One of most popular and iconic movie trilogies of the 80s, the Back to the Future films provide a fantastic source of fancy dress costumes. The main charcaters, Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox) and Emmett L Brown, are the most popular of the Back to the Future outfits, but a Biff Tannen costume [...]
Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, is one of the key characters in the Star Wars movies and she has a massive cult following. As a result, Princess Leia fancy dress is really popular and it is a great choice of costume to wear for a number of different types of fancy dress party.
Although Princess Leia [...]
Pocahontas was a Native American woman who married the Englishman John Rolfe in the 17th century, and became a celebrity when she returned with him to London. The story of the Native American princess has been given a new audience following the release of the Disney movie, and for this reason the popularity of Pocahontas [...]
An angel costume is a well-known fancy dress outfit. People decide to dress up as angels for differing reasons, but they are often a good choice of costume. Particularly if you are attending a ’saint or sinner’ type event or a Christmas fancy dress party.
Angel fancy dress is very easy to put together yourself, but [...]
Although Snow White is a fairytale character who has featured in various traditional tales, most people’s image of Snow White based on the beautiful Disney cartoon version of Snow White. As a result, most of the Snow White costumes available today are based on the Disney Snow White.
A Snow White costume is an excellent choice [...]
A good Cinderella costume is hard to better as an outfit for a fancy dress party. The character of Cinderella, from the well-loved fairy tale or traditional story, is the perfect choice for lots of reasons.
Disney made a movie of the Cinderella story, and it is the Disney Cinderella costume that is implanted in the [...]
Fairy costumes have always been a popular choice of fancy dress outfit. There are lots of variations on the typical fairy fancy dress costume, so a fairy outfit can easily be adapted to suit any type of fancy dress event.
The basic fairy costume consists of a simple dress (in greens, browns or decorated to look [...]
A Tinkerbell costume is a great choice of outfit for a whole range of fancy dress parties and events. It is based on the character of Tinker Bell (or Tinkerbell), the fairy from JM Barrie’s Peter Pan play and novel. Those wearing Tinkerbell costumes at parties are almost instantly recognisable. This is partly due to the popularity [...]