In case you are not from planet Earth, then Lady Gaga is the music
sensation of the decade. She combines her unique style into some
epically long music videos featuring many costume changes. Her outfits
both on the catwalk of fashion shows, award ceremonies as well as in her
music videos, have turned heads and been given praise for their
creativity.
So it is no wonder that a range of Lady Gaga costumes for fancy dress are now available in the UK. Starting at around £20 up to about
£40 for the more "crazy" ones.
All the official Lady Gaga costumes are
ideal for Halloween and contain many accessories bundled with the
costume, so there is no need to buy anything extra.
You can view the full range and compare prices at the new
Nothing But Sexy website, which features only the officially licensed Lady Gaga
costumes.
Can you believe the date? It is already nativity play season and people are buying nativity outfits for their children already. Check out the best Nativity Costumes on amazon for kids.
There is something for everyone and any budget, whether your child is a shepherd or a cow.
If you are after some sexy halloween costumes and can't decide what you are after, then check out this great article on sexy halloween costumes for this year.
Believe it or not but Halloween will soon be upon us. Kids party invites will be coming through the doors, and Pumpkins will be carved. Recently came across this post on kids halloween costume top 5. Its a more alternative selection on typical kids Halloween outfits. Worth a look!
Are you stuck with what to do for this Halloween? Every year kids just love to do the classic trick or treating. Although due to many people not wanting to let their kids go out on their own, and people not wanting to give kids money, as this is now expected more than sweets, Parents are looking more at Halloween parties for all the friends and adults to be around in one place, knowing their kids are being safe but having GREAT FUN!
The question is once you decide to put on a great party like this, how can you entertain the kids? How do you put on a great Kids Halloween Party?
A relatively cheap way is to get everyone to bring a pumpkin round and buy some cheap paints for the great Halloween tradition of pumpkin painting! If you find pumpkin painting hard, there are guides available for impressive but easy pumpkin painting. Its not just putting a simple face, it can go to the next level, but with relative ease!
Games and activities are a must. As is music. A great, cheap and simple idea is to get some cobweb spray, and spray it around. It really gives your house the haunted feel. Also turn off the main lights and but on side lighting. If you want to add that extra touch cover the shades with orange. Just make sure its away from the light bulb if the material is flammable. Music, obviously can be anything, but its nice to throw in the odd Halloween theme track, whether its Thriller, or Rocky Horror Show.
As for games, this is where you can get creative. If you struggle in this area there is a range of downloadable premium games that you print off. You can view more info here. It offers a lot of different games and activities, Halloween related, for a wide age range of children. From colouring and writing games, to picture bingo and riddle match.
Click the image for a great guide of how to create your very own unique 1920s 1930s flapper dress. Flapper dresses are all the rage at the moment thanks to celebrities such as Keira Knightly wearing them, and the golden age of the Art Deco era being a popular fancy dress theme for parties. If you have never dressed as a 20s 30s theme before, think, Glamour, Feathers, Dresses, Suits with scarves for guys, and shiny bakerlite accessories. The 20s and 30s spawned such classics as Josephine Baker and Rene Lalique. If you want to dress in this great party theme then click the link and buy the guide. Its amazing and provides a fast way to make a flapper dress outfit!
Angelina Ballerina is a fictional mouse character from a book series written by Katharine Holabird and illustrated by Helen Craig.[1] Her character has also been brought to life in animated form for TV. You can dress like Angelina for fancy dress or Halloween by following our suggested steps.
Steps
Buy a pink ballet tutu.
Tie a pink hair ribbon in your hair. This is a trademark hair accessory for Angelina Ballerina.
Buy a pair of pink ballet slippers. These can be real ballet slippers if you aren't walking too far or wearing them outdoors for a long time. If you are walking in them a lot, ask for ballet shoes suitable for streetwear. Numerous shoe manufacturers make such a style of shoe, with ribbon ties included.
Keep the color theme simple. Depictions of Angelina Ballerina tend to show her wearing all one color with few variations (see the image in the introduction). To mimic this style, it is helpful to keep your color theme to one color in varying shades.
Add some mouse features. You will need a tail, a set of whiskers and some mouse ears. There are numerous possible ways for creating these but here are some suggestions to help you decide what you'll do:
Make ears from white paper, cut straws, tape them to your mouse ears, color in and attach to an Alice band.
