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Kids to wear children's fancy dress in charity drive
Kids at a nursery in Newcastle are to don children's fancy dress as part of a forthcoming charity event this week. The Croft Day Care nursery is to allow children to dress up in colourful costumes as part of Bring a Pound to Work Day, which is being organised on Friday October 15th 2010 by the Douglas Macmillan Hospice. Parents of the fancy dress-clad youngsters will pay a pound to the charity drive, while staff members will also be making their own contributions by dressing down on the day, reports... Read more...
Students make a stand over sexy fancy dress
A group of students recently made a stand after finding that their sports outfits were a bit too much like sexy fancy dress. The Bridgeport Central cheerleading squad from Connecticut in the US were handed their costumes ahead of a new sporting season this school term, but were surprised by how skimpy they were. Indeed, the girls pointed out that they breached the school's own rules about athletes not being allowed to show their midriffs. Led by Ariana Mesaros, the squad took their complaints to Connecticut education bosses, saying it... Read more...
Vampire Fangs featured on CSI: Get the Look
Last night one of our favourite suppliers of Vampire fangs made their debut on the Silver Screen as the hit US show CSI, Las Vegas featured their stars wearing a wide selection of Scarecrow vampire fangs. Read more...
Countdown to Halloween: Gorilla & Cage Costume
As we approach Halloween we know that a lot of you are looking for the perfect fancy dress costume and that's why everyday we will be featuring a few exciting new additions to the ever expanding wardrobe of Escapade costumes. We are all very excited about today's addition, which is the hilarious and impressive Gorilla & Cage costume. This exclusive costume is a fantastic addition to Escapade's ever expanding collection of funny Halloween costumes. Make sure you come back tomorow for the next featured costume of the day, we will... Read more...
24 days until Halloween fancy dress - Recipe planning time!
With party invitations sent out and Halloween fancy dress on its way or in the wardrobe, this weekend could be the ideal time to start planning what food you plan to serve up at your party. Although you obviously can't begin making it yet - unless you plan to have some rather indignant guests - you should have a good idea of how many people should be coming and what kind of things they like eating. Halloween-Online.com suggests getting in some of the ingredients for pumpkin-shaped pizza (you just shape... Read more...
Harry Hill mocks up The X Factor in fun fancy dress
Harry Hill has been celebrating the return of TV Burp by mocking up the X Factor in fun fancy dress. The funnyman returns to our screens on Saturday (October 9th 2010) and he posed for a series of photographs in TV Times dressed up as both Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell. "I had great fun with Simon. But it was a little bit strange dressing up as Cheryl," Harry revealed. He joked that he felt very powerful with his Simon Cowell fancy dress on, Read more...
Historical fancy dress abandoned as Robert Downey Jr calls in sick
The historical fancy dress Robert Downey Jr wears for his role as Sherlock Holmes went unworn earlier this week after an unscheduled break was called during the filming of the sequel. According to the Sun, the actor caused staff and film crews to down tools for the day on Tuesday (October 5th 2010) after he called in sick. "Everyone was fired up and ready to go. Word filtered around that Robert had a bit of a sniffle and wouldn't be coming in. It was a bit of a shock," an... Read more...
Koko: Bat Out of Hell - Halloween Ball
After a rip roaring sold out 6th birthday party, Guilty Pleasures returns on October 30th to howl at the moon for a harrowing Bat Out of Hell Halloween Ball. AWOOOOO! The regular ghouls, goblins and God-knows-whats that traipse up and down Camden High Street will be one of the many instead of the few on this, the pinnacle date in the creepy calendar. (Not an actual calendar, but go with it). But a crap scream mask off the market doth not a Guilty Pleasures make. Hell no. We are veterans... Read more...
25 days until Halloween fancy dress: Ideas for decor
With the time for wearing Halloween fancy dress fast approaching, this week could be a good time to look at decor for your home. There are plenty of affordable bits and bobs that can now be picked up from the supermarkets, with Asda currently stocking some fab pumpkin-shaped tealights for under a fiver. However, as with invitations, it's also fun to add to them with handmade items. 101 Halloween Ideas recommends creating creepy table displays by filling vases with empty branches, pressed autumn leaves and dried flowers and then tying... Read more...
Schoolgirls celebrate nationalities with fun fancy dress
Schoolgirls in Fareham have been learning about nationalities different to their own through the use of food and fun fancy dress. As part of the recent European Languages Day, pupils of Wykeham House School were invited to dress up in flags and other costumes and to learn about other cultures and celebrate their own identity. They spent September 24th 2010 eating Swedish meatballs, Italian cannelloni and French croissants and took part in lots of fun competitions, as well as learning a few words in other languages. Headmistress Lynn Clarke told... Read more...
26 days until Halloween fancy dress – Time to send out your invites!
Now you’ve sorted out your Halloween fancy dress costumes and they should be winging their way to you, now’s the perfect time to turn your attention towards party invites. If you want your bash to go down with a bang (or a ghostly howl), then you’ve got to let people know that you’re having one, as well as where and what time. Although you can buy standard invitations, it could be great fun to make your own, as you can coordinate them with yours and your children’s costumes – for... Read more...
Russell Brand: Katy and I wear fun fancy dress as a disguise
Fun fancy dress helps Russell Brand and Katy Perry go out in public together when they don’t want to be recognised. The funnyman said at the launch of his new autobiography My Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal that they have a tried and tested disguise to ensure they stay incognito – old lady fancy dress. “I put on some specs, then I bend over like an old man and go out with Katy holding a cane and we dodder around like a couple of bag Read more...