So far, we have primarily been focusing on Halloween costumes for males, but what about the girls?  Following on from our theme of films earlier on this week, today we look at one of the more recent films that of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.

The costume shown here is only £17.40 (based on it’s on-line price, plus P+P) so it really good value for money. The dress is made from a stretchy velour fabric and has a laced up bodice for some flexibility on sizing. It’s a bargain, grab one while we still have stocks as they are going to sell very quickly at this price.

The Corpse Bride’s name is Emily. She’s been murdered on the night of her elopement and although she’s dead, she’s not taking it lying down: Sometime later, when hapless groom-to-be Victor tries out his ring-presentation technique on what he thinks is a tree root, it’s actually her finger protruding from her grave and so he technically marries her whilst also being engaged to another girl (Victoria) as part of an arranged marriage. Further revelations would spoil things, but the Corpse Bride is yet another of Tim Burton’s great creations, the stop-motion film being released in 2005. It was apparently specially written for his then new muse Helena Bonham-Carter, who voiced the Emily character, and also featured his other touchstone talent Johnny Depp as the voice of Victor.

The official Corpse Bride costume is based on the traditionally white wedding gown look, although understandably rather distressed-looking – a girl cannot always look her best when she has been six foot under. Similarly, due to her deceased state, Emily’s skin colour is more blueish than blushing and her bouquet, available as an accessory to the purchased costume, consists of black roses.

If the blue look does not put you off (it is a more subtle shade than Smurf-meets-Avatar and white highlighting can help enhance the effect), the eye area is the focal point of the make-up. Not only are the eyes wide (you can work with false lashes top and bottom to achieve this), but darker blue shading above the eyes leads to eyebrows redrawn higher and with a slightly curved upturn to recreate Emily’s rather worried/surprised look.

If you can carry it off, this outfit can look so much more elegant than some of the other undead zombie creations one can see at this Halloween time of year.

We also stock zombie / fake skin or liquid latex which is a great way to get a skin peeling effect (just apply to the face, and as it dries peel bits off) and black nail varnish and lipstick to help you to complete the look.

Other popular Dead Bride costumes include covering the basic costume with fake blood, it is very effective but it will stain light coloured material (so be warned)