Make a tail from white fabric stapled, taped, or glued securely on cardboard cut to look like a tail.
Make whiskers from thin black wire or black pipe cleaners.
Tips
It can be helpful to look at images of Angelina Ballerina when you are recreating the look. Use the internet, the Angelina Ballerina illustrations in books or the animated shoe to help you evolve your ideas.
Fancy dress parties have been popular within the United Kingdom for many years, and have progressed from the typical Halloween style costume parties in October, dressing up as witches and vampires, skeletons and other ghoulish characters, to parties now themed around national days (such as St Patricks Day), Christmas parties, themed birthday parties (popular birthday party themes being pimps and hoes, gangsters & flappers) and hen / stag evenings.
Although fancy dress is more commonly referenced right back to the 15th Century in Italy, where grand masquerade balls were held, the origins of fancy dress in the UK is typically traced back to the 18th Century period, but our modern day themes were introduced by both the Victorians and the Edwardians who loved to celebrate in a range of costumes and accessories. Most events were very elaborate affairs on a very grand scale, with only those invited of a high social standing during these periods.
Since then, fancy dress costume parties have been on the increase really since the 1940’s in the UK, in a simpler form compared to today, until the 1970’s. This could be coupled to the increase of film/television programmes being aired throughout the country, resulting in improved imagination and better manufacturing processes opening a new era in the costume industry.
It wasn’t until the 1990’s that the purchasing of costumes in the UK became commonplace. Prior to this, costumes were typically hired for a social or recreational event, and returned to the shop once worn. It’s now hard to find many retail fancy dress shops in local towns, or ones that offer a full range you would expect from a fancy dress retailer, especially since the internet provided home shopping access, no matter where you lived. This meant that fancy dress shops could operate online, have access to a much wider audience and also be able to carry a fuller range of costumes and accessories without having to worry about expensive retail premises or shop fronts. There are still some companies who offer mail hire costume ordering, but purchasing of costumes has now become the standard.
After the late 90’s, retro fashion styles became very popular, with the introduction of 60s, 70s and 80s fancy dress costumes, which clearly mock our fashion sense from these era’s.
Fancy dress doesn’t have to be expensive either. You can purchase complete outfits to dress as your favourite film/cartoon/movie character, or pick up instant accessory kits which can be used with your casual clothing. These instant costume kits can range from Vicars, Nuns, Cops, Maids, Pimps and typically include an accessory kit, badge, hat, overcoat or other themed accessory to complete your fancy dress outfit. Of course, for those who really want to set tongues wagging at your next costume party can go all out and purchase a limited edition costume, some of which retail in excess of £500!
The busiest and most celebrated fancy dress parties all happen around Halloween and are celebrated on or just before the 31st October. The name Halloween is derived from the feast of All Hallows which is celebrated on the 1st November to honour the saints, and the end of the harvest in Gaelic culture.
Halloween has many traditions, which range from trick or treating, the making of bonfires, scaring people, carving jack-o-lanterns, apple bobbing, watching scary films, visiting haunted attractions, pranks and general ghoulish behaviour. Of course, many people now celebrate by having parties inviting everyone to wear Halloween costumes.
Halloween is also known as Samhain, which in other traditions marks the end of the third and final harvest, and is a day to commune with and remember the dead, and is a celebration of the eternal cycle of reincarnation. Samhain is mostly followed by the Wiccan and many Pagan religions.
In European traditions, Halloween is the night when the old god dies, and the crone goddess mourns him deeply for the next six weeks. The popular image of her as the old Halloween hag stirring her cauldron comes from the Celtic belief that all dead souls return to her cauldron of life, and are reborn.
Fancy dress parties and costumes are all about having fun. It’s a great way to celebrate any social occasion, and there will always be more costumes available every year, with the release of every new movie blockbuster or scary film. This year’s examples have been the re-introduction of Freddy Krueger’s latest adventure on the big screen, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and Iron Man 2.
Michelle is the owner of www.fancydressing.co.uk, who offer a range of fancy dress costumes and accessories, with delivery available throughout the United Kingdom.
So it is no wonder that a range of Lady Gaga costumes for fancy dress are now available in the UK. Starting at around £20 up to about
£40 for the more "crazy" ones.
