Our fancy dress theme today is 20th Century. Today we mark a rather interesting anniversary – the first
flight of a woman across the Atlantic, which occurred in 1928. Of course there has to be a first time for everything, but we are curious to know whether there was intense competition to achieve this first. Also, the way the event is reported in one of our sources of reference ‘the first woman to fly in an aircraft’ suggests that some lady beforehand had done it another way, although we don’t know how – a balloon does not seem a very feasible idea. Anyway, the pioneer in question is Amelia Earhart who, of course subsequently became a famous aviator in her own right. So today’s fancy dress theme is 20th Century Achievements/Events
This costume theme is massive and will throw up a whole range of potential costume ideas, here are some of our ideas that will get you thinking…
- Mohammed Ali wins heavyweight Boxing title 1964
- Bonnie & Clyde – Crime Spree for 1932 – 1934 – wear a Gangster Costume
- The Beatles – Shaped an entire generation
- WWI & WWII – Start/End of War – look at our range of 1940s uniforms
- Albert Einstein – most famous scientist of the 20th century
- Elvis – The King of Rock
- Anne Frank – secret diary keeper during hiding
- Mother Teresa
- Madonna
- Emmeline Pankhurst – suffrage movement starting in 1906
- Ronald Reagan – Actor / USA President
- Man On the Moon (1969) – wear an astronaut costume
- St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)
- Rasputin murdered (1916) – monk outfit
- Titanic Sinks (1912)
- Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin (1928)
- Joan of Arc canonised as a Saint (1920)
- Tutankhamen’s tomb first opened (1922)
- Mickey Mouse Debut (1928)
- Donald Duck debut (1934)
- John F Kennedy Assassinated (1963)
- Woodstock Festival (1969)
- Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st women UK Prime Minister (1979)
You could also look at great film releases such as Anthony & Cleopatra, Movie Icons such as Marilyn Monroe or even the range of fashions.
