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Colleen Atwood’s Revolutionary Snow White & The Huntsman Costumes
While the latest adaptation of the Grimm brother’s fairytale; Snow White & The Huntsman has had a mixed bag of reviews its wardrobe has been held in incredibly high esteem, this may have something to do with 3 time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood expertly plying her craft with some of the most stunning and unique costumes the film world has seen in a long time. Making Charlize Theron look evil is no minor feet. The women has long been one of the sexiest stars in Hollywood and has a fan... Read more...
RockNess Festival Theme Announced – Monsters & Aliens Fancy Dress
The organizers behind RockNess have announced the festivals very first official fancy dress theme since its founding in 2006. The RockNess 2012 theme is Monsters & Aliens which will mean the beautiful scenery that surrounds the shores of Loch Ness Scotland is set to be invaded by more than just one monster during the 8th – 10th of June this year. Read more...
M&M Characters Don British Themed Fancy Dress Costumes for Jubilee Advertisement
With the Queens Diamond Jubilee fast approaching Mars have rolled out a special red, white and blue M&Ms promotion pack to get the celebrations started on the sweet side. The Union Jack themed TV advertisement aired on the 27th of May and will run for four weeks consecutively. The advert is set in a sitting room lounge where the Yellow M&M tries on a series of stereotypical British outfits including; a punk look, posh look, and a British fancy dress costume while a jubilee party can be seen taking place... Read more...
How Britain and the World have changed during Queen Elizabeth II’s Reign
Our Queen has reigned (as a figurehead) over the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth for the last 60 years. Next weekend marks the Queens diamond jubilee and while we at Escapade are selling out of British fancy dress costumes in preparation for the event at record speeds we decided to take a look at the things that have changed size HRM assenced to the throne in 1952. Read more...
Great Gatsby Trailer Release - Authentic 20s Costumes
There are countless other films being released during 2012 that are sure to keep us chained to our cinema seats however our current focus is on a film that won’t be making its appearance in cinemas until late December. Yesterday we go a sneak peak at Baz Luhrmann’s attempt at tackling, what is widely considered, as being one of literatures greatest works The Great Gatsby with a trailer release that has set our tongues waging. Read more...
Original Willy Wonka Costume For Sale
Historical movie memorabilia including the original Willy Wonka costume worn by Gene Wilder in the 1971 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be going up for auction this coming July. While a plethora of items from the iconic 1971 film are set to fall under the gavel the undisputed showpiece of the auction is Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka signature costume. The outfit consists of a purple velvet frock coat, camelhair and wool slacks, violet lame vest and a satin bow tie. The outfit which rightfully deserves it place on... Read more...
Barnstaple Grand Prix - Lawnmower Racing and Fancy Dress
Let Monaco keep their F1 Grand Prix because in the sleepy town of Barnstaple, Devon there is a yearly event with more prestige, danger and excitement than any yacht fraught waters in the South of France could ever offer. We are of course talking about the Barnstaple Grand Prix where pedal bikes, scooters, skateboards and the grand finale lawnmowers are raced through the streets by fancy dress clad aficionados. This year’s Grand Prix took place last Sunday and saw a collection of the UK’s finest lawnmower racers gather from across... Read more...
Marvel & Avengers Film Quiz Night
Love Film? Love the Cinema? Love Quiz's? Then you will love the Film Quiz Night at the West India Quays Cineworld. The Cineworld team at West India Quay will be hosting their first ever film quiz so if you know the answers to questions like: Read more...
Win Free Avengers Cinema Tickets!
Win free cinema tickets to see the Avengers at any Cineworld Cinema UK wide. We’re dressing up a team of Cineworld staff in our finest Avengers fancy dress costumes as they promote the release of the brand new Avengers film. To return the favour the kind team at Cineworld have donated two pairs of free cinema tickets to see the new Avengers film at any Cineworld cinema in the UK. Read more...
Batman forced to leave the Escapade fancy dress store.
Batman has been spotted wandering around the Escapade London fancy dress store. The Dark Knight appears to have a little time off after the filming ended for the latest instalment of Chris Nolan’s trilogy. As Batman wandered around our store surprising and amusing customers he rather oddly told us that he was looking for British themed fancy dress accessories in order to celebrate this summers London Olympics. Read more...
Aalborg Karneval Kostumer
At Escapade we have long been fans of the Danish carnival held annually in Aalborg every May. The one of a kind festival sees over 100,000 spectators watch and take part in the biggest party in northern Europe. The Carnival consists of a week of celebrations divided into three parts: The Battle of the Carnival Bands, the Children’s Carnival and the Grand Parade, which sees thousands of party goers dress up and take part in a giant parade. Read more...
Escapade Provides Costumes for the Big Egg Hunt
At Escapade we are proud to be providing Easter costumes for The Big Egg Hunt in association with Fabrege, Action for Children & Elephant Family. For those of you based in London you may have come across the Easter Eggs which have been spread throughout London for the last month. The Egg Hunt features 200 magnificently designed egg sculptures, which have been created by a fantastic list of leading artist & designers. Read more...