Did you know that fancy dress parties in the UK can be traced back as far as masked balls of the 18th century period,although Fancy Dress parties of the modern kind are a largely Victorian conception expanded upon by the Edwardians.One of earliest events in the 20th century was the Chelsea Arts ball,these events were often elaborate affairs and for the most part confined to those with considerable means.
From the late 1940’s onward fancy dress parties became more popular,these fancy dress costumes were a simple affair until around the mid 1970’s,before the arrival of the cheap costume imports from the Far East,most fancy dress costumes were either hired or home made.From the 1990’s retailer’s started to stock fancy dress costumes, costumes then became a largely modern phenomenon although fancy dress costume accessories had been available for some time.
Coupled with the modern trend in fancy dress parties,popular parodied costumes are Audrey Hepburn,Holly Golightly,Madonna in her classic stage outfits and more recently Lady Gaga is now popular.
Fancy dress costume parties are popular all year round in the UK,The hit film Bridget Jones featured the popular and classic theme “Vicars and Tarts”.
Fancy dress parties are also a hot favorite of the British Royal Family.Prince William celebrated his 21st birthday with an “Out of Africa” costume theme party,their is also a Prince William Mask and Kate Middelton Mask. Princess Beatrice chose an 1888 themed party for her 18th birthday and Freddie and Gabriella Windsor celebrated a joint birthday party with a pre-french revolution courtly theme.
Prince Harry infamously wore an Afrika Corps uniform with a Nazi armband to a “Colonials and Natives” themed party in January 2005.There was a large international outcry after the Sunday tabloid News of the World published a photo of him in the costume.See Prince Harry Mask,
Fancy dress costumes have come along way from the 1940’s,In today’s world costumes are from all walks of life,you can get all your popular cartoon characters right down to your favourite movie stars.
One thing the 1940’s costumes and today’s costumes have in common,they all were designed to add fun and laughter to our lives,funny costumes also entered the market place,when times are tough and you want a small break,what better way than to dress up forget your worries and have a bit of fun.
For you to do this we have a huge array of fancy dress costumes for you to choose from!
Halloween is the most popular time for fancy dress costumes,view over 16,500 Halloween costumes are Halloween Costume Ideas.
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Ahern was born in Drumcondra, Dublin. This is an area within the Dublin Central constituency where he has lived all his life.Bertie Ahern is the youngest of five children of Con Ahern and Julia Ahern (née Hourihane), both natives of County Cork. Con Ahern and Julia Hourihane were married in October 1937 and settled at Church Avenue, Drumcondra, where they resided for the rest of their lives.The other four children are Maurice, Kathleen, Noel and Eileen.In Dublin, Ahern’s father worked as a farm manager at All Hallows College, Drumcondra. Ahern’s brother Noel is also involved in politics and represents Dublin North West in Dáil Éireann.
Bertie Ahern’s father Con, was born into a farming family near Ballyfeard, which is located near Kinsale, County Cork, in 1904.His mother also came from a farming background and was from near Castledonovan, west County Cork. Ahern’s father, Con, initially left County Cork and went to Dublin in the early 1930s to train for the priesthood, but did not complete his studies with the Vincentian order.He had fought in the Civil War and was a supporter of Éamon de Valera and the Anti-Treaty IRA. He was a member of the 3rd Cork Brigade of the IRA.He remained a militant Irish Republican for decades after the War of Independence. Con Ahern died in 1990. Bertie Ahern’s mother, Julia, died in 1998, aged 87 years, and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Ahern was educated at St. Patrick’s National School in Drumcondra and at St. Aidan’s Christian Brothers in Whitehall.He received his third level education at the College of Commerce, Rathmines, part of the Dublin Institute of Technology. Ahern has claimed or it has been claimed by others in circulated biographies that he was educated at University College Dublin and the London School of Economics but neither university has any records that show Ahern was ever one of their students.
He worked in the Accounts Department of the Mater Hospital, Dublin but though a self-described accountant, as in a TV interview with Bryan Dobson in 2006 and radio interviews during May 2008 with George Hook and on his party’s website,he never qualified as a member of any accountants’ association. The Irish Independent described him as an accounts clerk.
By 1972 Ahern had met his future wife, Miriam Kelly, a bank official who lived near the Aherns. Ahern and Kelly married in 1975. Ahern has two daughters from his marriage: Georgina and Cecelia. Georgina is the wife of Westlife member Nicky Byrne. Cecelia is a best-selling author.
Ahern and his wife separated in 1992. Until 2003, Ahern maintained a relationship with Celia Larkin. Ahern was the first Taoiseach to have a legal separation from his wife.
Ahern is a practising Roman Catholic. He attends Mass every Saturday evening in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. However, he was publicly criticised by Cardinal Desmond Connell, then Archbishop of Dublin, for his public relationship with Larkin.
Larkin was appointed to the board of the National Consumer Agency in July 2005, on the recommendation of Ahern’s department.
Ahern is an enthusiastic and vocal fan of sport. He is a supporter of Dublin GAA and attends Dublin matches in Croke Park.He also supports Manchester United F.C. and attends matches at Old Trafford and rugby matches at Lansdowne Road. He appeared as a pundit on RTÉ Two’s The Premiership programme in 2001.
