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Fancy Dress Party IdeasPlanning on a fancy dress party, but not sure what theme for your costumes? Check out our growing list of fancy dress ideas below. Fancy dress can take a bit of effort, but when you have a willing group of friends, it can be so much fun! Fancy dress costumes can be hired from costume shops. However, they are typically a little pricey. If you promote your party early enough, people may want to scout around on eBay for something special. We found that the price of buying your outfit is approximately the same price as hiring one, so we feel that buying is a good alternative (and you can use it again, or even start your own costume hire business!). Your cleverer more crafty friends may be able to save a buck or two by going to Spotlight (discount material stores) and making their own costumes. Fancy dress party ideas:1920s party click for 1920s fancy dress ideas (flapper style, boas etc.)
1930s party click for 1930s fancy dress ideas (lame, suits etc.)
1940s party click for 1934s fancy dress ideas (turbans, Charlie Chaplin, etc)
1950s party click for 1950s fancy dress ideas (Audrey Hepburn etc)
1960s party (hippies, long hair, flowers, peace signs, geometric prints, short skirts, big sun glasses, bell bottoms)
1970s party (corderuoy, afros, stripes, tight pants, skinny ties, gawdy prints, boots, jumpsuits, crochet, overalls, blue eyeshadow, track suits)
1980s party click for 1980s fancy dress ideas20th Century Fashion - choose outfits from any decade!
Action heroes party (Superman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash Gordon etc)
Action Man vs Barbie party
Adjective party (happy, sad, angry, sleepy, skinny, red, cute etc.)
African party
Alice in Wonderland fancy dress party
Ancient Egypt party
Animal party (guests have to dress up as an animal)
Animal print party (guests must wear animal print eg. leopard, zebra etc)
Arabian nights party
Armed forces
Back to school party/ Skool Days party (school uniforms, teachers, professors etc)
Bad taste party
Beach party
Beijing Olympics Party
Best of the British party
Bible characters party (Moses, Noah, Jonah, Esther - heaps of other ideas)
Black and white party (everyone has to dress in black or white)
Bling party
Black and Bling party
Bollywood party (sari costumes, jewellery accessories, party ideas - click on the link!)
Bright and tight party
Bubble wrap party - guests have to turn up in costumes made up of bubble wrap..
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Children's TV characters (Bob the Builder, Noddy, Paddington Bear, High 5 etc)
Christmas party (dress as characters from the nativity scene and shortly prior etc)
Circus party (dress up as a ringmaster, lion tamer, acrobats, burlesque women, knife throwers, clowns, magicians, human cannonballs etc).
Cops and robbers party
Disco party / Disco Dags and Divas Party
Disney party
Dr Who party
Earth party / Green party / Environment party (go as an environmentalist, a Greenpeace protester, a tree, dress in hemp, Captain planet)
East meets west party
Equestrian party
Espionage / 007 party / Dressed to Kill party
Famous people party click for famous people fancy dress ideas
Famous couples party click for famous couples fancy dress ideas
Fairytales and legends party (Snow White, Prince Charming, Cinderella, King Arthur, Robin Hood etc)
Film and TV character party
French revolution party
Gangsters and molls party
Gods and goddesses party
Gold and silver party
Goodies and baddies party
Grease party (the film)
Group fancy dress ideas - fancy dress ideas for those going with a group of friends and want to dress in a group theme
Heaven and hell party
Heroes and Villains party click for heroes and villains (goodies and baddies) fancy dress ideas
High School Musical party
High society party (dress as the social elite would - designer style, diamonds)
Historical fancy dress (let your guests choose which era they want to come as)
Hollywood legends party"I can't believe you wore that to my party" party (also known as Totally Tasteless party)
In da hood party (think bling, big chains, over styled track suits, skimpy female apparel)
