Home

Blog

Partygoers to inject fun into Halloween fancy dress this year
Halloween fancy dress parties look set to be a lively affair in 2010 as people seek to forget the doom and gloom seen during the recession. We've been carrying out some research into costume preferences based on sales and social networking and have found that while obvious choices such as vampire fancy dress and Harry Potter outfits continue to be popular, so do certain others. This year, searches for comedy outfits are up by a massive 35 per cent, with sales also going up dramatically. "We believe that the current... Read more...
John Lennon 'livened up school with fun fancy dress'
A friend of John Lennon has revealed the musician once livened up a boring RE lesson by playing a trick using fun fancy dress. Len Garry, who joined Lennon's first band The Quarrymen, told Fox News they once had a religion teacher who was very serious and strait-laced, prompting the former Beatle to say: "This teacher is not going to be satisfied unless we're all priests." His comment sparked an idea in his own mind and Lennon went home that night to collect items for a host of <a Read more...
Harry Hill mocks up The X Factor in fun fancy dress
Harry Hill has been celebrating the return of TV Burp by mocking up the X Factor in fun fancy dress. The funnyman returns to our screens on Saturday (October 9th 2010) and he posed for a series of photographs in TV Times dressed up as both Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell. "I had great fun with Simon. But it was a little bit strange dressing up as Cheryl," Harry revealed. He joked that he felt very powerful with his Simon Cowell fancy dress on, Read more...
Schoolgirls celebrate nationalities with fun fancy dress
Schoolgirls in Fareham have been learning about nationalities different to their own through the use of food and fun fancy dress. As part of the recent European Languages Day, pupils of Wykeham House School were invited to dress up in flags and other costumes and to learn about other cultures and celebrate their own identity. They spent September 24th 2010 eating Swedish meatballs, Italian cannelloni and French croissants and took part in lots of fun competitions, as well as learning a few words in other languages. Headmistress Lynn Clarke told... Read more...
Russell Brand: Katy and I wear fun fancy dress as a disguise
Fun fancy dress helps Russell Brand and Katy Perry go out in public together when they don’t want to be recognised. The funnyman said at the launch of his new autobiography My Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal that they have a tried and tested disguise to ensure they stay incognito – old lady fancy dress. “I put on some specs, then I bend over like an old man and go out with Katy holding a cane and we dodder around like a couple of bag Read more...
Comedy Legend Pops Into Escapade
The Escapade shop was buzzing with excitement as a British comic iconic browsed their aisles in the Camden Superstore. Read more...
Jaime Winstone: I am massively into fun fancy dress
Hot on the heels of revealing she has a fun fancy dress room at home, Jaime Winstone has now admitted to being a little bit obsessed with it at parties. Earlier this month, the actress told the Daily Star she and housemate Daisy Lowe have a special dressing-up space in their house ready for whenever they want to have a party. Now, she has said in an interview with the Herald Scotland that she loves taking her costumes outside of the home they share too. "I have always been massively... Read more...
Tyneside man plans hair-raising fun fancy dress event for charity
A man from Tyneside is inviting locals to a fun fancy dress event this week as a part of a hair-raising stunt to generate money for charity. South Shields resident Dave Hall has organised a fundraising event to kick off a campaign which will see him generate £5,000 for Metro Radio and Magic 1152's Cash for Kids appeal and Myeloma UK, reports the Shields Gazette. However, there's a catch, as Mr Hall is to swear off shaving or cutting his hair until the total is reached - and he has... Read more...
Jaime Winstone: We've got a fun fancy dress room at home
Jaime Winstone has revealed she doesn't have to go far to indulge her love of fun fancy dress - because she's got a whole room dedicated to it at home. The actress, who lives with model Daisy Lowe, told the Daily Star they both love a good party, particularly the ones that go on for days on end. And in order to make sure they are always ready for a good bash, the girls have had a special room put in their shared house. "We have a creative room and... Read more...
Lady Gaga dismisses meat frock as nothing but fun fancy dress
Pop star Lady Gaga has waved off criticisms of the meat outfit she wore last week, insisting it was nothing but fun fancy dress. The singer sparked controversy at last week's MTV Video Music Awards after she turned up in a dress that was actually made of raw cuts of beef. Animal rights groups insisted it was cruel, but Lady Gaga has since defended her outfit, pointing out that it is not really any different to utilising other animal products. Talking at a gig in Philadelphia, she said: "What's everyone's... Read more...
Katy Perry wears fun fancy dress for a playdate with Elmo
Katy Perry is known for her love of different costumes, so she is likely to have been in her element when she got to wear fun fancy dress on Sesame Street. The California Gurls singer has made an appearance on the popular kids' TV show with little red character Elmo, whom she asked to take part in a dressing up game. Although Katy got into a bride fancy dress outfit - to reflect her impending wedding to Russell Brand - Elmo was less keen to join in. So the pop Read more...
Couple's fun fancy dress leads to wedding prize
A Staffordshire couple bagged a luxurious wedding package worth £22,000 after donning fun fancy dress outfits for a special competition. Mark Wood and Tonia Ratcliffe were one of ten couples to reach the final stage of the Win a Dream Wedding contest, which was organised by local newspaper the Sentinel. In an emotionally-charged evening at Stoke's Moat House Hotel, each twosome was required to turn up in costume before the winner was decided. Mark opted for <a Read more...