Friday 24 October 2008

Halloween Fancy Dress is Not Just For Winter

Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Costumes are also based on themes other than traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows, movies and other pop culture icons.

There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. The most common is dooking or bobbing for apples, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water; the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dooking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity which inevitably leads to a very sticky face.

Costume Parties are especially popular in the United States around Halloween, when teenagers and adults who may be considered too old for trick-or-treating attend a costume party instead. Halloween costume parties are occasionally featured in popular movies, such as Mean Girls.

Nowadays deciding what fancy dress costume or outfit to wear can be a challenge as there are so many options available to buyers ranging from TV, Films, Emergency outfits like Doctors, fireman and policeman to old favorites like cowboys and pirates but hat is surprising is how more and more people are looking to purchase historical fancy dress costumes.

This is likely to caused by the fact that party goers are looking for something different to wear to make them stand out form the crowd or another possible reason is that with more and more period dramas on TV and Film that people can relate to these times more and want to dress accordingly.

Looking at some of the best ideas for your Halloween costume, still the most popular is the sexy pirate costume. The popularity of this theme is double edged; firstly you may encounter many pirates over the holiday season however the upside is that all of the manufacturers have been busy developing sexy characters and costumes to meet the unquenchable demand for good quality and sexier costumes.

Who do you want to be? And why? Choose the right Fancy Dress costume. It might seem a great idea to dress entirely for laughs but unless that's how you want to be remembered - well think carefully.

Remember this is a great chance to live out the character of whoever you are dressed as. There are many options like the amazing Little Britain range from the BBC hit TV show or the Cowboy or Girl range or Robin Hood the choice is endless and the only limitation is your imagination!

Whatever you decide for Halloween at least children and adults have plenty of fancy dress costumes and party accessories to select from.

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