The Scots Man Costume is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage even more broadly. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.
This Scotsman Costume Is Perfect When You Are On The Hunt For Nessie In The Scottish Highlands!
The Scotsman Costume Includes A Tartan Kilt With Attached Sporran, Tartan Hat With Attached Ginger Hair!
Shrek, a green ogre that has always enjoyed living in peaceful solitude in his swamp, finds his life disrupted when numerous fairytale beings, including Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, and Donkey. Shrek and Donkey arrive at Farquaad’s palace in Duloc, where they find themselves in the midst of a tournament. The winner will have the “privilege” of attempting to rescue Fiona from a castle surrounded by lava and protected by a fire-breathing dragon so that Farquaad may marry her. Shrek (with some help from Donkey) easily beats the other knights in a fashion that resembles a wrestling match and Farquaad agrees to remove the fairytale creatures from the swamp if Shrek rescues Fiona.
This Shrek costume comes complete with swamp shirt with attached vest, pants, waist sash and signature Shrek mask.
Novelty Inflatable Wife Is A Perfect Accessory For Your Stag Night! Blow Up Your Novelty Inflatable Wife And Bring Her Along On Your Last Night Of Freedom!
Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. The original story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton’s destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity.
This Superman Costume Consists Of Muscle Chest jumpsuit with attached boot tops, cape and belt.
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. Some believe this extension to be incorrect, but its usage is now entirely commonplace. Big Ben is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world.
This Is The Perfect Costume To Ring In The New Year. The Big Ben Costume Consists Of A One-piece Over The Head Head To Clock Tower Pattern.
Clone troopers were an army of identical, genetically-modified clones, created to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic during the conflict that came to be known as the Clone Wars. Clone Troopers and raised in the cities of Kamino, the clone troopers trained and drilled since birth, and came to be regarded as one of the most efficient military forces ever to have existed in galactic history. This was not only due to their training, but also to their unwavering loyalty to the Galactic Republic and its leader, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
The Clone Trooper costume includes printed black,white and blue jumpsuit with PVC mask.
Banana Man is a British comic book fictional character. He has the power of 20 men (20 big men) and is able to beat the Green Lantern in a straight fight. If Banana Man needs extra power, bananas can be eaten for strength boosts, provided by his faithful pet crow; if he does not have enough strength to shatter an ice block, for example, after eating another banana, he will have enough. If Banana Man eats lots of bananas in one sitting, he quickly becomes obese in his transformation; if he eats bananas that are not full, he transforms with extra weight in the lower part of his body. There have also been comics where he has eaten a variant on normal bananas, and transforms differently, reflecting the difference in that banana. The effects of eating the bananas are not consistent from story to story.
This Bananaman Costume Includes blue padded top and trousers, yellow cape with attached hood and blue face mask, yellow belt, gloves and boot covers.
A Trolley Dolly Is The Slang Name For What We Know Air Stewardesses As Or More Recently Flight Attendants. A Trolley Dolly First Of All Give You The Safety Instructions And Then Serve Your Meals And Beverages. Trolley Dollys Are Commonly Seen With Pilots Boarding And Unboarding Planes.
This high flying sexy Trolley Dolly air hostess fancy dress costume includes red jacket with gold button detail and stripes on the sleeves, a matching red skirt with slit on one side and a matching hat with a gold airplane badge. The costume is finished with a white scarf with red airplane illustrations.
Ladies Love Pilots! They Wear Their Pilot Outfit With Pride Because Of The Respect They Get! Remember Leonardo Di Caprio As A Pan Am Pilot In Catch Me If You Can! The Ladies Swooned Over The Pilot As He Walked Through The Terminal.
As A Pilot You Are Taking The Like Of 100’s Of Passengers In Your Hands Each Time You Fly!
Costume Includes Pilots Hat, Black Jacket And Black Trousers!
Indiana Jones Is A Fictional US Adventurer And The Central Protagonist Of The Indiana Jones Adventures. The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008.
Dress As Your Famous Adventurer In This Costume Including a chestnut brown distressed jacket, trousers, brown hat and real leather whip.
Mr. Potato Head First Appeared in The 1950’s In New York. Mr Potato Head Started As Face Parts That Were Stuck Into Real Potatoes Until The US Government Stood In And The Inventer Had to Develop A Plastic Potato, Giving Us The Mr. Potato Head We Know Today.
Mr. Potato Head Is Probably Best Known These Days For His Part In Toy Story Playing Himself.
The Sexy French Maid Costume refers to a strongly modified style of servant’s dress that evolved from typical maids’ black and white afternoon uniforms of the nineteenth century and their later use by stereotypical characters in risqué burlesque dramas as Sexy French Maid Costumes of the bedroom farce variety. The designs of the Sexy French Maid Dress can range widely from a conservative look to very revealing.
This Sexy French Maid Costume includes hem finished sexy black dress with rear zip, black sequin design plus pink and white lace trim, puffy netted shoulders with bows and attached vinyl look apron with lace trim. The garment features a leotard bottom and boasts a large pink burnished bow on the back. The skirt recedes at the rear of the dress revealing your bum in a really sexy way!!