Intergalactic fancy dress party click for intergalactic space fancy dress ideas
Jungle fever /Safari party
Kings, Queens, Leaders party
Kung fu party
Latin party
Leaders party (world leaders, local political leaders, dead or alive leaders, kings or queens, fictional or non-fictional)
Leather and Denim party
Letter party (guest dress up as a character/thing that starts with a specific letter - eg. the letter "S", people could choose to be superman, school girl, ski-instructor. Click for:
Letter A fancy dress ideas
Letter B fancy dress ideas
Letter C fancy dress ideas
Letter D fancy dress ideas
Letter H fancy dress ideas
Letter J fancy dress ideas
Letter L fancy dress ideas
Letter M fancy dress ideas
Letter N fancy dress ideas
Letter P fancy dress ideas
Letter R fancy dress ideas
Letter S fancy dress ideas
Letter T fancy dress ideas
London Tube Stations
Lord of the Rings party
Mad hatters tea party
Madonna party (replicate all the looks from Madonna's career)
Make believe party
Masquerade party
Medieval fancy dress party
Medical emergency party / Medical 911 party (doctors, nurses, surgeons, injured patients, ambulance officers etc)
Metallic theme party
Mexican party
Mo-vember party (everyone grows (or wears) a moustache for a party set in November)
Moulin Rouge party
Mr & Miss Universe party
Mr Men and Little Miss party (dress up as your favourite Mr Men/Little Miss character)
Mum and Dad party (dress up as your mum or dad)
Musical Idol party (dress as your musical idol)
Occupations party / "When I Grow Up" party (i.e. what you wanted to be when you grew up eg. nurse, policeman, zoo keeper)
Oktoberfest party
Olympic sports party- also see Beijing Olympics Party
Oriental party (eg. kimono, cheong sam, kung fu, sumo, triad-suit apparel, samurai)
Oscars party
Over-the-top party (i.e. guests dress 'over the top' - overly dressed - formal dress, top hat and tails, wedding dress, big hair, too much jewellery, too many colours etc. Anything that is just too much.) | ¡@ |
Parisian Soiree
Pensioners and Hobos
Pink party (everyone wears pink)
Pirates fancy dress party
Poultry and Fowl fancy dress party (everyone dresses in feathers, and chicken, duck, turkey, goose, quail, pigeon, pheasant etc. is on the menu)
Prehistoric party (cavemen and women, dinosaurs, the Flintstones, Adam and Eve, Barbarella)
Pyjama party (lacey nighties, nightgowns, camisoles, traditional shirt and pants, baggy tshirts)
Retro party i.e. 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s are all fair go
Rock and pop party
Rubik's Cube party - everyone wears the 4 different colours of the Rubik's Cube. eg. Red pants, blue tshirt, yellow shoes, green gloves. By the end of the night everyone has to swap clothes so that they are all dressed in one colour only eg. all red.
Sci-fi party
Sex in the City Party (dress like a chic New Yorker)
Shakespeare party (for all you literary types)
Sing star party (your own version of American Idol/ Pop Idol/ Australian idol etc.)
Soul party
Spice girls party
Spring racing carnival party (wonderful hats, grey suits, feathers, fascinators, pinstripes)
St Trinians Party
Star Trek party
Star Wars party
Superheroes party
Swedish party (ABBA, blonde hair, white clothes, IKEA)¡@The Simpsons party (dress as a Simpsons character)
Toga party
Tokyo / Japanese party
Totally tasteless party
Traffic light party (Red= I'm taken (in a relationship/not interested), Green = I'm available, Amber = Undecided)
Tropical/Hawaiian party (hula skirts, coconuts, leis (flower wreaths), loud Hawaiian shirts, flip flops, sunglasses, pineapples, bikinis, surf boards) Under-the-sea party (eg. fish, mermaids, octopus, sharks, coral)
Viking and Barbarians fancy dress party
Village People party
Vive la France party (stripey tops, berets, baguettes, moustaches, Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy)
When I grow up party (Occupations party / Dream Job party)
White party (everyone wears white)
Wild animals party
Wild wild west party
Winter wonderland party (eg. ski suits, mountaineering equipment, abominable snowman, penguins)
Wizard of Oz fancy dress party
World party (dress in the traditional dress of particular countries) | ¡@ |
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