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I’ve stumbled across some hysterical Halloween fancy dress party chat up lines, that I just have to share with you…

“You’re so hot you would make the devil sweat!” – excellent.
“Speak of the devil….or should I say angel?” – slightly sickening.
“Is your name Summer? Cos you’re hot as hell.” – priceless.

So if you’re off to a Halloween fancy dress bash next week dressed up to the max in fancy dress costumes and you’re looking for lurve then why not try out of these chat up lines….or not?! (Let us know how you get on!).

Last week saw St Bede’s First School, Bedlington take part in another National Book week. Instead of just bringing along their favourite books, these fancy dress fanatics took Book Week one step further and dressed up in fancy dress costumes of their favourite character.

The most popular fancy dress costumes amongst the children were pirate fancy dress outfits. There were plenty of fancy dress eye patches, hat and swords to be seen! Even the teachers embraces Book Week by dressing up in fancy dress outfits too, what a great way of using fancy dress to encourage children to read!

With Royal Mail strike action scheduled for the end of this week (Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd October) we don’t want you fancy dressers panicking about delayed deliveries of fancy dress costumes. Royal Mail have advised that they have sound contingency plans in place to try and maintain a good level of service. However, the fundamental problem is the knock on effect that the strikes will have and the delays they will cause. So here is what we recommend you do to help ensure that you are not disappointed this Halloween.

If you are worried about not receiving your fancy dress order in time we strongly advise that you choose the Next Day Delivery option. This guarantees trackable, next day delivery before 4pm on orders placed before 5pm, Monday to Friday. There are a few postcode areas where Next Day Delivery is not possible (such as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland) so please refer to our website for further details. We use a courier company called APC Overnight for our Next Day Delivery service so providing that there are no major disasters your fancy dress costumes should be in safe hands!

Royal Mail have also advised that their Special Delivery service will also be affected by the strike action. Orders placed on Friday with Next Day Delivery will be delivered before 4pm on Monday with APC Overnight couriers. For this weekend only we cannot offer Saturday delivery.

If you have any queries before placing your fancy dress order please get in touch – we’d be happy to help!

Halloween is celebrated to the extreme these days with fancy dress costumes, trick or treating, wild parties and plenty of ghost stories and creepy goings on. But I wonder how many of you know about the origins of Halloween before it turned into a fancy dress fest?

Halloween goes as far back as 2000 years ago to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Halloween originates from the Celts in Northern France and Ireland celebrating their New Year on 1st November. The significance of this day was that it saw the end of harvest and summer and the beginning of winter, which was at the time associated with human death. On the eve of a new year Celts celebrated Samhain which was when they believed that ghosts of the dead returned to earth to cause havoc and damage crops. Bonfires were built in an attempt by the Celts to sacrifice crops and animals to lessen the effects of ghosts.

There were no fancy dress costumes like we see these days at the Samhain, but the Celts would wear costumes made up of animal heads and skins.

Once the Romans had conquered most of the Celtic land their festivals were combined with Samhain. So the passing of the dead was commemorated on one day, followed by a day of celebrating Pomona, the Roman goddess of trees and fruit. Now this is really interesting, Pomona is represented by a symbol of an apple which is probably where the great game apple bobbing came from!

Once the Christian influence was apparent in Celtic areas the pope at the time declared 1st November as All Saints Day. In today’s times some believe that the pope was attempting to put in place a Church sanctioned holiday as opposed to a Celtic festival of the dead. Later in AD 1000 the church made 2nd November All Souls Day which was a day meant for honouring the dead which was celebrated similarly to Samhain.

So there we have it, a brief history of Halloween. I hope that you found it informative so that when you are dressed up in your fancy dress costumes in a couple of weeks you’ll know where the tradition came from.

Party Britain are pleased to announce that their fancy dress haven is hitting the broadsheets! This Sunday a Halloween fancy dress advert for Party Britain will appear in the Independent On Sunday Review Magazine. The advert features some of our best selling Halloween fancy dress costumes. The Prom Nightmare women’s fancy dress outfit is a rose between two thorns (in a weird kind of way). She has a devilish fancy dress Evil Jester to one side and one of the hysterical Inflatable Pumpkin fancy dress costumes on the other side, lucky her!

Halloween really is creeping up on us quickly this year, with only 15 days left until this day of fancy dress fun I hope you are all getting your fancy dress costumes arranged. Whether it be witches, ghosts, zombies or vampire fancy dress outfits that you decide to go for, I’m sure you’ll all look ghoulishly splendid.

