Goodies & Baddies is today’s fancy dress theme. As a child did you like to dress-up and play Cops and Robbers or Cowboys and Indians? If not, chances are you are one of our growing number of readers who subscribe to the more modern take on these type of themes, that of Heroes and Villains or Goodies and Baddies. The reason we were asking is because today, August 8th marks the day of the Great Train Robbery, way back in 1963. For those of you who were not born then, such as Tennis Star Roger Federer (who celebrates his 30th birthday today – born 1981) or were too young to remember it, this was possibly one of the most daring and audacious crimes in the UK. Probably one of the most well known of the Great Train Robbers was Ronnie Biggs, who escaped from Wandsworth prison in 1965 and then spent 30 years in exile. He was also born on this day in 1929. So, whether you want to be a Goodie or a Baddie, a Hero or a Villain, have a chat with us at Props n Frocks.
We have covered this Go0die & Baddies costume theme a few times on these blogs, so we are not going to repeat the lists we have made on previous blogs, but we suggest you take a look here for some great Goodie & Baddie Costume ideas…
Today’s fancy dress theme is Film Heroes & Heroines. As we mentioned a week or so ago, today marks the 30th anniversary of the UK première of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, the film that introduced us to that iconic action archaeologist, Indiana Jones. The film was designed to recreate the spirit of the Saturday morning Matinee ‘cliffhanger’ cinema stories – the sort of thing also found in ‘Boy’s Own Paper’ and the Wizard comic. If all that sounds rather male-orientated, of course the girls later had their own role-model in Tomb Raider Lara Croft.
Let’s take a look at some of the costume suggestionst hat we have for Film Heroes & Heroines….
James Bond
Captain Jack Sparrow – he is a ‘sort of’ hero
Harry Potter
Lara Croft
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Obi Wan Kenobi
Princess Leia
Lawrence of Arabia – an Arab Costume is quite easy to put together at home, if you do not have the time, take a look at our Arab costumes
Indiana Jones
Spartacus
Mahatma Ghandi
Robin Hood
Ellen Ripley
Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne)
William Wallace
Zorro
Bat Girl
Ben Hur
T-800 – Terminator
Captain James T Kirk
Rambo
Maverick
Neo & Trinity – The Matrix
Silk Spectre – Watchmen
We are rather short of female film heroines, so we have included a couple of ladies superhero costumes as well
We often find people wanting to have Superhero, Heroes & Villains or Goodies and Baddies fancy dress parties in May. Take a look at some of these other Heroes & Villains blogs
One thing you may notice about many of the costumes available, particularly the superhero ones is that are all very similar. This is to do with licenses and copyright. A few of the bigger names in the costume manufacturing world, will pay for a licence to produce costumes for a particular film, character, etc.. Often these can be for older films rather than newer ones, as many companies find it difficult to produce the costumes when the film is out in cinemas.
Most costumes for these types of parties, (particularly the Superheroes theme) tend to be character costumes, such as Batman, Robin, Superman, Spiderman, Supergirl, Lara Croft, etc.. However there are some generic costumes that will also fit the bill such as gangsters and molls, angels and devils, etc…
You do not need to be restricted to superhero costumes for this theme, why not also look at the following as it may give you some other great costume ideas…
Real Life Villains – Infamous criminal (Jack The Ripper) or a bog standard prisoner costume
Real Life Heroes – Mother Teresa, Doctors & Nurse, all the armed services
Film / Book Villains – Freddy Krueger, Wicked Witch Of The West
Film / Book Heroes – Indiana Jones, James Bond
Cartoon Heroes – Popeye
Fantasy Villains – Devils, Vampires, Witches
Fantasy Heroes – Fairy Godmother, Angels
Childhood hero, just who was your childhood hero? Maybe a teacher or a pop star?
Today our fancy dress theme is Saints & Sinners as it was on this day in 1907 Leslie Charteris was born.
Who? Possibly not so well known (or widely read) as he used to be, Charteris created the book character ‘The Saint’. It was the TV adaptations of these books during the 1960s that arguably helped Roger Moore attract the stardom that would lead him to play James Bond. Although The Saint wasn’t a secret agent, he shared many similar characteristics with 007. Past experience has shown that declaring an excuse for a James Bond event is not always popular (even though we have produced our own in-house James Bond character information sheet) so how about ‘Saints and Sinners’ instead?
Saints and Sinners could also be called ‘Heroes & Villains’, ‘Goodies & Baddies’, ‘Good or Evil’, but these are all basically the same type of fancy dress party. We have some great Baddie Costume ideas on the blog, and also some hero costumes as well. another version of this theme would be ‘The Good, the Bad & The Ugly!’
