WOW Factor Costumes

Posted on January 6, 2013 by admin

Are you looking for a costume with the WOW factor? If yes, then pop along to Props & Frocks fancy dress. Yes, we stock many costumes, and fancy dress accessories, that you can purchase but we also stock a huge range of unique hire fancy dress costumes.If you want to hire a costume, please bring some proof of address with you. If you require mail order,just drop us a line and we can advise what we have available

On this day in 1925 John DeLorean was born. He was best known for the gull-wing DeLorean car which, although not a commercial success, was, of course the centrepiece of the Back to the Future series of films. The problem wasn’t so much that the car was ahead of its time (even without the help of Marty McFly) but that aside from its price, it was, in many respects, impractical. On the other hand, it had a unique look and a WOW factor and when it comes down to it, by a tenuous link, this is the same ethos that guides us here at Props & Frocks: Whilst we have a superb range of conventional outfits and accessories for sale and hire, when it comes to making that extra effort, going that extra mile and doing something different and unique, even if it seems a bit off the wall and impractical, we are here to help you shine.

Ladies Fancy Dress Costumes

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin

Props & Frocks Fancy Dress is well known locally for supplying quality hire costumes, all backed up with superior customer service. Our range of ladies costumes covers all shapes and sizes from a UK ladies dress size 6 to 28! We encourage anyone who is looking through our hire costumes to ask for help if they are having trouble finding a suitable costume – we know our costumes inside out. Although, it is hard to always please everyone all of the time, using our professional knowledge of our costumes, it is very rare that we cannot help you source a costume.

Obviously, we do not have the full range of sizes in every style of costume, but our choice is vast, so please give us the chance to help you.

We only show a very limited range of our quality hire costumes on this site, so if you are local to our Essex based shop, we recommend that you pop in and have a look.

As well as offering a huge range of hire costumes, we also stock 1000s of accessories & costumes that you can purchase to keep forever. If yo have never paid us a visit, why not pop in, see our new shop layout and the range of fancy dress costumes & accessories that we stock.

You’ll be guaranteed a warm welcome!

Props & Frocks fancy dress is open 7 days a week.

Today is International Women’s Day, the 101^st year this event has been celebrated, and all around the country (and the world) various events are being held to mark the day, some political, some motivational, some supporting worthy causes and some just as a genuine excuse for a get-together (as opposed to those spurious fake excuses). Our own current (and ongoing bugbear) at Props & Frocks is the topic we mentioned a week or so back – the lack of equality when it comes to costumes: The fact that for certain themes (particularly in the superhero department) there seem far fewer female costumes than male (although females are often keener to dress-up), and that that some genius thinks that putting together a female version of a male character costume, (or for that matter, a ‘professional’ outfit in a ‘sexy’ version) is a good marketing ploy does not help. We are waiting to see sexy ‘professions’ outfits for men – waiters, secretaries and construction workers, for example (the Village People or the Full Monty uniforms are a start – the mankini is perhaps a little too much) and proper versions (as opposed to cut-down crop-top) of male costumes in female sizes. Only then can the costume playing field be truly equal!

Fancy Dress Hire Costumes – Go Eco

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

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Are you looking for a top quality hire fancy dress costume?

Today we go all eco-friendly as it is International Paper Bag Day (trust us – it’s something to do with a paper-bag making machine being awarded its patent on this date). Now obviously whilst we are happy to sell costumes and accessories here at Props n Frocks (we have 1000s of costumes & accessories to choose from), but, one of the strongest arguments for us hiring costumes is that it is more eco-friendly for one costume to be used several times. Obviously there are factors such as cleaning and maintenance to take into account, but the fact is that if a costume is well-made, it will continue to look good and display its quality longer and better than those that have been mass-produced – and because many of our designs are originals, there is less risk of meeting your ‘twin’ at an event. Although today we could, of course, suggest a paper-based costume and/or accessories event, and doubtless with a little thought you might rustle something up, it is a sad fact that this type of costume may not last long when it comes to the great British weather. We therefore would not want to put a dampener on things, and suggest you have a look around our site, or pop into our shop, for some innovative and more durable costumes.

Props n Frocks is based in Battlesbridge, Essex and has 1000s of quality hire costumes. We have costumes for all shapes and sizes, in all ranges. Being open 7 days a week and with 4 late nights,until 8pm, we are open when you need us to be open.

Although we have a few hire costumes on the website, we really recommend that you pop into see us, where you can roam through the rails and rails of hire costumes getting some great inspiration and professional advice, if you need it.

Nothing actually beats touching and trying on a costume, purchasing via mail order is great, but will never be able to replace the quality of one of our hire costumes. We do send our hire costumes out all over the country, so if you are not near to us, do not despair, we can still help you – just contact one of our Customer Care Team.