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  • Freddie For A Day - Freddie Mercury Fancy Dress Celebration

    If on Wednesday the 5th of September you found yourself doing a few double takes of yellow jacket wearing, lycra and leather clad Freddy Mercury look-alikes you are not alone, and you are not going mad. The moustached masses were paying homage to the late Queen front man with the annual Freddy For A Day (FFAD) charity celebration. The celebration which was set up in 1992 by the AIDs charity Mercury Phoenix Trust is now a worldwide celebration encouraging all of those willing to be involved to don some form of Freddy Mercury fancy dress and to help raise money and awareness of the charities work. The celebration was the brainchild of Mercury Phoenix Trust volunteer Liz Swanton who donned a Freddy Mercury costume on the late singer’s birthday and attempted to raise money at her workplace in central London. Her efforts proved to be incredibly successful and she rose thousands of pounds for the charity. Her success created a huge buzz and thousands of supporters wanted to get involved in the event. The result was that Freddy For A Day was born and is now celebrated across the world on or around his birthday. View Post

  • “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Hire “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Costume Designer

    While fans of the Hunger Games still await the announcement of new cast members for the trilogies second film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire one thing is for certain, whoever ends up playing the roles will look fantastic. This is because the studio announced this week that one of the most up and coming talents in film costume design Trish Summerville has been announced as the films costume designer. View Post

  • The Dark Knight Rises and Google Searches for Batman Costumes Rise With It

    With the year’s most anticipated film The Dark Knight Rises set to light up cinema screens across the UK and the rest of the world this Friday, at Escapade we have already seen a steady increase in searches and request for the films related character costumes. Over the next few weeks, at least until the Olympic Games steals their thunder, the Dark Knight Rises will be the hottest tickets in town (whatever town you live in). The Dark Knight Rises has been one of most hyped films of 2012 and that’s saying something during the summer of superhero blockbusters that have already graced the big screen. While it’s too early to say how the Dark Knight will measure up to this year’s Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man films the critics who have already seen it make the following arguments: View Post

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