One person’s idea of a sinner, is another’s Saint, so this costume theme is open to interpretation. All we would say is, be careful and do not offend anyone by dressing up in a costume that may not be politically correct (unless you are happy that the guests at the party will not mind).
Here are some of our ideas for Saint Costumes…
Dress up as a golfer, winner at St. Andrews
Father Christmas – St. Nicholas
Southampton (The Saints) Football player
Mother Teresa – nun outfit
Nurse Costumes – we have some great ladies sexy nurse outfits
Doctors – we stock a great range of accessories & costumes
Now today, March 21st we could suggest a Heroes and Villains fancy dress theme as both Timothy Dalton and GaryOldman were born on March 21st, in 1946 & 1958 respectively. Timothy Dalton’s best known heroic role is probably as James Bond in the films A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights. Although Gary Oldman may have gravitated more to the villainous side, with his performance as Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 film and Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in the Fifth Element, his recent roles as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films and commissioner Gordon in Batman films The Dark Knight and the forthcoming Dark Night Rises (due 2012) may redress the balance. Whatever your take on Heroes and Villains, you can be sure at Props N Frocks we have something for everyone, whether you want to stay in the light or head over to the dark side.
Now, in some of our other hubs, we have given you a huge range of hero and villain costumes to choose from take a look at some of them here…
Today we’re suggesting another Heroes and Villains fancy dress event in honour of the fact that both Glenn Close (1947) and Bruce Willis (1955) have their birthdays today. Glenn Close may be best remembered for villainous roles such as the ‘bunny-boiler’ mistress Alex Forrest in ‘Fatal Attraction’ and as Cruella de Vil in two live-action films based on the 101 Dalmatians story, but she has a far wider repertoire, including an American Vice-President (Air Force One) and an American President’s wife (Mars Attacks). On the other hand Bruce Willis, who started his movie career as a bar-tender (having been ‘scouted’ whilst doing it for real) has almost always played action heroes (or antiheroes), although he’s not been adverse to taking a few uncredited bit-parts or cameo roles.
It might be argued that there are not that many action heroes available for females – Lara Croft and Beatrice ‘The Bride’ Kitto (Kill Bill) are about it, but 2011 promises to change all that with some interesting movies featuring feisty females (and, of course, associated costumes) in the pipeline. ‘Stay tuned’ for details.
We have previously written a lot of blogs regarding costume ideas for heroes & villains, so rather than repeat them, here is a link to our heroes costume ideas & here are some of our previous villain costume ideas …
Yesterday, we looked at heroes fancy dress theme and today we encompass villains as well. Why? Well, January30th 1931 is the 80th birthday of the actor Gene Hackman. Famed for playing both heroes and villains, his film career spanned four decades. The French Connection, where he won the Oscar for Best Actor is probably his best known film, but other ones include, Superman & Superman II (as Lex Luthor) Get Shorty (with John Travolta) and Unforgiven, where he won his second Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. So, whatever the hero or nemesis, contact us to find out how we can help you create it.
Cruella – we stock Cruella style costumes, as well as a large range of Cruella accessories including wigs, gloves and cigarette holders.
Captain Hook (Villain) Pirate Captain costumes available to hire and purchase.
Devil. We stock a huge range of Devil accessories to create this outfit. We also stock a great range of bad fairy accessories including black fairy wings and black halos.
Superhero Baddies, including The Joker
Fairytale Book Characters – These stories normally follow a good versus evil situation so use a character from your favourite fairytales. Villains include: Jafar (Alladin), Bad Fairy / Witches, Wicked Queens, Wicked Witch of The West
Horror Films – These give a wide range of nasty characters including: Freddie Krueger, Jason , Silence Of The Lambs, Dracula
Real Life Villains – Convict costumes as well as outfits based on ‘real criminals’ such as Jack The Ripper (wear a victorian costume)
Vampires & Werewolves – very popular at the moment, especially with The Twilight Saga
Film Baddies – So many to mention, here are a few ideas for you. Darth Vader, Mike Myers (Halloween series), Hannibal Lector, witch witch (Chronicles of Narnia), Silas (DeVinci Code)
are one of our growing number of readers who subscribe to the more modern take on these type of themes, that of Heroes and Villains or Goodies and Baddies. The reason we were asking is because today, August 8th marks the day of the Great Train Robbery, way back in 1963. For those of you who were not born then, such as Tennis Star Roger Federer (who celebrates his 30th birthday today – born 1981) or were too young to remember it, this was possibly one of the most daring and audacious crimes in the UK. Probably one of the most well known of the Great Train Robbers was Ronnie Biggs, who escaped from Wandsworth prison in 1965 and then spent 30 years in exile. He was also born on this day in 1929. So, whether you want to be a Goodie or a Baddie, a Hero or a Villain, have a chat with us at Props n Frocks.
