July 9, 2012
My Favourite Fancy Dress Themes
I
love
fancy dress parties; they’re so much fun and are always made better when
everyone puts in loads of effort. Thankfully my friends and I never shy away
from dressing up and always go all out. Every time I throw a party I announce a
theme, this seems to really highlight a special event and embeds the memory of
that event in the collective recollection of the party goers. Mundane parties
seem to just blend into one, so to make your party really memorable, come up
with an inventive, original theme! Here are some of my favourites!
Any era specific themed party is always
so much fun! The fifties is my definite favourite though, because although you
may not have the colour of the sixties or the glitz of the seventies, there is
so much scope for boys and girls to really get into the polka dots, pin curls
and bright suit jackets! The last time we had a fifties party we went the whole
hog and even rented out old school cars so we could really look like fifties
greasers!
Always a favourite because everyone has
a favourite movie! Paying true homage to your movie hero always incites effort
in the fancy dress department. Why not shock your friends at the next fancy
dress party and go for a character in complete juxtaposition to your own
personality! If you go for something really gruesome, you can
double them up as
Halloween costumes!
The fairy tale theme can be really fun, but
you have to make sure that no one is coming in the same costume, especially
within your own friendship group! Try your hardest to think out of the box with
this one and if you and a lot of your friend are all going to the same fairy
tale party, why not all go together as the cast of a well-known tale? For my
last fairy tale themed party my friends and I went as all of the characters
from Peter Pan!
Time to really test the creativity of
your guests! For a letters party, simply pick one letter form the alphabet and
request that your guests come as something beginning with that letter! It’s
really fun because you will have no idea what people will come as and every
time a guest comes in the door you will have a surprise! You have to make it tricky
though and think of a more obscure letter, not an easy one like A!
