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 [...]
A Sleeping Beauty costume is a really fun outfit to wear to a fancy dress party. Based on the fantastic fairy tale, which has bee turned into a classic Disney movie, the story of Sleeping Beauty could potentially inspire several great costumes.
Firstly, and most obviously, we come to the title character, Sleeping Beauty herself. The heroine is called [...]
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 [...]
Here are six ideas for 80’s fancy dress costumes. These would be really good fancy dress outifts to wear to an 80s costume party or to a costume party that doesn’t have a specific theme. Some of these outfits can be purchased or hired from a costume shop, and they could all be pieced together if [...]
A Count Duckula fancy dress costume would be a great outfit to wear to an 80s party. It would also make a really good cartoon fancy dress costume or a Halloween costume.
Count Duckula was a UK television show that came out in the 1980s. The main character, Count Duckula, was, as his name suggests, a [...]
ALF, which stands for Alien Life Form, was a great family TV show that aired in the 1980s. It was about a friendly (but sarcastic and cynical) alien, ALF, who crash-landed on Earth and ended up living with the Tanner family. ALF became a cult character during the 80s, and an ALF fancy dress costume would be [...]