There are loads of awesome things about being an adult, and one of our favourites is being able to host a naughty fancy dress party without being busted! Today’s blog entry is all about the ladies, so if you’re a good girl wanting to look bad, or a bad girl looking to taste the sweeter side of life, read on!

Sweet and Innocent
What could possibly be more innocent than Goldilocks (aside from the breaking and entering, porridge theft and squatting!)? Our Goldilocks costume by The Fever Collection is a new design that’s already proving to be a massive seller! Don’t forget the false eyelashes to really pull-off the doe-eyed innocent look!

Naughty (Definitely Not Nice!)
So, butter certainly would melt in your naughty mouth! Our adult fancy dress costumes (for the fiendish and mischievous amongst you) are naughty to the highest degree! We love the Saintly Sinner Costume for ladies looking to make confession as sexy as possible!

Sexy Characters
We stock scores of seriously sexy ladies fancy dress character costumes, such as Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Ghostbusters, Dorothy, Elvis, Cinderella, Pocahontas and Bo Peep! Choose your favourite character and finish the look using our massive online area of sexy (and very naughty!) extras and accessories.

Our naughty costumes can help take your naughty fancy dress party to the dizzying heights of seriously super sexy!  And don’t worry guys, Leg Avenue (one of our features brands) do an amazing range of cheeky, sexy menswear!

The seventies may just be our favourite decade for bright, zany, what-where-they-thinking, flower power-inspired fancy dress! Whether you’re a hippy or a disco diva, we’ve got loads of 1970s fancy dress options for groovy guys and hippy chicks!

Boogie Babes
Let’s dance! The seventies mean one thing to disco babes the land over – getting groovy on the dance floor! Our top disco look of the day is the Disco Diva Costume, which is finished off perfectly with the Mega Huge Afro Wig and Star Shaped Superstar Shades. You go girl!

Flower Child
Your inner hippy might not be screaming to get out, but she may well be sitting around a campfire singing along until you let her out for a little fancy dress fantasy! Our best hippy chick costume of the day is the 70s Hippy Fringed Dress, including patterned dress and fringed waistcoat.

Disco Papas
70s outfits for men = silk, sequins and silly hair! Our pick of the day is the 70s Groovy Disco Dancer Costume (don’t forget the Disco Dirt Bag Wig & Moustache!) We also stock lots and lots of crazy shirt and suit options, and don’t forget to visit the 70s Accessories section for those little finishing touches!

Hippy Dudes
We reckon it’s tough to beat the chilled-out cool of the Reggae Man Costume if you’re looking for an easy hippy-inspired outfit to lie under the sun at your fancy dress event.

If the heat of the summer sun isn’t the best reason ever for a really great fancy dress event, we’ll eat our ridiculous adult fancy dress pirate hats (the big ones with the feather in!).

Here are a few of our picks of the day for the best in summery (revealing!) 80s fancy dress outfits!

Ladies Fancy Dress
Flash the flesh ladies! Summery 80s fancy dress is all about revealing those bits of you hidden away during the winter months. Show off your pins in a neon tutu 80s party girl outfit, or channel your inner 80s characters in a Baywatch swimsuit (for the brave!), Wonderwoman costume, as Dale from Flash Gordon or in the super cute Starburst Girl costume!

If you’re not spirited away by any of our 80s costumes, don’t forget to check out the 80s accessory section to help create your own!

Mens Fancy Dress
The 80s were a crazy decade for male clothing choices – we salute the 80s for making fancy dress what it is today! It’s time to bare all and indulge your secret fantasies to be a shirtless hair metal maniac (it’s all about the wig!), punk god, Village People Indian or pimped-out 80s rapper (gold lame all the way!)

We stock tons of 80s costumes and accessories for you to get your teeth into! Choose from our massive online selection to make your summer fancy dress event the best of the year (until Halloween, that is!)

There’s something about adult fancy dress events that brings out the silly side in all of us! Careful study on our part (throwing lots of fancy dress parties!) means we’ve glimpsed into the very heart and soul of all you costume enthusiasts, and we’ve noticed one of the funnest (if that’s not a real word then it darn well should be!) things you guys like to do when that invitation drops onto the doormat is let your fingers do the running to our online store in search of the silliest, most over the top men’s fancy dress costumes around!

