When dressing for the 1950s era costumes for ladies place strong emphasis on the narrowness of the waist and would typically have either a full skirt or a pencil slim tubular skirt. The emergence of the youth movement in the 1950s saw a strong influence of teenage influence in fashion style.

The early 1960s saw the introduction of the geometric shift dress and the mini-skirt, whilst the styles of the late 1960s were heavily influenced by the hippie subculture, when both men and women wore frayed bell-bottomed jeans, tie-dyed shirts, workshirts, Jesus sandals, and headbands.

The 1970s began with a continuation of the hippie look with tie dye shirts, bell-bottom trousers, peasant blouses and ponchos being very popular. By the mid 1970s, the hippie look had completely disappeared and the trend was toward jumpsuits. Jumpsuits were almost always flared in the legs and either completely sleeveless or had extremely long bell-sleeves.

The early 1980s fashion was influenced by the fitness craze and included leotards, tights, sweatpants, and tracksuits. Athletic accessories were a massive trend and included leg warmers, wide belts, sweatbands and sun visors. The street urchin look inspired by Madonna and consisted of short skirts worn over leggings, fishnet gloves, hair bows and long layered strings of beads. There were also the sub-cultures of punk, with Mohawk hairstyles, the preppy look inspired by Wham, and power dressing suits with big shoulder pads as popularized by shows such as Dallas and Dynasty.

Go back in time with our selection of fancy dress costumes straight out of the history books. Whether for a medieval banquet, a toga party or just for fun on a themed night out you will find historical fancy dress costumes here.

Yee Haa, gonna have ourselves a hoedown by dressing up in American Western Style. You can go for the full cowboy fancy dress outfit including chequered neckerchief, waistcoat and chaps or just don a cowboy hat and holster set to get into the party spirit. And where there are cowboys you will also find fancy dress costumes for indians.

Be the Belle of the ball as you dress up in a disney princess ball gown, or transform into a sexy fairytale character in one of these magical fancy dress costumes

Pirates Fancy Dress Costumes including pirate hats and headscarves, wigs, pirate wench dresses, pirate captains and sea hand costumes, pirate swords, parrots, earrings and everything pirate.

Find traditional style fancy dress costumes from around the World. These can be everyday or festival costumes that express an identity defined by a country, a period of time in history or stereotypical characters based on geographical region.

Parade around in one of these cool uniforms, whether as a Top Gun style aviator pilot, ships captain or in traditional army fatigues. There are fancy dress outfits for sexy sailors, smart naval commanders, marines or historical traditional military uniforms.

Allo Allo Allo| Whats going on ere then. Police and convict fancy dress costumes are great for groups attending a fancy dress party, stag party or hen night. Just slip off the shackles and have an arresting time whether you are one of the good guys or not.

You could fill a zoo with our range of animal fancy dress costumes. From domestic pets and farmyard animals to jungle animal costumes, whether you are looking for a mascot costume or simply a fancy dress outfit for a party you should find your inner animal here.