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Zombies invade Leicester (don't worry, not really)
Read lifestyle news as you browse for Halloween fancy dress with Escapade Anyone heading in to Leicester on Saturday (June 18th 2011) may have been forgiven for thinking they were on the set of an apocalypse movie. It all started when a 'concerned citizen' - who had obviously been watching The Walking Dead and thinking it was a documentary - wrote to the council to ask if the city would be prepared for an attack by the undead. Leicester City Council's Lynn Wyeth kindly wrote back to the unnamed person... Read more...
Trailer for new Muppets movie is released
Read entertainment news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade Fans of The Muppets may be pleased to hear that a trailer for their forthcoming movie has been released. Two teaser snippets were put on the internet in recent weeks, one of which was a parody of The Green Lantern, but it turns out that they were just there to throw people off the scent. Now, the real trailer has emerged and it shows the gang of characters involved in everything from sword fights and love scenes to... Read more...
David Walliams wears Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress
Read entertainment news as you browse for fun fancy dress with Escapade David Walliams is no stranger to putting on funny fancy dress to elicit a laugh or two - and he's surely amused readers of Heat magazine with his latest outrageous stunt. The Little Britain star was snapped wearing a bridesmaid's dress remarkably similar to the one that Pippa Middleton wore at April's royal wedding between Prince William and her sister Kate. With his 6'3" muscular frame and Read more...
Boy George shows you're never too old for fancy dress
Read entertainment news as you browse for sexy fancy dress with Escapade He might have just turned 50, but Boy George has shown that you can never be too old to enjoy a good ol' costume party. The Culture Club singer and DJ recently held an unforgettable bash in London to mark his milestone birthday, inviting guests who turned up in costumes ranging from Halloween-style ensembles to some rather sexy fancy dress outfits. Held at the Lightbox Nightclub in Vauxhall, the party saw Read more...
Jolie and Pitt's kids love fancy dress
Read entertainment news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade Fancy dress costumes seem to be a favourite of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's kids, who were recently snapped wearing some colourful ensembles. The whole family is currently in Malta where Pitt is involved in filming for his latest movie, World War Z. Two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne were seen sporting ladybird and princess costumes respectively while having fun at an indoor play park along with siblings Shiloh, Zahara, Pax and Maddox. And it was just Read more...
Telecoms worker ditches shirt and tie for Iron Man costume
Read lifestyle news as you browse for superhero fancy dress with Escapade Now here's a great way to liven up an otherwise dull day at work - turn up at the office in an Iron Man costume. That's what one Chinese man did recently after spending several months building an ensemble based on the outfit worn by Robert Downey Jr in the hit Iron Man movies. Wang Xiao Kang spent around £274 on the aluminium suit, which features a glowing arc reactor Read more...
Teenager creates Dad's Army set in garden sheds
Read lifestyle news as you browse for historical fancy dress with Escapade An enterprising teenager from Norfolk has managed to recreate the set of hit TV show Dad's Army in his garden shed. Darren Stride, 19, first began work on his Bygones Museum at his home near Great Yarmouth four years ago, making use of a range of wartime accessories such as medals, gas masks and a Dad's Army costume to transform the humble space into a shrine to the comedy after being forced to move his collection from Read more...
Reliant three-wheeler the safest car on the road, study finds
Read lifestyle news as you browse for TV fancy dress with Escapade When you think of what might be the safest car on the roads today, the humble three-wheeled Robin Reliant is perhaps nowhere to be seen. However, a new study by Confused.com says that motorists lucky enough to have the vehicle are actually the least likely to be involved in an accident. According to the website's figures, the last five years have seen fewer than one in every 100 drivers of the Robin Reliant end up in a collision.... Read more...
Fun fancy dress runner gets the boot from charity efforts
Read lifestyle news as you browse for fun fancy dress with Escapade A man who frequently takes part in fundraising fun runs wearing fancy dress has been sacked by a charity after what they saw as an unimpressive display at the London Marathon. Ex-footballer Lloyd Scott took part in the gruelling race in April dressed as Brian the Snail from the Magic Roundabout. It took him a whopping 26 days and he suffered nose bleeds and vomiting, but he did raise £20,000 for Action for Children. However, the charity was... Read more...
Kate Moss enjoys hen do on Isle of Wight
Read celebrity news as you browse for sexy fancy dress with Escapade Kate Moss was snapped over the weekend indulging in a boozy pre-wedding get-together at the Isle of Wight Festival - and while there was little in the way of hen night fancy dress, the supermodel and her gang of friends appeared to have had a fantastic time. The party joined tens of thousands of festival-goers to celebrate Moss's upcoming nuptials with Jamie Hince, a guitarist in The Kills who also seemed to have a stag night fancy dress-free... Read more...
Thomas the Tank Engine to be turned into a movie
Read entertainment news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade There could be some very excited fans on retro television in Britain this week, after news that Thomas the Tank Engine is to be turned into a live-action film. Reverend W Awdry's stories about a little blue steam train were first brought to life for the small screen in 1984, with Ringo Starr providing the voices. However, Thomas and his pals are now to get the big screen treatment, directed by Shane Acker from a script written by... Read more...
Dictator fancy dress unveiled for new Sacha Baron Cohen film
Read lifestyle news as you browse for fancy dress accessories with Escapade Photos revealing Sacha Baron Cohen's costume for his latest film have been published - and a fancy dress beard and wig seem to be key components of the actor's latest look. The Dictator, which is directed by Larry Charles and will be released next May, will see Cohen take the title role of an Iraqi leader who falls in love with a peasant girl. It seems like a strange film even for the star of Borat and Bruno... Read more...