Did we mention how popular women’s fancy dress is with guys? There’s something about being a dude and dressing as a dame for a fancy dress event that brings out the brilliant ridiculousness in guys!

Our “Little Britain” section features three of our favourite female men’s character fancy dress costumes – Vicky Pollard, Desiree and Bubbles. We dare even the manliest of men not to fall into character as the zip comes up on that Vicky Pollard tracksuit top – Yeah but no but yeah but no!!

Perhaps the best assortment of fun men’s fancy dress is gathered in the “Stag Costumes” area (what better place is there for a collection of hilarious and perhaps slightly rude costumes!). Choose from the 80s-inspired “Let’s Get Physical” leotard outfit, Miss World, cheerleaders, Hawaiian hula girl, nurse, fat stripper or –if you’re feeling a little cheeky – pregnant nun!

Happy hunting ladies/men!

Fancy dress parties have been with us for a long time, and although historians who study these things are divided about when and where they began, many believe it was in 17th century France. Members of the aristocracy would wear outlandish costumes at these parties, and it wasn’t long before the tradition filtered down to the lower orders in French society.

Just as we do today, people back then would compete with each other to come up with the most outlandish and unusual outfits, but unlike the people of the past who had to make their own costumes, we can simply log on to the Fancy Dress Ball website and make our choice from the huge selection of outfits available there. Whatever you are looking for when it comes to adult fancy dress ideas, you will find inspiration.

Perhaps you are looking for sexy fancy dress costumes which will turn heads when you arrive at the party or the nightclub were the party is being held? If so, you won’t be disappointed when you see what is available, and when you have made your choice and completed the sale, your outfit can be delivered the very next day. This is ideal if you get an invitation at short notice and you are stuck for ideas.

Although October is a long way off, why not have a look at the Halloween fancy dress costumes on the website? If you start planning now you can be sure to make a big entrance when you arrive at the Halloween party.

While trends for parties come and go, the fancy dress party is a constant when it comes to having a fun time with friends. There are hundreds of ideas for an adult fancy dress party, but occasionally we can get stuck when it comes to inspiration for what to wear. One of the most popular themes is the Eighties party, so if you like the idea of dressing up like Adam Ant or Boy George for the night, there is only one place to go to find the perfect outfit. Fancy Dress Ball have a great reputation for supplying top quality outfits for parties, including sexy fancy dress costumes, 80s outfits and if you really want to go wild, there is a great range of 70s fancy dress ideas on our website.

Sexy fancy dress costumes are really popular, and one of the reasons for this is they allow you to dress in a way you perhaps normally wouldn’t. When you wear these outfits in a fancy dress environment, it’s a fun thing, but you can be sure to draw some admiring glances from the men who are at the party! The same thing applies to the guys as well, so why not think about something you normally wouldn’t wear, such as a uniform based on the military or the police? Whatever you are looking for when it comes to fancy dress, you are sure to find it on the website, and once you’ve made your choice , your costumes can be delivered to you as early as the following day.

When you’re getting ready for a great night out, it’s always a problem knowing what to wear. How dressy will everyone else be? Will they all be wearing black?

With fancy dress parties, though, there’s no problem – you’ve probably already been given a theme, and you could be looking for fancy dress outfits to go along with that, or you might just have a free hand to be whoever you want to be for the evening.

We stock a wide range of adult fancy dress costumes and Halloween costumes, including 70s fancy dress and 80s costumes – and even sexy fancy dress costumes!

But we also have a wide range of fancy dress accessories, including masks of all kinds. These range from cartoon characters such as Disney’s seven dwarfs, to scary monster masks, pirate patches, Dr Who’s cyberman and gorillas. But we also have glamour models such as our baroque mask in blue and gold for those elegant masked balls where you can be very secretive and subtle!

We keep our range of fancy dress costumes well up to date – at the moment, we have a full range of Wallace and Gromit outfits, as well as South Park costumes and naughty fancy dress girl soldier outfits.

