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Irish festival to host fancy dress April Fool's party
People heading to Ireland could rummage through their collection of fun fancy dress for a pre-festival warm-up in Dublin on April Fools this year. Anyone who is getting excited about the upcoming Sibin Festival in Dublin at the end of April is in for a treat as there will be a taster for the live music gig on April 1st 2011 at Sweeneys. Fans of indie music can embrace their creative sides for the event as it's a special fancy dress night. This means there's no better reason to take... Read more...
Fans show off Star Wars fancy dress at exhibition
Three movie fans have been showing off their Star Wars fancy dress at a museum exhibition in California. Daniel Nichols and pals Hannah and James Littier made their way to Turtle Bay in Redding, California in order to visit a display entitled Out Of This World: Extraordinary Costumes, KRCTV.com reports. Featuring more than 40 models, outfits and props from classic films such as Tron, Terminator and Blade Runner, the exhibition aims to show people how good designs can help to create iconic characters that really stick in people's minds. Of Read more...
Star Wars fancy dress auction sure to cause a stir
An authentic Star Wars fancy dress costume is expected to raise a fortune when it goes up for auction later this month. The Darth Vader outfit, which is thought to be the one worn by James Earl Jones in The Empire Strikes Back, is being sold by an anonymous American collector at Christie's. According to expert estimates, it could pull in as much as £230,000 as fans and sci-fi enthusiasts clamour to get their hands on a piece of movie Read more...
Halloween fancy dress results in unsuccessful robbery
Wearing Halloween fancy dress may have sounded like a good idea for a man who tried to rob a restaurant in the US this week - after all, it should have scared everyone enough to result in plenty of money being handed over. However, this is not what happened to the bungling burglar, according to the Colorado Daily. Although he got all dressed up in a black cape, Halloween mask, gloves and a scary wig, a quick-thinking young cashier refused to be cowed and quickly pressed the panic button behind... Read more...
Star Wars fancy dress stunt is internet sensation
A Star Wars fancy dress stunt carried out in New York's subway earlier this month has become an internet sensation.Guerilla theatre group Improv Everywhere dressed up in Star Wars costumes to reenact the scene from the first film of the original trilogy in which Princess Leia meets Darth Vader onboard the Death Star.New actors joined the subway train at various stations to help recreate the action, with bewildered members of the public encouraged to participate too.According to the Telegraph, the YouTube video created of the 'mission' Read more...
Man robs bank in Star Wars fancy dress
A robber successfully pulled off a daring bank raid last week by wearing Star Wars fancy dress, it has been revealed. The baddie went into the Chase bank in Long Island, New York on Thursday (July 22nd 2010) wearing a Darth Vader fancy dress costume and proceeded to threaten staff and customers. Unfortunately for him, it took quite a long time to convince the cashiers that the incident was a real heist and not just a reality TV show Read more...
Comic-Con to welcome Star Wars fancy dress enthusiasts
San Diego's annual Comic-Con is once again set to welcome a group of fundraisers in Star Wars fancy dress as part of its line-up.The event takes place in California this coming weekend and 200 members of the 501st Legion are to make a special appearance in their sci-fi costumes.All Star Wars enthusiasts, they travel all over the US to take part in parades, visit sick children in hospitals and generally spread happiness while dressed as various characters from the six movies.Christi Ladnier, 42, told the Associated Press Read more...
Say 'Happy Birthday Empire' in Star Wars fancy dress
If you've got a costume party to go to over the bank holiday, then now could be the perfect opportunity to don that Yoda fancy dress outfit you've always dreamed of wearing.This month marks the 30th birthday of Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back - recently voted the best movie follow-up of all-time in a poll by LoveFilm - so Star Wars costumes are sure to be huge this summer.As MovieFone points out, Empire is arguably the best of the entire saga thanks to its stunning visuals, dramatic plot... Read more...
Inverness exhibition attracts scores of fancy dress costume fans
A museum in Inverness is achieving record visitor numbers thanks to a new exhibition which is appealing to fans of Star Wars fancy dress costumes and other sci-fi themes.Invasion opened at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery at the beginning of this month and features a range of props and outfits from films like Star Wars, Alien, Mars Attacks and Predator, including Darth Vader costumes and other exciting pieces.According to BBC News, some 300 people a day have been flocking to check out the event, which will go on until May... Read more...
Fancy dress costumes to be showcased at Bestival
Isle of Wight-based music event Bestival is encouraging its attendees to spend the weekend in fantasy fancy dress costumes.According to the Times newspaper, the Rob da Bank-curated music festival was one of the first to place an emphasis on fancy dress.As a result, fancy dress costumers are a common sight at music festivals up and down the country.However, it is not just the chance to wear fancy dress costumes all weekend which is appealing for people heading to Bestival.The newspaper said: "The music is as loud and imaginative as Read more...