Fancy Dress Ideas

Star Trek: Geordi La Forge

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:26:34 +0000

So this is me back in August at a friends 30th birthday party. being a little nerdy and always wanting to paint myself up i decided upon Gerordi la forge.

I bought an oldskool star trek costume off Ebay for £20, you can buy new star trek outfits that do the same job.

The brown face paint was easy to apply as it was more of a paste than a paint which can be a mission. remember to have a shower when you get in though, otherwise it will go everywhere!

The most important part of the costume is the visor which i made myself. i bought a banana hair clip from Claires accessories for £3 and then found some silver paint in my garden shed an used some gold paint a friend had. Here is a close up that shows you how simple it is to make. to attach it to your head use two small lengths of garden wire which allow for some free movement.

Check List:

Star Trek Outfit
Brown Face Paint
Banana Hair Clip
Silver and Gold Paint
Garden Wire
Wig

To hire, buy or make it yourself?

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:44:10 +0000

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, 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.

Fancy Dress Ideas

Star Trek: Geordi La Forge

To hire, buy or make it yourself?

Naughty But Nice

Uniforms

Mythical / Ancient / Greek

Halloween and Horror

Novelty

Pirates

Christmas

Mythical / Ancient / Greek