Continuing with our Movies fancy dress theme, today we look at two other potential “themes within a theme”, based around two significant births. The first is that of the ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, Movie Star, James Dean, who would have been 80 on February 8th (born 1931), had not his life been cut short at 24 due to a tragic car accident, on September 30 1955.  For those wanting to portray James Dean for a Movies (or perhaps a ‘Dead Icons’ party), this is an easy costume to do.  All it requires is Jeans, T-shirt and the right hairstyle. However, as when portraying any movie star, it helps if you have got similar features to the character you are trying to portray (not everyone has the dark brooding looks of James Dean). There are some specialist character masks available that can give you a ‘head start’ when portraying particular celebrities, although we are not too sure whether a James Dean one is currently available.

If you do want to stick tot he tried and tested Movie theme, take a look at our selection of film costumes - this page will give you loads of costume ideas.

The other theme within the Movies theme is based on the original book written by Jules Verne ‘Around the World in 80 Days’. No prizes for guessing the theme!  The author of the original book was born on February 8th 1828, in Nantes, France.  His classic adventure story about Phileas Fogg has been turned into two movies (1956 & 2004) and a play. For those old enough to remember you may also remember Monty Python star Michael Palin did a travel series of the same name, which was first screened in 1989.  At Props n Frocks we have some fantastic country costumes from all around the world. So, whether you want Oriental, African, European, American or Australian costumes, you know where to come.