I’ve just stumbled across a bit of celeb fancy dress news that I just have to share with you. The weekend saw ex Sugababe Keisha Buchanan hit the town with chum Leona Lewis all dolled up in matching fancy dress costumes. The pair were off to Cafe de Paris for some fancy dress action at a wig party. These girls didn’t stop at wigs though, oh no, they went the whole hog in very sexy Pirate Queen fancy dress costumes. We just happen to have the pleasure of selling the same fancy dress outfits…glad to see the girls have good taste!

The pair looked great in their fancy dress outfits, I’m sure they turned a few heads at the fancy dress bash. Nothing like a bit of celebrity fancy dress gossip to start the day…..

It can be a tough old task deciding which witch fancy dress costume to go for at Halloween. With sexy witches, ballet witches, gothic witches and even inflatable fat witches to choose from you certainly aren’t struggling with fancy dress ideas!

One thing about choosing to be a witch at your Halloween fancy dress bash is that you can guarantee that you are embracing the Halloween fancy dress spirit in style. With the extensive range of witch fancy dress costumes available you have the option to go traditional or funky. And with a great selection of witch fancy dress accessories available you can be sure to jazz your costume up fabulously.

Here are my top five witch fancy dress outfits for Halloween this year:

1. Autumn Witch – a sexy but classy fancy dress frock in tonal autumnal shades.

2. Fashion Witch – This is an elegant long dress with splits and a very cool red spider corset and hat. This stylish fancy dress number is sure to turn a few heads.

3. Pretty Witch – Cute, sexy and simple. This fancy dress costume is for those girls out there who can’t dress up unless they are wearing something pink!

4. Naughty Witch – This young, fun and jazzy fancy dress costume is great for adding a bit of sparkle to any Halloween fancy dress party.

5. Wicked Witch Of The West – A true classic. This fancy dress costume is sure to earn nods of fancy dress approval at Halloween.

So if you’ve run out of fancy dress ideas for this Halloween do not fret, go for a witch and you can’t go wrong!

In true Halloween style our cinemas are about to get hit with some spine tingling Halloween films over the next few weeks. And guess what, we have some equally creepy, ghoultastic Halloween fancy dress costumes to match!

Zombieland has already graced our cinema screens, providing humour as well as lots of blood and gore. If you’re after zombie fancy dress outfits this Halloween then we have plenty of goodies in store for you. With zombie brides, punk zombies and zombie nightmares there is no shortage of fancy dress ideas. The great thing about the zombie nightmare fancy dress costumes is that we have them available for in our men’s fancy dress costumes as well as kid’s fancy dress costumes range. So if you’re a dad that is on trick or treating duty this Halloween then why not team up with your little ones in zombie fancy dress costumes!

Michael Myers unleashes a trail of terror in Halloween II this week. This creepy, blood curdling tale is enough to get anyone in the mood for Halloween. If you want a fancy dress costume that will give your pals the creeps then turn yourself into this crazy Halloween killer (just with fancy dress of course!) The official Michael Myers fancy dress costumes come with the infamous blue jump suit, the eerie white mask and a bloody knife for good measure.

And we can’t forget the blood splattering Saw VI which is hitting the screens in a couple of weeks. If you’re after Saw fancy dress costumes this Halloween we have the Jigsaw Puppet and the Saw Pig fancy dress outfits available. These hair raising, spine chilling fancy dress costumes are sure to scare this Halloween.

Party Britain are proud to introduce Bijou Boutique as our latest range of sumptuous fancy dress costumes. Bijou boutique consists of high quality fancy dress costumes for those extra special occasions. With intricate detailing and plenty of lace and embellishment to go round these fancy dress costumes really are something special. With pirates, vampires, witches and baroque fancy dress costumes there is no shortage of fancy dress options.

The novel thing about Bijou Boutique fancy dress is that you can decide how extravagant you want to go. If you’re going to a fancy dress party where you want something sassy but understated, hold fire with the jewelled fancy dress accessories and stick to the outfit. If you want to go all out with your fancy dress and want to stand out from the crowd and get noticed in your fancy dress costume then Bijou Boutique fancy dress allows you to do so. There are all sorts of Bijou Boutique fancy dress accessories that you can add to your fancy dress costumes to give them a bit more pizzazz! There are sparkle shoe clips, beaded chokers, crystal stockings, very sexy panties and heaps more!

So enjoy having a browse at our latest fancy dress addition, I’m sure that you will like what you see. Don’t forget, these fancy dress costumes make for a great night in as well as night out…..