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Pancake Day sees racers in fun fancy dress
There's always an excuse to wear fun fancy dress and Pancake Day is one of them. Bracknell residents are likely to agree as many of them will be slipping on their favourite costumes to take part in this year's Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday (March 8th 2011). The event will take place in Bracknell town centre and it will involve participants taking part in a relay race carrying a pancake in a frying pan and flipping it at the start and finish lines. Organisers have encouraged runners to wear funny... Read more...
Lady Gaga bases outfit on fun fancy dress for Aids awareness
Lady Gaga appeared on national television in America this week wearing an outfit that was inspired by fun fancy dress. Nothing new there you might think - but this time, she revealed the costume was designed to look like condom fancy dress in order to spread the message about safe sex and Aids prevention. The singer is a MAC beauty ambassador and also a keen campaigner on the subject, so she sported peachy-coloured latex from top to bottom on Good Morning America. "I Read more...
Paris Hilton celebrates big 3-0 in fun fancy dress
Paris Hilton celebrated her 30th birthday in style this week with a fun fancy dress party in the excusive Hollywood Hills. The heiress threw a themed pimps and showgirls bash, arriving on the arm of current boyfriend Cy Waits in showgirl fancy dress. Some 300 friends and family attended and the police were present just to make sure nothing kicked off, although everything seemed to be very peaceful. However, clearly not wanting just an ordinary Read more...
Prince William in for fun fancy dress spectacular?
Prince William could be dressing up in fun fancy dress for his stag do after it was revealed that he has left brother Harry in charge. The royals usually have a number of male 'supporters' instead of a best man, but Wills has broke with tradition to appoint his younger sibling as his ring-bearer and chief funny speech-maker. A palace announcement was made regarding the arrangements yesterday (February 14th 2011) and it was also revealed that there will be four bridesmaids and two pageboys in attendance at Westminster Abbey on... Read more...
Fun fancy dress fans invited to Nozstock Festival 2011
Fans of fun fancy dress might be interested to hear that tickets have now gone on sale for the Nozstock Festival 2011. Now in its 13th year, the event will be held at Rowden Paddocks in Bromyard, Herefordshire on July 29th and 30th. Farmer and organiser Pete Noz said there is always something to suit everyone at the festival, with those who don't like to rough it catered for by boutique camping in bell tents, as well as proper showers. He explained that the theme for this year's costumes should... Read more...
Fun fancy dress 'is a great way to beat the recession blues'
If you're feeling a bit fed up because you've had to switch to own-brand baked beans and stop going out as often because of the economic downturn, then why not try some fun fancy dress to cheer you up? About My Area said it's not surprising that people are feeling a bit down, but suggested that dressing up in costume is a great way to beat the post-recession blues. "Many people think that dressing up is costly but that doesn't always have to be the case," it insisted. In fact,... Read more...
RAF man gives himself a send-off in fun fancy dress
An RAF serviceman who was found to have been illegally smuggling cigarettes into Britain threw himself a fun fancy dress party as a send-off before jail, it has emerged. Aircraftman Paul Garbutt was one of three men found to have been transporting the contraband from the Middle East to the UK who got found out by the authorities. After pleading guilty, he decided to have a get-together with his pals and showed he had a sense of humour about the whole thing by wearing <a Read more...
Fun fancy dress lands chef in hot water
An item from a fun fancy dress outfit got a chef in big trouble recently, it has been revealed. Phiwi Dolo, 31, had been out to a party on October 17th last year and had met a girl during the course of the evening, the Mirror reports. After a fair few drinks, he decided to leave, taking the toy gun from her cowgirl fancy dress with him. The RAF employee then tried to attract the attention of passing cabs by waving the little plastic toy Read more...
Ant and Dec sport fun fancy dress for new TV show
Ant and Dec are always game for a laugh, so it should be no surprise to see them in fun fancy dress to promote their new TV show. The Geordies have been pictured dressing in a range of costumes to play a fictional family as part of the excitement surrounding Push The Button on ITV1. Ant takes on the roles of a mum, dad and two brothers, while Dec has to play another brother, a young girl, her boyfriend and a family friend. To ensure they look as realistic as... Read more...
Plucky mum to run fourth marathon - in fun fancy dress
A brave cancer survivor is to this year run her fourth marathon - and she is hoping to raise money by sporting fun fancy dress as she does it. Tina Grist, 39, will be taking part in the 2011 London Marathon again, but she has also completed the Paris version of the event in the past, the Burton Mail reports. The April race will mark three years since she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but she is now in remission and wants to raise money for the Burton CT... Read more...
Fun fancy dress set to help kids get fit
A fun fancy dress event is set to encourage children and their parents to get fit by doing more walking. On Friday (January 28th 2011), pupils at Alderman Leach Primary School in Darlington are to help launch the Great Swapathon, the Northern Echo reports. This is an initiative organised by NHS Change4Life and aims to get people to make little changes to their daily routine in order to make them healthier. As part of the programme, pupils will be asked to walk to school for just one day this week,... Read more...
Loose Women sport fun fancy dress for National TV Awards votes
People of a nervous disposition may wish to avoid them, but photographs have been released of the Loose Women in fun fancy dress to drum up votes for the National Television Awards. According to the Mirror, they are up for best topical magazine show and decided to get in costume to generate a little extra publicity. Carol McGiffin wore a Lady Gaga costume similar to the one the pop star wore in her Telephone video, while Coleen Nolan became Vicky Pollard. Meanwhile, Denise Welch did her best to emulate Cheryl... Read more...