Today we take a look at possible fancy dress costume trends for 2012, with many remakes in the offering, so it is just as well that it is Groundhog Day – the day when, the legendary rodent Punxsutawney Phil of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania emerges from his purpose-built burrow at nearby Gobbler’s Knob. If he sees his shadow and retreats back to his burrow, it’s a few more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow and stays put, it’s an early spring. This miracle of meteorological forecasting having been made famous in arguably one of Bill Murray’s best films, which many are happy to see again and again, hence making the déjà vu aspects of the film self-fulfilling.

Meanwhile, back on the twin planets of Props & Frocks, déjà vu often seems to occur at this time of the year as we look to see what new costuming trends are in prospect. It seems that ‘back to the future’ is very much the way forward (or back) as 2012 sees attempts to revive tried and tested TV programmes and also create films based on TV shows. We don’t envisage any major merchandising opportunities from the fact that they’re redoing ‘The Sweeney’ but the plans to revive The Munsters, Bewitched and The Flintstones sound a little ominous, especially when you look at the past track-record in this field, notably ‘The New Addams Family’, which was not a success.

We also have the Olympics & the Queens Jubilee giving us lots of possible costume themes for the coming year, and if the Royal wedding of last year was anything to go by, we are certainly going to have lots of Royal themed fancy dress parties. If you need any help, or advice check out our various fancy dress theme ideas (to the right of this blog) or give one of our team a call , or email.