Party Costumes are a style of clothing worn by particular classes or people from specific periods of our history. Today costumes refer to the clothes worn both by actors who are portraying characters, and by party goers who have chosen to dress up as a well know personality
When we see a particular costume we often know exactly the character being depicted and the period in history. This is probably why fancy dress parties are so popular. How else could we get to play our favourite person from the past.
Halloween has probably been the one event that has drive the love of costume to such great heights. Trends show that we indulge more then than Christmas, in fancy dress activity.
Halloween is almost completely devoted to the love of costumes. From the youngest to the oldest, there are costumes available to fit. When you see outfits for your pet dog, you know that we are in the grip of a new trend in dressing up.
Don’t think that Halloween only means witches and ghouls. In fact all character costumes sell strongly in the build up to Halloween. Kids will pester for the latest batman or Spiderman outfit for that up and coming Halloween party and they simply must have it. No wonder it’s a bonanza for commercial companies
The popularity of costumes at Halloween is now spilling over into other festivities. Easter bunny character is now popular at Easter time and Santa Clause outfits at Christmas. I certainly don;t remember my father dressing up in a Santa outfit at Christmas.
Costume design is being taken to a new level, far from the traditional themes we have come to expect. Cosplay is fast becoming the costume trend influenced heavily by video game characters. Contestants create their costume based on their selected character and stand before a judging panel to assess their accuracy and interpretation of the character.
The costume and fancy dress scene today has become far richer and more diversified. It incorporates characters from the past and those from the world of virtual reality and offers all these online with speedy delivery.
