Posts Tagged ‘Halloween Theme’

Pet pirate costume themes and ideas

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

If you are struggling to come with ideas for Halloween costumes for pets the web is totally at your service.If you are an animal owner then there is an abundance of ready made outfits for your pet. Just pick a genre like dinosaurs for example and take a look.

If you want your dog to have a good time this Halloween there is no excuse for not letting him or her dressed up in a costume for the occasion. Things have become so sophisticated that you will even find price comparison sites that show you the same suit from different suppliers at competing prices. Gone are the days when you might wander down the high street seeking out your local supplier only to find he has one choice for you. Indeed it is that very fact of availability that has made the web such a great resource

Womens pirate costumes

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

It is time to start planning your Halloween costume for your party. Whether Trick or Treating or hosting your own Halloween party you will need to need a few scary Halloween fancy dress ideas. Perhaps want a complete costume or put together your own with a few accessories, but first of all you’re going to need a good idea to follow.

Here are a few to consider.

Halloween Costumes for Women

The traditional Halloween costume for the ladies, includes wicked witches, sexy little devils, corpse brides and Victorian vampires. Try creating your own based on one of these and accessorize to add your own take, or buy complete, ready-made costumes.

Some other womens themes are gothic brides, ghostly ladies, dark fairies, good witches, black widows, and film characters, such as the well known Morticia from the Addams family. Then there is the the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz, a female Death Eater from Harry Potter, a dark Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, or even a Miss Krueger costume based on Freddie Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street.

Alternatively you may choose to go for something more adventurous and not so much on a Halloween theme, such as a pirate costume. One way to go is to take a look at some photos of women pirates fro this era and put together an ensemble of fabrics to match

Dressing up in a pirate costume

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Halloween is almost here again and there will be many fancy dress parties going on. It is the favourite time of year to get dressed up in a strange outfit and to make a fool of yourself. When it comes down to what you are going to wear there are all kinds of possibilities. A lot of people tend to stick to the Halloween theme and go as Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein or The Wolfman. Sticking to the traditional spooky image of Halloween is all well and good, but there are a lot of alternatives to consider as well…

Pirate costumes are becoming very popular for fancy dress parties. They have always featured in the selections of outfits in fancy dress shops but they are now being worn by a lot more partygoers. A lot of this is down to the great commercial success of the Johnny Depp and his films Mr. Depp and his crewmates have managed to make pirate costumes look like incredibly cool things to wear.

Of course, there have been movies with buccaneers; when Disney created its ‘Caribbean’ franchise it had not really come up with anything new. The main reason that they have been so amazingly successful is because they tap into a wonderful type of adventure story that had been largely forgotten about. Cinema has always had its antiheroes in pirate costumes, but there had not been any really good ones for quite a number of years.

When Captain Jack Sparrow made his dazzling appearance across the big screen, he captured us with his wit and charm, and the whole pirate story came back to life.You immediately remembered all the pirate tales you watched as a kid on TV and felt the same excitement.