The Dark Side as a costume theme gives for some interesting fancy dress ideas:
- Darth Vader – take a look at all of our Star Wars costumes
- Donnie Darko
- Eclipse, dress all in black
- Vampire Costumes
- Werewolf Costumes
- Ghostly costumes
- The Dark Knight
Today is the 13th anniversary of the last full solar eclipse in the UK (August, 11th, 1999). Given how some people feel about the number thirteen, this got us thinking about a Dark Side event. Now whilst a new episode of the popular Darkside video game has been due this summer, and others with a little too much time on their hands might recall the fact that you can apparently run the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon album alongside the Wizard of Oz film (you start the music after the MGM lion has roared) and get some interesting interplay, we were just thinking of something where you can be wicked for once and show your dark side. Given that Angelina Jolie is doing just that in her new ‘Maleficent’ film, we then got to thinking whether it works the other way – can villains have a lighter side? We all know that many of them have pets – Maleficent has Diablo, her raven, Blofeld has his cat and Dr Evil, Mr Bigglesworth, but beyond that, what? Even when there is not a solar eclipse, between the extremes of light and dark and black and white, there are many shades of grey, but then that is a whole different area of interest.