Around The World is our fancy dress theme today as the world gets ready to compete at the London Olympics.
Some of our country costume ideas include:
- French Maids
- Venetian eye masks – ideal if you do not want to do too much
- Australian hat – another easy one to do
- St. George – wear a knight costume for the patron saint of England
- Wear a kilt for Scotland
- Leprechauns for Ireland
- Skier for any Alpine country
- Matador, or Flamenco dancer for Spain
- Canada – wear a Mountie costume
- North America – a Pilgrim Fathers style costume, or Native Indian
- Indian – Bollywood style
- Mexico – what about one of our Mexican ponchos and a sombrero
- Any Arab country – men wear an Arab Sheik costume, ladies a belly dancer costume
- Egypt – wear an ancient Egyptian costume
- Italy – wear a gangster or ancient Rome costume such as a gladiator or Caesar costume
- Hawaii – an easy costume to put together with our large range of Hawaiian accessories
- Japan – Geisha is probably the most popular costume for a lady
- Jamaican - wear a colourful shirt, dreadlocks and fake weed. Complete the look with a giant spliff
Today is the National Day of Belgium, a country supposed by some to be boring but which has brought us comic-book author Herge and his creation, Tintin the boy detective; Adolph Sax, the inventor of the saxophone and Renee Magritte, the surrealist painter, best known for his floating bowlers hats. The Belgiums are also good at food and drink – their abilities with chocolate are well-known, they also do an interesting line in variations on waffles and go totally over the top when it comes to beers. Not only do they have a wide selection of beers made from a range of unusual ingredients, they also produce a wild and wonderful set of different drinking vessels from which to consume these drinks – some with their own special stands. Obviously not so much a case of being boring, but rather, having quirky hidden depths of creativity. Being the weekend, today is perhaps a good excuse to cultivate your own creativity – with the next few weeks being wall-to-wall sport, you might find yourself having to make your own entertainment.