Hiring fancy dress outfits can cost you more. Why you should buy...

If you are going to a fancy dress party then you have 3 choices:

• Hire a costume
• Make a costume
• Buy a costume

Hiring a costume
Most people immediately think of hiring a costume to save money as they expect it to be cheaper than buying one and maybe also think that finding a good costume and a reliable shop online will take up lots of time.

The truth is in fact that hiring means having to drive to a shop to collect the outfit, wearing something on the night which looks a bit shabby as it has been hired out 100 times before and been exposed to all kinds of spillages and repairs, buying accessories which arn't hired with the outfit, and then having to return the outfit the next day. Not a nice prospect if you anticipate having a hangover.

Yes you may save a couple of pounds on the actual costume price but at the expense of time, hassle, fuel costs and wearing a run down looking outfit on the night.

Making a costume
Making a costume can be the most fun but most people do not have the time to make the outfit, the creativity to make it look good next to hired or bought oufits or have the time to research good costume designs and ideas.

If you try to pass yourself off as a pirate by wearing a patch and a polkadot hankercheif on your head along with your normal jeans and tshirt then people won't be laughing so much with you as at you...

Buying a costume
Buying a costume means your outfit will look great on the night. You will also know that it hasn't been sweaty and covered in spilled drinks 100 times before.

There are TONS of outfits you can buy and get change from £20 these days and they look great!

If you want to go for a deluxe outfit then £40 - £70 will be plenty to get something extra special.

Now you will have an outfit you can wear again in the future or sell on Ebay.

The outfits are delivered directly to your door and fancy dress outfits generally come with good sizing guides so you won't need to try before you buy.

You will also find a much wider selection of outfits (10,000 + !!!) you can buy as hire shops have limited storage space and often don't keep the stock as up to date as the shops which can afford to store stock in warehouses.

Here is an easy way to search thousands of costumes within specific price ranges.

Have fun,
Angela