Friday 24 October 2008

Fancy Dress Ideas - Where Do I Start?

So you're going to a fancy dress party but need some ideas? You've come to the right place! This article is dedicated to helping you come up with fancy dress ideas for all manners of occasions such as:

  • Halloween
  • Christmas
  • New Years
  • Hen Night / Stag Do
  • ...or just about any party with an excuse to dress up!

Fancy dress ideas themselves are not particularly hard to come by, good ones however are! More importantly perhaps, they must also fit in well with whatever budget you have to spend.

Cheap Costumes

When choosing a fancy dress outfit, people are often faced with a choice between purchasing a costume and hiring one. Costume hire is obviously cheaper, but owning a costume enables you to reuse it on different occasions; meaning you don't have to come up with more fancy dress ideas next time!

Most fancy dress retailers don't hire their costumes out online; due to the inevitable sizing problems, but many do have a selection of outfits for hire in-store, so if you are looking for a one time only costume pop down to your nearest fancy dress shop.

For those who wish to own a costume but don't want to spend top dollar; don't despair! You will find that there is a vast range of surprisingly cheap fancy dress costumes available both in stores and on online.

There are perhaps 3 main approaches you can take when buying a fancy dress costume; DIY, off-the-shelf and going all out.

DIY

For cheap but unique fancy dress costumes the do-it-yourself method of piecing together an outfit from different accessories is always popular. There is a huge variety of accessories available to choose from wherever you go which will likely inspire you with many costume ideas.

For parents looking for ideas for their children, piecing a costume together from fancy dress accessories is ideal, and can be a lot more fun too! Cosmetics such as face paints and hair spray are favourites with children.

Off-the-shelf

Fancy dress costumes available off-the-shelf are generally slightly more expensive than putting the outfit together yourself, but it is also a lot easier as you have a lot of full blown ideas to choose from.

Whether you are looking for specific costumes - such as Halloween costumes, Pirates, film characters etc. - or if you are simply looking for a fun, distinctive outfit for a generic fancy dress party, there are a huge amount of full fancy dress costumes available in every theme imaginable - just take a look around online for an idea of what is on offer; this should give you plenty of fancy dress ideas to work with!

Going All Out

If you feel like going all out on an outfit, you can combine both of the above methods to enhance your off-the-shelf costume with accessories. With this approach, you are not limited to the fancy dress ideas presented to you by existing pre-made costumes, but you are able to customise and tailor a costume towards your own requirements.

Party Boutique has a huge selection of fancy dress costumes available to help inspire you with fancy dress ideas.

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