The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid 19th century in Sicily. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct. Each group, known as a “family”, “clan”, or “cosca”, claims sovereignty over a territory in which it Fat Cats operate its rackets – usually a town or village or a neighbourhood (borgata) of a larger city. Their primary activity is protection racketeering, but they are also involved in drug trafficking, loan sharking, and liquor and cigarette smuggling.
This Fat Cat Costume Is The Pefect Way To Transform Into One Of The Fat Cats In The Mob! The Fat Cat Costume includes a hooped black and white pin striped jumpsuit to create the fat look, a white gangster style hat with a black band and a white tie.
Bugs Bunny is an American fictional character who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films. His Nemesis Is Elmer Fudd, who is always trying to capture the wascally wabbit! Bugs Bunny is famous all over the the world, Bugs has a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame and Bugs Bunny has also appeared on US postage stamps in 1997.
Bugs Bunny’s most famous catchphrase is “What’s Up Doc?”
Choose from our huge range of looney tunes costumes
This fluffy Velour one-piece zipper back Bugs Bunny outfit is soft and thick, with grey fur, white belly, hands and feet. The attached Bugs Bunny head has long rabbit ears, buck teeth, whiskers and big eyes.
In the original version of the story and the vast majority of retellings, Batman’s secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional American Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his crime-fighting partner, Robin. And Then We Have The Joker. He is the archenemy of Batman, having been directly responsible for numerous tragedies in Batman’s life.
The Brave and the Bold Batman costume includes jumpsuit with attached boot tops, mask, cape and belt.
Goldilocks Is The Story Of A Young Girl Who Happens To Stumble Across The The House Of The 3 Bears. While There Goldilocks Helps Herself To The Bears Porridge, Chairs And Beds. All Hell Breaks Loose When The Bears Return To Find What Goldilocks Has Been Up To!
You Too Can Be Naughty With This Sexy Goldilocks Costume Which Consists Of A Short Yellow Check Dress And Headband.
Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character appearing in the Toy Story franchise. He is a space ranger and is one of the main protagonists of the films. He has also appeared in the movie Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and the television series spin-off Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, as well as the two film sequels. His often repeated catchphrase is “To infinity … and beyond!” Tim Allen voiced the character in the Toy Story film trilogy and the TV movie, while Patrick Warburton provided his voice for the TV series, and Pat Fraley voiced Buzz Lightyear for the video games and the attractions in Disney Parks.
From the film Toystory you will feel the ultimate superhero in this deluxe disney Buzz Light Year fancydress costume includes white padded 2pcs suit, detachable purple rocket wings, white gloves and purple headpiece
Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic The Dandy. He first appeared in its first issue, dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world’s strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. Even his beard is so tough he has to shave with a blowtorch. Desperate Dan’s favourite food is cow pie – a type of enormous meat pie with the horns sticking out!
Initially Dan was a desperado on the wrong side of the law, hence the name Desperate Dan. Later on, however, he switched sides and become a friendlier character, helping the underdog.
The Desperate Dan outfit includes a long-sleeved red shirt with button detailing and a foam belly for padding. Also included is a contrasting sky blue bandana, an attached black waistcoat and a cowboy hat.
The comic book character is completed by a pair of brown boot covers and a realistic Desperate Dan mask, complete with stubble and moustache.
Long John Silver is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Silver is also known by the nicknames “Barbecue” and the “Sea-Cook”. He is considered to be a true example of a stereotypical pirate.
In Treasure Island, Long John Silver is a pirate who was quartermaster under the notorious Captain Flint. Long John Silver had a pet parrot called Captain Flint, often seen sitting on his shoulder where she would nibble on seeds.
Long John Silver costume includes blue trousers, white top, brown belt and hat and two orange scarves!
Gorillas are the largest of the primates. They are ground-dwelling and predominantly herbivorous. They inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2008) either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of a human, between 95 and 99% depending on what is counted, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the two monkey species.
This Gorilla Costume Comes Complete With Black Suit, Rubber Chest And Headpiece.
Popeye the Sailor is a fictional hero notable for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous television shows.Popeye is a middle-aged sailor with a unique way of speaking, disproportionately muscular forearms with two anchor tattoos, thinning hair, and an ever-present corncob pipe, which he toots like a steamship’s whistle at times. His Nemesis Is Brutus And The Love Of His Live Is Olive Oyl! Every Week He Would Have To Defeat Brutus Using His Can Of Spinish Which Gave Him Super Human Strength!
Charles Montgomery “Monty” Burns, usually referred to as Mr. Burns, is a recurring fictional character and antagonist in the animated television series The Simpsons. Mr. Burns Is The Tyrannical Owner Of The Springfield Power Plant, Where He Makes Life A Misery For Homer Simpson.He Also Adopted Bart Simpson At One Stage And Even Knocked Down Moe The Bar Tender’s Bar Down.
Mr. Burns trademark expression is the word “Excellent”, muttered slowly in a low, sinister voice while tenting his fingertips!
