Predicting What's In & What's Out for the Year Ahead in Fancy Dress
Ladies and gentlemen, buckle your seat belts. The year ahead is going to be a wild ride for movie releases. For the most part, the ride will be a glorious, all-star adventure.
As we've come to discover over many years in the business, trends in the world of fancy dress costumes often come and go along with popular film releases. So, without further ado, here's our list of predictions for popular costume ideas in the year ahead. We wish you your best dress up year yet.
Costume Ideas for Adults:
Avengers Costumes
Well, duh. Was there really ever a doubt in your mind?
Avengers killed the box office when it was released in 2012, and judging by the hype surrounding the second installation due to be released this year, we're in for another massacre.
The Age of Ultron, directed by Sci-Fi hero Joss Whedon, looks epic. Filled with all of your favourite Marvel superheroes, this film is a veritable goldmine for potential dress up ideas. And not just for men's costumes, either. Female superhero costumes are set to be popular choices with the release of this film, with Scarlett Johansson (
the Black Widow) representing all the lady heroes out there.
For men, we predict that
Hulk costumes,
Thor costumes and Iron Man costumes and will go off in 2015. Now get out there and save the world.
Star Wars Costumes
With the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens pegged for December this year, we're predicting a resurgence of dressed up Star Wars fans en masse. Here's to all the Leias, the Luke Skywalkers, the Anakins, the Chewbaccas and the Jedis - this is your time to shine. Make sure you look the part for your comeback in one of our many
Star Wars costumes.
To the
Darth Vader and Darth Maul sympathisers: even though you won't be winning this battle, we wish you the best of luck. But a word to the wise: if you're going to lose anyway, the least you can do is look good doing it.
Ghostbusters Costumes
We don't have a release date. We don't have any substantive evidence whatsoever regarding the plot or the cast of the film. But we do have a fully operational rumour mill that's been working hard to churn out allegations regarding the new Ghostbusters movie that is supposedly in the works.
While all rumours regarding Ghostbusters 3 are to be taken with a whole truckload full of salt (at least for now), what we are certain of is that
Ghostbusters fancy dress costumes are set to boom in the very near future.
For those who can't wait for the film's eventual release to celebrate the latest installation of this all-time classic series, we recommend rocking a hazard suit to this years' dress up parties. Trust us. It'll ease the pain of waiting.
Fifty Shades of Grey Costumes
Ladies, 2015 is the year. With the release of this much lauded book-cum-film, we're about to witness what is possible the world's first socially acceptable reason to wear lingerie in public. Bigger even than the annual event that is Halloween.
Fishnets, corsets, thigh highs and stilettos. What constitutes a Fifty Shades of Grey-themed costume can be interpreted in many, varied ways. Whether you want to let loose or dress with a bit more coverage, not only will sexy costumes be the go for women this year, but it will also be one of the most easy costume ideas to put together.
Cinderella Costumes
Just as it's never too late to go looking for Prince Charming, it's also never too late to relive your childhood fantasies.
With the live-action remake of Cinderella due to hit screens in March, we predict that dress up parties everywhere will be graced with the presence of breathtaking storybook princesses.
With most of our Cinderella costumes available to buy around the $50 mark, Prince hunting has never been cheaper. Our range of Cinderella costumes - available to buy online - includes
classic Cinderella,
Cinderella for children and even
sexy Cinderella costumes.
Kids Costume Ideas for 2015:
Minions Costumes
In our humble opinion, Despicable Me was one of the best animated films to come out in this generation - for both kids and adults.
This year, we're in for more pint-sized adventures with the Minions movie, due to be released this July. We predict that this will be one of the most popular kids' fancy dress choices in 2015. And the good thing about
minions is that they come in packs, so if you're out of ideas for group kids' costumes, you can just dress them all up the same!
SpongeBob Costumes
Finally, the moment we have all been waiting for. Our favourite sea sponge is about to get more well-deserved airtime this year with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water.
If you dress your child in a
SpongeBob costume for their next fancy dress party, not only will you have one happy kid, you'll also have one with extra spongey padding. Happy kids, happy parents.
For more costume ideas, visit our online
costume store.
