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…
You probably thought we’d have a 40s theme today as of course it’s the anniversary of the Normandy Landings of D-Day in 1944. However, we start the week with one of our occasional series of Strange Costumed Events of The World. This one occurs in Spain today as part of the celebrations for Corpus Christi (which is at the end of the month). This is El Colacho or the Baby-Jumping ceremony which happens at the small village of Castrillo de Murcio. Over a period of days certain men in the community divide themselves into two groups. One of these groups dresses in bright red and gold clothing, supposedly depicting devils, and at the highpoint of the ceremony all the newborns and children under one are laid on a mattress in the town square and these ‘devils’ jump over them, supposedly to help protect them from evil! Exactly why they do this and how it protects the little ones is a mystery but we thought it was worth a mention even if we can’t think of an appropriate theme aside from ‘Saints and Sinners’.
Now this fancy dress theme has been covered in previous posts, so check it out for some great Saints & sinners Costume ideas
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
So it’s November 1st, All Saints Day and time to put away the scary costumes away for another year unless, of course, you want to combine Halloween celebrations with those for Fireworks Night (November 5th) and have a Guys and Ghouls Party. This can give you a wide range of fantastic fancy dress options that requires a little bit of ‘out of the box’ thinking.
You could always have a Saints (and sinners) party. Some would call Guy Fawkes a sinner, so again this theme does combine the two celebrations quite well. This costume theme again allows the Devil costumes to make another appearance, but it gives you a huge range of costume possibilites including religous costumes and anyone who has fallen from grace for one reason or another! Even Punks were considered sinners in their day, so actually who is a Saint and who is a sinner is down to your own personal outlook on life.
From time to time we have mentioned particular individual saints’ Feast Days, but today its carte blanche on any of the vast range of miraculous individuals, some of whose stories are more familiar than others. Most people know that St Patrick of Ireland banned snakes from the Emerald Isle and that St George of England apparently never actually set foot in this country. Other Saints appear in other guises such as St Christopher, the Patron Saint of Travellers who may feature on many a dashboard or windscreen and Saint Nicholas (or ‘Sant ‘Claus) for Christmas, but what about Saint Cecilia (Patron Saint of Musicians) or Saint Vitus (Patron Saint of Dancers)? And then of course there are the Saints who apparently never were, such as St Pancras, the new saint of the high-speed rail traveller? And finally, if all else fails you could always invent your own modern day saint.
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.
Halloween celebrations with those for Fireworks Night (November 5th) and have a Guys and Ghouls Party. This can give you a wide range of fantastic fancy dress options that requires a little bit of ‘out of the box’ thinking.
