, what we would have given to have been wandering through the West Sacramento IKEA last Saturday night. A group of about 28 people, all dressed in semi-formal attire, feasted in the cafeteria and then made themselves at home in the showrooms, where they played board games...

All unbeknownst to IKEA.

Unlike Mark Malkoff, who lived at the Paramus store for a week, and the Oslo stores, which allow overnight stays, however, the Sacramento visitors left when the store closed.

Details via Curbed SF.

Comments (18)

Too cool.

posted by art on May 23rd 2008 at 10:25am
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I do not know about the dress code, but those meatballs are to die for :-))

posted by New York Muhtari on May 23rd 2008 at 10:31am
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Sounds like an Improv Everywhere type of mission!

posted by ami on May 23rd 2008 at 10:41am
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love it. wonder if that could be pulled off in schaumburg!

posted by PlanItGirl on May 23rd 2008 at 10:47am
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that's such an awesome idea! i lurve it!

posted by jennaelliott on May 23rd 2008 at 11:18am
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Only at Ikea! Gotta luff it!

posted by quiltmaster on May 23rd 2008 at 11:52am
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I think I know where I'm throwing my next party!

posted by bepsf on May 23rd 2008 at 1:17pm
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PlanItGirl - the Schaumburg store would be great for such an event - it's one of the few Ikea's that has an open floor plan, lots of windows, and if I remember right, at least two cafeterias, one actually having better food. (but no matter which Ikea, I always get the meatball combo!)
I would love for something to happen here in New York. Maybe at the Brooklyn Ikea after it opens (and the crowds have died down).

posted by apdesigngirl on May 23rd 2008 at 1:34pm
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Who knew Sacramento had it in them? Wow...way to go, Cowtown!

posted by JenJensen on May 23rd 2008 at 2:21pm
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fyi, fancy dress party really means "costume party"

32 weeks pregnant and am dying fir meatballs.

posted by piachka on May 23rd 2008 at 2:54pm
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HEY!! I knew that guy on the far left looked familiar!!
It's the internet-famous guy from cockeyed.com : http://www.cockeyed.com/pranks/ikea_party/ikea01.shtml
!!!

posted by highrarara on May 23rd 2008 at 3:12pm
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heh heh, I guess that's were the Curbed got their link from. Hot water it is.

posted by highrarara on May 23rd 2008 at 3:18pm
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HA. As soon as I saw Rob Cockerham (blue shirt in the second picture) I knew this would be some high quality shenanigans. His site is worth checking out. (I'm fond of the How Much Is Inside? Adventures.

posted by squidlette on May 23rd 2008 at 3:19pm
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Seriously lame

posted by hdtex on May 23rd 2008 at 3:24pm
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Wish I had guts to do smth like that. It should be lots of fun

posted by Nudik on May 23rd 2008 at 5:51pm
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Ha! Ha! Rob Cockerham is a friend of a friend... this Ikea party was one of many pranks he pulls for his website www.cockeyed.com. He's famous for them. Check out his website: http://www.cockeyed.com/pranks/ikea_party/ikea01.shtml

HAHAHA!

posted by KrapArtist on May 25th 2008 at 10:50pm
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there is a german artist who had a show here in the postmasters gallery in ny a few months back. filmed in some european ikeas, with his wife and kids, and basically did the same thing.

posted by blkbrrry on May 27th 2008 at 5:45am
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Sounds like fun! Wish I had been shopping my local Ikea when it happened, I would have pulled up a chair and joined in.

posted by MelissaLeigh on May 27th 2008 at 2:50pm
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