My Lovely Fancy Dress

Are you a Superhero?

Do you have a fancy dress party and you don’t know what a good costume is? Do not worry and keep your cool - because the superheroes have come.

They are always a very good option and will make you feel like the most successful of your friends and maybe you might have the opportunity to save a beautiful woman…

First, Batman - the dark knight. With this fancy dress you will feel the real night power inside of you.

Another option if you have a phone box close to you is to disguise as Superman, but take care with the kryptonite.

But if that night you wish climb up walls, Spiderman is your option.

If you have really cool sideburns, take advantage of them and became a Wolverine.

Finally, if you are not still fit you always have..

Fancy dress that can make or break your hen party

Fancy dress adds another element of fun to your Hen party, and can help to tie together a themed weekend, if that is what you have planned. With so many ideas out there what will work, what should you avoid and what should only the boldest of hen groups embrace? Here’s our guide to the good, the brave and the brash of fancy dress options for your hen party.

If you are expecting everyone to bring along their sexy fancy dress, learner plates or best 80’s outfit, do remember to give them plenty of notice that the party will be fancy dress and you are expecting them to play ball. The more time you can give them the more chance they have to really get creative in the planning of their outfits. Finally please do consult with the bride-to-be first regarding which themes she will feel comfortable with; it is, after all, her night!

The Good

• A Sex and the City theme deftly sidesteps the need for embarrassing costumes whist giving everyone the chance to dress glam. The perfect accompaniment to a limo chauffeured night or a sophisticated cocktail making class. Little black dresses and high heels compulsory!

• Simple coordinating of colours works well. If everyone wears black and the bride white she’ll feel special and stand out all night. Or you could all dress in her favourite color.

The bold

• Hit the dance floors with a D-I-S-C-O theme – you will need kinky afros, heavy makeup, large glasses, sequins aplenty, flares and impossible platforms to really be the dancing queens. Cheesy but easy.

• Give it some sass with a 1920’s flapper theme. This vintage look allows you to have fun and look sexy. Think Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago and wear short skirts, bobbed wigs, strong dark make up and party hard just like the original flappers.

The brash

• What can be brasher than a French Maid’s outfit? Dark nylons, a little black dress finished off with a white pinny over it and if you really want to excite the boys, a feather duster to clean them down.

• For a summer’s night that you will never forget why not say “aloha” to Hawaii for your theme. Weather and your bottle permitting you could be having a night out dressed in only bikinis, grass skirts and flower garlands to preserve your modesty. Ukuleles are optional.  

Resource Box

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MAKE UP FOR A CLOWN

If you are thinking of dressing up as a clown for your next costume party, you have to take into account some advice to care for your skin and try to choose the best face paint.

There are two different types of make-up. One is water based make-up and the other one is oil based make-up. Depending on which type of skin you have, it will be better for you one or the other. Apart from skin type, it may be better to use oil based make-up as the water based make-up will run off your face if you sweat a little bit.

Steps to follow when applying make-up:

•  Spread a protective cream over your face

•  Start step by step, firstly apply the white base over your your face.

•  Adding colour and design. This is where your imagination and your preferences start. Crayons are really useful to draw the outline of the areas and then spread colours into the pictures.

•  If you are going to be a happy and wonderful clown use colours like red, pink and yellow. If you are going to be a sad clown think of browns, blues, blacks and greys

• The final step. Don’t forget that you have to remove all of your make-up at the end of the day. Cooking oil is very useful in these cases, and it works really well.

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Follow more advice here, to achieve a great character.

Apart from the costume and make-up you need to consider some accessories as well:

•  Colourful wig. You can also buy hair colour and just spray it on.

•  A very big hat.

•  Pick out your shoes, bigger than your real feet.

• White gloves

• Colourful bow-tie

Everything else is not as important, but you can add whatever you want to achieve a great character.

COSTUMES FOR CHRISTMAS

Who hasn’t seen a man dressed like Santa Claus on the street at this tiem of year?

It’s the most typical fancy dress at Christmas time. This lovely man is part of a magical illusion every year, giving children presents on Christmas day.

You will probably see him, smilling broadly at shopping centres, markets and other meeting points. Jolly and fat, parents go with their children to see him and tell him what they would like for Christmas.

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If you’re having a party this Christmas, don’t forget your white beard, your red hat and lots of presents!

And why not? finally you can enter the house via the chimney

IS LADY GAGA ALWAYS DRESSED LIKE A JOKE?

We don’t know any other singers that dress like Lady Gaga, maybe Madonna in her youngers years used to dress a little bit weird, but not in the same way that Lady Gaga does.

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Nowadays, singers must impress the public to sell more copies of their music compositions, due to an intense rivalry between bands and single singers. In the case of Lady Gaga it’s an amazing and really weird case, she used to dress with “normal” clothes that look like costumes and fancy dress.

You can find a large gallery of her most famous pictures here. Some of them surprise you in a good way, and provide you with ideas for your future parties.

We can say of her that she is a theatrical dance-pop performer and she likes to be the centre of attention, this is the reason she dresses like we’re in Carnival.

Apart from her style, she is a superstar!