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Royal wedding 'great excuse for fancy dress parties'
The forthcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton have presented a great excuse for people to get out their fun fancy dress costumes. This is what residents of Norsey View Drive in Billericay plan to do as the Echo has reported that locals are intending to hold a huge street party on April 29th 2011. As well as having a tea party on the public holiday as the pair tie the knot, residents have decided to go all out and celebrate by putting on their wildest costumes. People could... Read more...
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...
Kids put on children's fancy dress to celebrate new Disney book
Youngsters in Grimsby are likely to have had a great time when they put on children's fancy dress to celebrate the release of a Disney book. They turned up at the West Marsh Children's Centre recently sporting their best Woody and Buzz Lightyear costumes in honour of the new Toy Story 2 Disney graphic novel. The Grimsby Telegraph told how children, toddlers and babies all took part in dressing up, putting on their best cowboy shirts or space outfits. Eighteen-month old Raven Gloyne decided to go as Woody and her... Read more...
Camp Bestival's fun fancy dress theme revealed
Bestival enthusiasts are likely to be getting their medieval fun fancy dress outfits together after it was revealed that this is the theme for this year's Bestival gig. Residents in Dorset could find themselves surrounded by a whole host of kings and queens on the last weekend of July this year, as music fans pull on their best costumes to watch the likes of Eliza Doolittle, Katy B and House of Pain perform live on stage. It will be a challenge for attendees to keep their Maid Marion and Knight... Read more...
Kate Middleton's local pub plans fancy dress party for royal wedding
People around the country are no doubt thinking of the many ways they can celebrate the forthcoming nuptials between Prince William and Kate Middleton. While some may be in the throes of organising a street party, others are using the royal wedding as an excuse to get out their favourite fun fancy dress costumes. One such place that intends to go all out on April 29th this year is Middleton's local pub in Bucklebury, The Old Ship Inn. Punters have been invited to test their creative skills with a fancy... Read more...
Fatboy Slim attends sister's wedding in adult fancy dress
Most girls dream about their wedding day but Fatboy Slim's sister took her fantasy to the extreme when she had an animal fancy dress do over the weekend. Lois Cook, sister to the DJ Norman Cook - aka Fatboy Slim - decided to go for an alternative theme when she tied the knot with her fiance Bill Morrow at Brighton's Sea Life Centre. They kept with the fishy trend, with the bride ditching the normal white dress for a prawn costume while her groom chose to come as a <a Read more...
Film fancy dress goes on show in LA
An exhibition in Los Angeles is showcasing the best in film fancy dress, including several outfits from Oscar-nominated flicks. The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising is the location for the show, which is entitled Art Of Motion Picture Costume Design and is on now. Among the outfits available for visitors to look at is the Mad Hatter fancy dress worn by Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland and the Elizabethan dress worn by Helen Mirren in 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...
Sexy fancy dress still didn't make Carrie Fisher feel good
Actress Carrie Fisher has revealed that she has always had body image issues, even when she was in the iconic gold bikini sexy fancy dress from Star Wars. The 54-year-old appeared on Oprah this week to discuss her well-documented mental health problems and her new diet, which has seen her drop 17lbs. However, in what is sure to be surprising news for Star Wars fans, she admitted she never felt attractive in the Slave Girl fancy dress she wore for Return of the 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...
Kenny Dalglish outed as a sexy fancy dress fan?
Kenny Dalglish may be red-faced at work today after he and his wife Marina were apparently outed as fans of sexy fancy dress. The revelation came as their son Paul responded to a comment on Twitter regarding some ice skating costumes, the Sun reports. Speaking to his sister, he suggested she asked their mum and dad if she was short of any, because they have a secret stash at home. "Heard mum and dad like to role play as Torvill and Dean when spending 'quality' time together. They have all... Read more...
Sexy fancy dress sees Valentine's Day sales boom
More of you seemed to be shunning expensive restaurants in favour of staying in with some sexy fancy dress this Valentine's Day, if our new figures are anything to go by. After looking at sales trends from the end of January until this week, we noticed that more risque costumes were dispatched during this timeframe than during the whole of last year. As usual, the most popular item ordered was Princess Leia Slave Girl fancy dress, but police and firemen's Read more...