Top Ten Fancy Dress Ideas
Fancy dress parties are a great way to get everyone gathered together for an evening of fun. Costume choices are a super conservation starter and whether you want to showcase your creative costumes at your local pub or club or in the privacy of a house party, fancy dress is a great way to have a daringly different night.
Gone are the days when fancy dress was restricted to children’s birthday parties as grownups across the nation love nothing more than indulging in the amusement that comes hand-in-hand with forays into the world of fancy dress.
Decade parties are very popular, especially for birthday celebrations. If the person throwing the party was born in, for example, 1974, the 70s could simply be the theme for the party.
TV and film characters are an enduringly popular choice for all kinds of parties. From Borat to Lara Croft, and even DangerMouse, there is an accolade of options available for people to choose from.
Simply choosing a letter from the alphabet gives your guests complete freedom over what they want to dress up as. For example, a “V” party would call for people to dress up as vicars, vixens, villains or anything else beginning with the letter v. Your guests will be limited only by their imagination!
Taking inspiration from the silver screen is a great way to throw a fun fancy dress party. Guests can dress up as their favourite movie star and the options are endless.
The Wild Wild West is another classic theme and an easy one to conjure up costumes for. Cowboy boots, denim and checked shirts are staples and guarantee to add a touch of hi ho silver to the evening.
The theme of “What you want to be when you grow up” is fun because each individual can decide on their exact costume and you get to find out what all your friends aspired to be when they were younger. A uniform theme is another simple choice and is particularly popular for hen and stag parties. Sailors and firemen for the boys and nurses and air hostesses for the girls.
Spread some good karma and have a fun party by choosing a charity shop theme. Set a price limit and ask guests to buy their outfit from a local charity shop. No two outfits are ever the same with this theme.
Whatever you decide on, this is a theme with plenty of scope for guests of all ages and is also great for couples or groups of friends whose fancy dress costumes can complement each other.
