Money Fancy Dress Theme

Posted on June 27, 2012 by admin

Today, we thought we’d encourage a ‘Money’ Costume theme. Sound difficult? Take a look at our great costume ideas, and if you still want more? Check out our costume ideas section in the website where we have costume ideas for many fancy dress theme…

Money costume Ideas:

Gambler
Bookie
Dick Turpin – he robbed people for their money
Robin Hood – he robbed the rich and gave it to the poor
Pirates – robbed anyone for money (or it’s equivalent), we have a huge range of pirate accessories, always a very popular costume idea
Miss Moneypenny – from James Bond
Bob – Wear a bob wig
Grand – dress up for this occasion, look down on everyone else, slang for £1000.00
Monkey – slang for £500.00 We have a hire Monkey costume, and Monkey masks to purchase
Pony – slang for £25.00, wear a horse mask
Score – slang for £20.00 – cover yourself with a musical score
Squid – slang for a £1.00 – wear a Squid like costume – nothing available to purchase I am afraid, you will need to improvise
Coppers – wears a police outfit
Cheque – wear a Morphsuit with a check design

At a time when money (or lack of it) is much on people’s minds, today is the anniversary of the first ATM ‘hole-in-the-wall’ cash machine, opened in Enfield in 1967. Although the early machines were a bit cumbersome (an early Barclays version involved cheque-like punchcards which allowed you to have ten pounds at a time!), we can see this as the point at which money really began to talk – mostly ‘Goodbye’. Today we thought we would suggest a Money-orientated theme.

In some ways, the arrival of the Euro rather spoilt things for many of the currencies (although some Euro-countries seem to be spoiling things right back!) To paraphrase the old 10cc hit, to be Franc, if you have a Yen to make your Mark, at a Money Makes The World Go Round event, then come and see us here at Props & Frocks – we won’t make a Drachma out of a crisis (the Greeks have their own problems).

Money Fancy Dress theme

Posted on July 16, 2011 by admin

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We are going to base today’s fancy dress theme on Money, something that we could all do with a bit more of!

So how can we make this into an actual costume theme, well here are a few ideas for you to get your brain cells working…

Dick Turpin – he robbed people for their money
Robin Hood – he robbed the rich and gave it to the poor
Pirates – robbed anyone for money (or it’s equivalent)
Miss Moneypenny – from James Bond
Bob – Wear a bob wig
Grand – dress up for this occasion, look down on everyone else, slang for £1000.00
Monkey – slang for £500.00
Pony – slang for £25.00, wear a horse mask
Score – slang for £20.00 – cover yourself with a musical score
Squid – slang for a £1.00 – wear a Squid like costume – nothing available to purchase I am afraid, you will need to improvise
Coppers – wears a police outfit
Archer – slang for £2000 – wear a Robin Hood outfit
Aryton Senna – slang for a £10.00 – wear a Racing Driver costume
Lady Godiva – Slang for a £5.00 – wear a long blonde wig, over a nude suit.
Banker – wear a suit
Cent – go as a perfume bottle, again, you will need to work something out yourself as nothing is available to purchase
Cheque – wear a checked suit
Buck – wear a cow mask
Note – cover yourself in musical notes.
50 cent – rapper clothing and bling
Dough – go as a baker making bread
Bread / dough – go as a loaf of bread, or a miller wearing a crown for Kingsmill
Wear posh clothes with a line drawn across your lower legs – above the poverty line
Wear poor clothes with a line drawn across your forehead, below the poverty line

In Sweden on this day in 661 the first European banknotes were introduced, although the concept of having a ‘bank note’ (which is really an elaborate form of IOU) as an alternative to having to carry amounts of heavy coins had existed in a rudimentary form beforehand (the Chinese invented it) . Despite the best efforts of the banks, banknotes are still a vital part of business, the main problem being that some notes, such as fivers, tend to get ‘worn-out’. Some countries have experimented with a plasticised form of note but apparently some types of such note, when put in a microwave (why?) will shrink! Whilst this offers excellent comedy value for some – you offer a large denomination note and the cashier says ‘Do you have anything smaller?’, so you offer a miniaturised version – we can think of better things to do with your time, such as offloading any coins and (normal) notes (or even using a more conventional form of plastic payment) in exchange for items from our extensive range of costumes accessories and party goods.

Money is today’s fancy dress theme

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

‘Money makes the world go around’, so we thought we’d have ‘Money’ as today’s fancy dress theme.

Today we celebrate the issuing of the first pound note in 1797. Of course pound notes no longer exist (except in Scotland), but the original idea was that instead of people carrying coins around, they allowed a trusted institution, a bank, to look after their money. The bank issued a note promising to give it back when they wanted it (as it still does on the banknotes of today). Originally when most money consisted of gold (or something similar), the amount of gold in the Bank of England’s reserves was supposed to match the value of notes in circulation, but for various reasons that is no longer the case. Nonetheless we thought that Money or Gold could form the basis of today’s theme – after all, money talks – ‘Goodbye’ usually.

So what costume ideas can we give you for ‘Money’, well here’s a few to get you going, but if you can think of some others, why not add it as a comment as it really helps others with the same ‘Money Theme’

Miss Moneypenny – from James Bond
Bob – Wear a bob wig
Grand – dress up for this occasion, look down on everyone else, slang for £1000.00
Monkey – slang for £500.00
Pony – slang for £25.00, wear a horse mask
Score – slang for £20.00 – cover yourself with a musical score
Squid – slang for a £1.00 – wear a Squid like costume – nothing available to purchase I am afraid, you will need to improvise
Coppers – wears a police outfit
Archer – slang for £2000 – wear a Robin Hood outfit
Aryton Senna – slang for a £10.00 – wear a Racing Driver costume
Lady Godiva – Slang for a £5.00 – wear a long blonde wig, over a nude suit.
Banker – wear a suit
Cent – go as a perfume bottle, again, you will need to work something out yourself as nothing is available to purchase
Cheque – wear a checked suit
Buck – wear a cow mask
Note – cover yourself in musical notes.
50 cent – rapper clothing and bling
Dough – go as a baker making bread
Bread – go as a loaf of bread, or a miller wearing a crown for Kingsmill
Wear posh clothes with a line drawn across your lower legs – above the poverty line
Wear poor clothes with a line drawn across your forehead, below the poverty line

Okay, it’s over to you now…