Halloween Fancy Dress in 2011: What Are Your Choices?
Halloween offers a great chance for women and men alike to dress up as just about anyone. However, during the last ten years or so, ever more women and men are asking for totally unique and original Halloween fancy dress costumes, in place of the more conventional ones. Harry Potter wizard uniforms, Twilight vampire clothes and Lady Gaga video costumes are replacing the witches, Frankestein’s monsters and devils. It is the second largest holiday of the year, so people want to go all out . For a lot of us we turn all of our attention to planning parties, selecting spooky decorations and then getting ourselves the right costume for the night. As Halloween draws closer, finding an appropriate costume can turn into a cause of stress. You don’t have to worry any longer. Below we have listed a number of great ideas that will help you find a great outfit for the night.
Men’s Halloween Costumes – Men have a great deal of fantastic Halloween fancy dress to choose from, thanks to the many Fright Night creatures that exist. A few great choices include Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Jason from ‘Friday the 13th’, Leatherface, the ‘Scream’ mask, Jigsaw from ‘Saw’ and classics like Michael Jackson’s Thriller outfit or the Ghostbusters. More recent outfits come from the many summer blockerbuster releases with the Green Lantern, Conan the Barbarian, Dumblebore, Voldemort, Captain America, the Red Skull, Loki and Thor, all offering decent alternatives to the bog standard grim reaper, Uncle Fester or skeleton costume. If you genuinely wish to be seen you can also go out as a Transformer!
Options For Women’s Halloween Outfits – A whole host of beautiful women have reinvented the music business this past year and they provide great costume ideas for you ladies. Katy Perry, Rihanna and new queen of pop Lady Gaga have all contributed a cauldron packed with clothing designs ideal for Halloween fancy dress. The recently departed Amy Winehouse could also be a source of ideas, with her recognisable beehive, tattoos and heavy eyeliner. Hollywood have contributed with the outstanding characters like Cataleya from Colombiana, Amy Peterson in Fright Night, Mystique in X-Men: First Class, the demented Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2 and also the fantastic Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in the television smash hit True Blood. With only a little effort and dedication it is possible to imitate one of these amazing characters and really delight your guests.
The Most Recent Halloween Costumes For Kids – The biggest flick of the year was the final chapter in the Harry Potter franchise and this is why now is the right time to dress your children up as Harry, Ron or Hermione. The supporting cast of Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood will make sure that even larger groups have a part to play as students of the famous Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Adults have been dressing up as the Smurfs for many years, but now children are also picking up the blue fever,which makes it an incredible option for Halloween fancy dress. Some other great characters to dress up as include those from Disney’s 50th animated feature ‘Tangled’, long-haired Rapunzel and also dashing Flynn Ryder.
Halloween fancy dress: purchase or make?
Spending the time to create an outfit that’s uniquely your own and really represents who you are is half the fun of Halloween. By making your very own costume you’ll get a lot of recognition when people see your amazing creation. For people who do not feel confident enough to make their own costume, purchasing one on the web can save a lot of stress and embarrassment.
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