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Sky Sports writer promises fun fancy dress if team avoids relegation
A Sky Sports blogger has promised to wear any fun fancy dress costume his followers choose if his favourite football team avoids relegation this season. Dagenham & Redbridge are currently languishing in the relegation zone of League One after a 4-0 thrashing by Southampton earlier this week. However, Anthony Hodgson from the Sky Sports website said he is sure the team can battle their way out if they continue to receive support from fans instead of them staying away. "I'll do you all a deal, if we stay up this... Read more...
Kim Kardashian in sexy fancy dress shocker
If you're going to a party and your name is Kim Kardashian, then it's inevitable that you'll wear sexy fancy dress for the occasion. This is exactly what happened over the weekend when the reality TV star headed to a bash thrown by supermodel Heidi Klum. Determined to attract attention, Kardashian sported a Little Red Riding Hood fancy dress costume which was sure to have the desired effect due to its bottom-skimming length. The Liverpool Read more...
Fun fancy dress event ends in brawl at dog tracks
A fun fancy dress event resulted in a brawl this week after groups of revellers began trading insults at a greyhound racing track. Lots of people had gone along to Shelbourne Park in Dublin to watch the dogs race, with many sporting costumes to add some liveliness to the evening, the Journal.ie reports. However, the night got a little bit too lively when those on opposite stands started insulting each other and before long, they had crossed the stadium to go and have a scrap. An eyewitness told journalists he... Read more...
Man in 'princess fancy dress' wins Scrabble championship
A man dressed in what appeared to be pink princess fancy dress has won the title of national Scrabble champion. Mikki Nicholson, 32, who is a transsexual from Cumbria, donned the elaborate outfit of a dazzling PVC dress trimmed with lace, pink wig and bright lipstick when he reached the finals of the competition. Despite having only been playing the game for five years, he romped to victory after beating four-time champion Mark Nyman with words including 'obeisant'. "I'm thrilled to Read more...
Superhero fancy dress a hit with Heidi Klum
Supermodel Heidi Klum has been spotted in superhero fancy dress for her own Halloween party. The lingerie model and wife of pop star Seal donned a robot-like outfit for the annual ball she throws for friends and family, with Eva Longoria Parker rumoured to have been on the guest list for 2010. "She's even gone so far as to wear some type of stilts. It's probably the coolest Halloween costume we've ever seen," enthused HeatWorld.com. However, it wasn't completely clear which particular character Klum had dressed up as - it Read more...
Bermuda holds underwater Halloween fancy dress event
There will no doubt have been some exciting Halloween fancy dress competitions held over the past weekend. However, one of the most inventive in the world surely has to be Bermuda's Blue Water Divers Fancy Dress and Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest, which took place recently amid a flurry of excitement. Divers donned wetsuits and scary outfits such as killer clown fancy dress and headed down to the bottom of the ocean near the shipwreck of Read more...
2 days until Halloween fancy dress - Make the most of your pumpkins
If you've been following our countdown to your Halloween fancy dress party, then you should be almost ready. You've got the food and drink, made some cool decorations and carved the pumpkin - so now it's time to make the most of the flesh you saved from yesterday's jack o'lantern activities. First of all, you can toast, roast or fry the seeds for a great healthy snack and a good alternative to nuts. Then, you can use the flesh to create yummy cakes, as it will add moisture to sponges... Read more...
Halloween fancy dress costume causes mystery in US
Something of a mystery has erupted in the US over a man, a suspected burglary and a Halloween fancy dress costume. In a case that could have come straight from Scooby Doo, a man was arrested earlier this month after being found by police outside an Oregon museum wearing some kind of creature from the Black Lagoon outfit, the Daily Mail reports. The police dog bit him, but Gregory Liascos insists he was just waiting and happened to be wearing the Halloween costume his Read more...
Lily Allen: I wanted to own a fun fancy dress shop
Former singer Lily Allen has revealed she once had an ambition to open a fun fancy dress shop. The Smile pop star, who is now pregnant with her first child, told the Telegraph she loves dressing up and had considered setting up a base in London from which to allow other people to buy and borrow costumes too. However, she said she had a change of heart after discovering a love for vintage clothing and decided to open a boutique in Covent Garden with her half-sister Sarah Owens instead. "One... Read more...
3 days until Halloween fancy dress - Have fun carving your pumpkins!
With the preparations for Halloween fancy dress parties now underway in earnest, it could be the perfect time to get hold of a pumpkin or two and carve them to create jack o'lanterns. Once you've selected your specimens, Pumpkin Carving 101 recommends using a very sharp kitchen knife to make the initial hole in the top and then a paring knife for detail work. It could be a good idea to have a look around for some templates if you want more complex designs or you simply want to be... Read more...
4 days until Halloween fancy dress - You can get the food in at last!
You've been looking forward to your Halloween fancy dress party for ages, but at last it's coming up soon enough for you to get the food in. October 31st is a great excuse to decorate as much of your refreshment stash as possible and there are some fab recipes around from websites such as BBC Good Food. For example, don't forget to stock up on some baking ingredients so that you can make cupcakes and ice them up as ghosts or spiders (the legs for these can be easily done... Read more...
Fake blood 'is essential for Halloween fancy dress'
Fake blood and realistic makeup is essential for anyone who intends to take their Halloween fancy dress seriously. Jenn Malone, who now works as a makeup artist in Toronto, told the Brock Press that applying your scary cosmetics properly can mean the difference between turning into a sticky mess before midnight and being the most impressive attendee at your party. She pointed out that if your fake nose is dropping off and you can see through the blood or whatever you've used, you aren't doing it right. Jenn recommended that... Read more...