You’ll be impressed at our prices – far less than buying a normal outfit for a night out – and you can get ready for the ball knowing you’ll be completely in keeping with whatever the theme of the night is.  Have a great time!

Don’t they say silliness is next to godliness? We’re pretty sure that sounds about right! Fancy dress events are the ideal excuse to kick back, dress like a dafty and have the time of your life with your favourite folks. Always wanted to dress up with your best mate as Mario and Luigi? Always held the belief that you are, in some way, destined to be She-Ra? That’s your inner child talking!

Characters

Our range of adult fancy dress character costumes is second to none. Elmo, Betty Boop, Big Bird, He-Man, Spongebob Squarepants, the Honey Monster, Charlie Brown, Count Duckula, Fraggle Rock, Bananas in Pyjamas – we’re pretty confident you’ll be too stuck choosing between fancy dress character costumes to notice the nostalgic tears of joy streaming down your 2011 face!

Games and Silly Things

Rubik’s Cubes, woopie cushions, Crayola crayons, massive sumo wrestlers, human dartboards – take your pick from all the ridiculous creations kept safely in our “Funny Costumes” area (if we let them run free they’ll take over!)

We reckon few things are more satisfying than letting that mischievous little inner child out for a chaotic episode every now and then. Fancy dress – be it 80s costumes, 70s outfits, scary, romantic, Hawaiian, food-themed, everything – is about having fun doing something you wouldn’t usually have the freedom to do. And by that we mean… dress like a crazy person!

Fair enough, we know you may only wear that E.T mask for one night (and maybe a little when alone on a Thursday night watching the telly!), so we try to keep costs down as much as possible too.

There are many occasions in life where releasing your animal instinct is inappropriate, and you can’t let loose as much as you would like. However, one time you can be proud to be a fully fledged member of the animal kingdom is when the fancy dress fairy comes ‘a’ knocking and invites you to a costume-theme event!

All-in-One Fancy Dress Costumes

Furry all-in-one animal fancy dress costumes are ideal for men or women, and come in a… shall we say “creative” range of guises. Be a bunny, a monkey, a penguin, a lion, a tiger, a meerkat, a spider, a gorilla, or any of the other crazy animals we have locked up safe in our all-in-one menagerie!

Our range of light weight animal adult fancy dress outfits ranges from the ingenious Shark Attack Costume (whether you wear a bathing suit is up to you!) to the naughty Petting Zoo Costume (the llama spits!). Choose the most fitting hilarity of nature for your inner animal!

Ladies Fancy Dress

Pretty as a Light Weight Peacock Costume? Beautiful as a Queen Bumble Bee costume? Delightful as a Daisy Bug Costume? If you don’t fancy going full-fur, we recommend flashing the flesh a little in any of our animal-themed sexy costumes! And don’t forget the signature sexy animal of fancy dress folklore – the sexy Kitty Kat Costume!

Fancy dress parties are always a great excuse to wear clothes we wouldn’t normally go out in. That doesn’t just refer to the Batman outfit every man’s inner child secretly wants to wear to work one day. There are plenty of naughty costumes that are just that little bit more outrageous than anything we’d usually wear. A costume party provides the perfect excuse for women to show a little more cleavage than they might normally. Men who are feeling bold can find outfits with no top at all and some very snug, revealing trousers. If you normally wouldn’t dare but have always wanted to wear something really sexy, a costume night is the ideal occasion.

Parties are always more fun if everyone gets into the spirit of the evening, so let your friends know that adult costumes are the order of the day. They’ll have just as much fun as you will, picking out sexy, revealing fancy dress costumes and trying radical hairstyles, fake moustaches and wigs. We have a huge range of adult choices available for purchase- nurses, cowboys, vampires, and dozens of others.

If you’d like to be a little more subtle but still keep a sexy undertone, why not host a 1970s fancy dress party? Most guests will take that as a licence to delve into the world of big hair, tight tops and even tighter trousers and those who aren’t 100% comfortable with an explicitly adult theme can still find fun costumes. The 70s is a great theme and one that will suit everybody.