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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...
Katy Perry wears sexy fancy dress for Victoria's Secret performance
She is well-known for her love of dressing up, so it was not too surprising to see Katy Perry wearing sexy fancy dress for a performance at a Victoria's Secret show last night (November 10th 2010). The singer sported a flouncy glittery dress that looked like an exploding firework for her song, er Fireworks, before changing into a yellow latex frock. It was typically cartoonish, but we think that if she'd added a few red shapes, it would have looked exactly like <a Read more...
Christmas fancy dress launches Chatsworth's festive displays
The festive displays at Chatsworth House and estate in Derbyshire have now been launched with the help of Christmas fancy dress. This year, the theme is A Russian Christmas and the stately home - which was the setting for the film Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley - is lavishly decorated with trees, nativity scenes and decorations. Youngsters wearing children's fancy dress costumes including sugar plum fairy outfits joined the Duchess of Devonshire to be shown around the Read more...
Christmas fancy dress could liven up this year's festivities
Anyone considering a festive party next month could think about making it Christmas fancy dress-themed in order to enjoy something a little bit different. KPVI.com states that there is no need to reserve dressing up for Halloween only, as Christmas is a great opportunity to don funny costumes and be even more merry than usual. "Christmas offers a lot options for costumes, from traditional icons like Santa Claus and his reindeer to popular holiday movie characters like Scrooge," the website pointed out. If your party is adult-only and does Read more...
Warner Bros deal to allow fans to check out film fancy dress
Film fancy dress fans will get the opportunity to check out the costumes used in a number of Warner Brothers movies when a new tourist attraction opens in 2012. The production company will have a permanent UK base soon after it announced plans to develop its existing facilities in Hertfordshire. Props, costumes and various other items from silver screen hits will be housed in the £100 million facility, with visitors getting the opportunity to learn about how they went from ideas on a script to their full cinematic glory. <a Read more...
Harry Potter fancy dress sure to get a boost thanks to new film
Film fancy dress is sure to have a boost in sales this month as the next installment in the Harry Potter series is released in cinemas. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One will hit movie screens on November 19th 2010 and Emma Watson - who plays Hermione Granger - has already said fans are in for a treat. Writing on her Twitter page, she said: "Saw DH Part 1 over the weekend. It's absolutely amazing. I am so proud and pleased. Can't wait for you all to see... Read more...
Fun fancy dress event to take place in Liverpool this month
Liverpool is to play host to a fun fancy dress event later this month in the form of its annual Long Night celebrations. Cultural centres all over the city will throw open their doors on November 18th 2010 for visitors to go along to and enjoy exhibitions, performances and tours, the Liverpool Echo reports. Anyone who participates is also likely to see plenty of Christmas fancy dress, as the evening also marks the official start of Liverpool's festive period. Among the activities on Read more...
Children's fancy dress helps brave boy cope with cancer
A little boy from the US is being cheered up while he undergoes cancer treatment by his love of children's fancy dress. Aidan Reed, five, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September 2010 and has already undergone chemotherapy and numerous other painful procedures, MSNBC.com reports. However, he has always loved monster fancy dress and has been passing the time in hospital by wearing costumes and drawing dozens of pictures of Read more...
Eva Longoria sports fun fancy dress to MTV awards
Eva Longoria showed off her lively sense of humour this weekend as she presented the MTV European Music Awards partly in fun fancy dress. Although the Desperate Housewives actress arrived to the Spanish event in a flattering Victoria Beckham gown, she appeared on stage to present her first link dressed as a giant ham. It looked as though it was an homage to Lady Gaga's recent steak fancy dress outfit, but it certainly raised a few smiles among members of the Read more...
Brad Pitt: My kids would love me in Spiderman fancy dress
Brad Pitt has revealed that his kids would love to get him in superhero fancy dress to play Spiderman. Speaking to People at the premiere of his new animated movie Megamind, the actor said his little ones loved the webbed wonder. "Spiderman is big in our family. The kids think he's the coolest. If there was one superhero they would want me to play, that would be the one," he revealed. Unfortunately for Pitt, Andrew Garfield recently inherited <a Read more...
Another fun fancy dress party ends in characters being KOd
It may be that people need reminding of the definition of fun fancy dress, but another costume party has ended in a brawl after revellers drank too much and began arguing. Earlier this week, we reported that a bash at a dog racing track had erupted into a big scrap after attendees at opposite sides of the ground started to trade insults. Now, it has emerged that a man in smurf fancy dress KOd someone dressed as a rasta at the Word Up club in Greenock on Halloween Read more...
Halloween fancy dress results in bizarre arrests
Two people were arrested in separate incidents in the US last week after their Halloween fancy dress got them in trouble. In Maryland, a man wearing a baby costume was apprehended for disorderly conduct after trying to get people on his street to give him candy and sweets. The police were called after Joseph David DiVanna, 47, started cursing at passersby, but he insisted he was provoked and they were actually at fault. Despite his protests, neighbours were upset at his trick-or-treating and he was carted off in his nappy... Read more...