The ultimate guide to St Patrick's Day fancy dress As the people of Ireland gear up to celebrate the St Patrick’s Day on March 17th, many partygoers take the opportunity to go out and have some fun dressed up as an archetypal Irishman for the day. Whether you’re Irish or you just appreciate a good pint of the black stuff – that’s Guinness if you’re not on our wave length! – it is one of the most popular occasions of the year for parties and weekend celebrations. St Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and as the patron saints and national apostle of Ireland it is little surprise why thou...

5 comedians to look out for in 2013 Are you looking for some Christmas cheer to help you battle the packed High Streets and laugh your way into 2013? If you are a fan of our fabulously fun fancy dress costumes then you are sure to enjoy a good laugh thanks to a stand-up comedian! At All Fancy Dress we like to think we’ve got a good eye for comedic talent and we have taken a keen interest in some of the up and coming laughter merchants to reach the nation’s stages in the New Year. Here are our top five comedians to look out for in 2013 with some hilarious clips to whet your appetite! Lucy Beaumont Twitter: @lucybeaumontt The...

Chihuahua Fancy Dress Record Attempt Fails! We’ve covered some pretty obscure record breaking attempts in this blog in the past few years but this one takes the (dog) biscuit- last week in Kansas City, USA, an attempt to break the world record for the biggest costumed Chihuahua ‘parade’ sadly failed! It appears that not enough of the invited pooches turned up, leaving the event organiser, Mark Valentine, disappointed but undeterred. According to Mark, ‘We were 200 dogs short of breaking the record. However, we are going to keep doing this until we run out of dogs in Kansas City and have to start shipping them in!...