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Top 3 Fancy Dress Ideas For New Year's Eve
Top 3 Fancy Dress Ideas For New Year's Eve What better way to usher in 2018 than with a crazy themed, fun filled fancy dress party. Here at Escapade we love any excuse for one and we want to make sure that you make the entrance of the evening in a fabulous costume. To make things easy for you, we have compiled a list of some of the most popular New Year’s Eve fancy dress party themes this year with some spectacular ideas on what to wear. Read more...
Schools encouraged to don fun fancy dress for Red Nose Day 2011
School teachers and children have been encouraged to wear fun fancy dress later this month in order to raise as much money as possible for Red Nose Day. According to Shropshire Live, kids across the country raised a record-breaking £7.8 million in 2009, but Comic Relief organisers want them to do even better this year to help some of the world's poorest people live a better life. The theme is 'do something funny for money', so all kinds of activities could be on the agenda on March 18th, including quiz... Read more...
Fun fancy dress the theme for Man City's festive party
It may have been a Christmas party, but the players at Manchester City opted to wear fun fancy dress for their team bash over the weekend. The players turned up on Saturday (December 4th 2010) looking bright and cheerful in polka-dot outfits to go clubbing in Hale, Cheshire. We're not entirely sure what the theme was, but the costumes did look a little bit like clown fancy dress, although the Mirror speculated they could all have been children's TV Read more...
Rihanna admires children's fancy dress in Toronto
Rihanna took time out in Toronto this week to meet some of her young fans, some of whom were in children's fancy dress. The Disturbia singer was in the Canadian city yesterday (August 5th 2010) as part of her Last Girl on Earth tour and seemed pleased to pose for pictures with the youngsters. One was wearing a jolly clown fancy dress costume, while another dressed as a princess to meet her idol, the Daily Mail reports. Rihanna, 22, then took part in some fancy dress-wearing Read more...
Bank robbery in children's fancy dress fails miserably
A man who tried to rob a bank in America wearing children's fancy dress failed this week after being caught by booby-trapped money. Dennis Hawkins, 48, sported a clown costume, a blonde wig and - rather bizarrely - fake breasts to attempt the heist in Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 24th 2010). However, after holding up cashiers with a toy gun and making off with a bag of cash, Hawkins' master plan began to fail. He attempted to steal a car but its owner jumped out with the keys, while the... Read more...
Carnival fancy dress enthusiasts to invade Cardiff
Cardiff will be awash with carnival fancy dress later this month as the city participates in its annual Caribbean-themed carnival event.A colourful parade will take to the streets on July 31st 2010 complete with costumes, dancers, music and body-painted people emulating dragons.It is being run by the South Wales Intercultural Community Arts group and is sure to attract throngs of people, the Western Mail reports.Visitors will be able to learn how to dance and even play the drums if they want to get Read more...
Join the carnival at Welsh fancy dress event
If you're from Wales, next month could present the perfect opportunity to don carnival fancy dress and make the most of the summer.That's because Llanidloes is gearing up for its annual Llani Fancy Dress Street Party on Friday July 2nd, an event that promises to be lots of fun, the Cambrian News reports.Now in its 40th year after being established by a former police sergeant, 1,337 people have already confirmed that they will be attending via the event's official Facebook page.Attendees call it Wales' answer Read more...
Children's fancy dress 'is a great way to beat boredom'
Anyone who is struggling to think of ways to entertain their little ones during the forthcoming school holidays should embrace children's fancy dress.Sally Reynolds, a spokesperson from LEGOLAND, told us that kids love dressing up, plus it is an easy way of tiring them out in time for bed!"The great thing is that they can be heroes or whoever they want to be, and it also means they run around a lot," she pointed out.A new poll from LEGOLAND has shown that nine out of ten children get a thrill... Read more...
Scary clown fancy dress at the ready - Stephen King's It is back!
Clowns may be used as toys for young children, but we have to say there's something very creepy about adults dressed in <clown fancy dress costumes.However, get ready to see a lot more of them as coulrophobia (that's fear of clowns to you and me) prepares to affect a whole new generation of movie fans.Stephen King's It is due to be remade next year and we've heard it won't be for the faint-hearted, with Pennywise the clown set for a revival as an even more terrifying malevolent force.He already makes... Read more...
Bungling robber tackles shop in fancy dress costume
Robbing a shop in a clown fancy dress costume may have sounded like a good idea in theory, but one criminal was left red-faced this week in the US after his attempt went wrong.An employee at Allsup's in Clovis, New Mexico, called the police on Sunday (May 2nd 2010) to report that a man in a clown mask had threatened him at gunpoint, CNJ Online attests.However, the store had not been open long and no more than $50 (£33) was in the till, meaning that the robber did not make... Read more...