My Lovely Fancy Dress

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.  

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