Angel Costumes: Christmas Costume Ideas

An Angel fancy dress costume as a Christmas costume idea is something that I think many people miss when trying to come up with something slightly different to wear to the office Christmas costume party. We all know that an Angle or Star is often placed on top of the Christmas tree, but have you ever wondered why?

Couples Costumes
Both the Angel and the Star come from the Nativity story with the star representing the Star of Bethlehem and the angel from the host of angels. With this in mind I suppose a great idea for Christmas couples costumes could be to get your partner to dress up in a Star costume and you could dress up in an as the angel!

Adult Angel Costumes
An angle outfit For me make excellent elegant outfit as a Christmas theme costume. If you look on the web there are plenty of adult angel Halloween costumes out there and I have even found plus size angel costumes available so you should not have much difficulty in finding one in your size, price range and style.

Fallen Angel Costumes
These devil angel costumes are for those of you who would rather be a little wicked this Christmas! There are some excellent dark angel costumes available. Look out for the Naughty and Nice Angel Halloween Costume, that is half a devil and half an angel, for those that can't decide what side of the fence to sit on! Find a Fallen Angel Costume

Sexy Angle Costumes
I suppose another twist on the fallen angel would be a sexy angel costume. I never really thought of angels as being sexy before, surely they are fare to innocent to be sexy, but yes there are plenty of sexy angel Halloween costumes out there and I suppose if you have the figure to pull it off why not - perhaps this sexy fancy dress could could even turn out to be a present for your partner!

Child Angel Costumes
Just like the adult versions these days there are plenty of options for kids angel costumes in terms of sizes and price ranges available. One thing that I have noticed though is that within the range of childrens angels costumes is that there are very few of the "fallen angle" type available, perhaps though this is a good thing!

Infant Angel Costumes
Unfortunately I have not been able to find any infant or toddler angel costumes, there are plenty of toddler lamb costumes but no angels, which is a shame as I think they would be excellent. If anyone else happens to find any, please leave a comment to let me know about it. I suppose you could always make your own angel costume, here is how to make an angel costume: Home Made Angel Costume

Nativity Costumes
I don't feel that Nativity costumes have to be exclusively for children, I think is a great idea if you are looking at dressing up as a group. There are some great Christmas costume ideas here: The Three Wise Men Costumes, Shepherd Costumes, Sheep Costumes, Donkey Costume, Mary, Joseph and even a Jesus costume although personally I would treat these with respect. Then as mentioned there are the Angel costumes as well as the Star costume.

Where to Buy Angel Costumes
Good places to get all these angel costumes this Christmas include Amazon Angel Costumes
as well as Jokers' Masquerade Christmas Costumes

Here is hoping you have a very Merry Christmas!

Cheap Christmas Fancy Dress Costumes

If you are planning to have a fancy dress party or dress up in a costume this Christmas, don't wait until the last minute, now is the time to buy you Santa costumes, elf costumes and sexy Santa costumes (if you are a girl.)

I have just done a quick look at most of the major fancy dress websites out there and quite a few of them have Christmas themed costumes on special offer or in the sale categories. I bet you this will soon change in time for Christmas once the demand rises.

For example Jokers' Masquerade fancy dress have already updated their website for Christmas, but if you take a look at their winter sale costumes there are a bunch of Christmas themed costumes in there including:

Santa Suit
An adult deluxe Santa suit costume which is on sale at £99 and is probably a little too pricey for most people, but if you are after a quality Santa costume this may save you a few pounds.







Sexy Santa Costume
I also quite like this Miss Santa Deluxe Trousers Top & Hat is a real sexy Santa costume which has been reduced from £29.99 down to £14.99, so a good bargain for a quality costume.









Childrens Santa Costume
If you are after cheap Christmas costume for your children, I really like this Santa Scooby-Doo Christmas Costume that is now for sale at £17.99 which I think is pretty decent value for money as it is a fully licensed product.


These are just a few of the cheap Christmas costumes available from the Jokers' Masquerade winter sale that you may wish to check out.

Crazy Christmas Costume Ideas

Christmas fancy dress costumes do not all have to be about dressing up in Santa costumes, elf costumes or even reindeer costumes. Here are a few of my alternative fancy dress ideas for Christmas this year:

Christmas tree costume
What could say more about Christmas than the Christmas tree, but did you know that custom of erecting a Christmas tree or Yule tree comes from Germany and goes right back to the 16th century! I have seen Christmas tree costumes for sale on the web and think that they are excellent.

Christmas Snowman Costume
Ok, so I know that here in the UK it hardly ever snows on Christmas, but even so the snowman is one of the iconic symbols of Christmas, just take a look at the Christmas cards for sale in a book shop and see how many feature a snowman on the cover. There are Snowman costumes available and will make excellent fancy dress costumes for Christmas.

Christmas turkey costume
Ok, so far we have the Christmas tree, a snow man, but what about the Christmas feast? There are a couple of ideas here, what about dressing up in a Turkey costume or even a Christmas pudding, I have seen both available to buy on the web.

Other stange / different Christmas costume ideas could include a Penguin costume, Robin costume or if you want to be nasty this Christmas, how about a Grinch Costume?

Fancy Dress Costumes and Google Insights

Fancy dress related search terms
Google have recently released a tool called Google Insights where you can gain an view as to what people are searching for on their search engine. I decided to see what people search for in relation to fancy dress over the last year as knowing what people are looking for helps me to know what to write about.

Fancy Dress: Top searches
The 10 top searches in relation to Fancy Dress:

1. fancy dress costumes
2. costumes
3. fancy dress costume
4. fancy dress shops
5. fancy dress shop
6. fancy dress ideas
7. fancy dress hire
8. fancy dress party
9. halloween fancy dress
10. fancy dress outfits

So all pretty predictable although it is still interesting to me how many people still search for costume hire companies when looking for a fancy dress costume. What is also great is that so many people search for "fancy dress ideas" - you see I named my blog well!

Rising searches
Things really start to get interesting when we take a look at search terms related to fancy dress that have increased in popularity over the last year.

1. leg avenue + 100% in popularity
2. wonderland fancy dress + 60%
3. army fancy dress + 50%
4. ann summers + 50%
5. joke fancy dress + 40%
6. halloween fancy dress + 40%
7. cheap fancy dress + 30%
8. ladies fancy dress + 20%
9. fancy dress outfit + 20%

So lets take a look at a few of them and figure out why they are increasing in popularity

1) Leg Avenue
Leg Avenue Fancy Dress is a costume company that almost exclusively sells sexy womans costumes as well as lingerie, shoes and swimwear. Leg Avenue started as a family owned hosiery business located in Los Angeles in 1984. From hosiery to lingerie, the company grew quickly. In 1999, the family formed Leg Avenue, Inc. to bring their new concepts to life and it wasn’t long before Leg Avenue decided to enter the Halloween industry. Their designs mix fashion with fantasy, Leg Avenue Costumes are sexy and fun and as they say themselves "No one does sexy costumes better than Leg Avenue." Which i would have to agree with as Leg Avenue are definitely one of my favourite Halloween costume manufacturers as they have some stunning outfits that are usually excellent quality.

More: Sexy Leg Avenue Costumes for Valentines Day

3) Army Fancy Dress
This is an interesting one, I have no idea as to why people are suddenly looking for army costumes? Maybe the fact that there are so may conflicts aroud the world at the moment and that they are all in the media, it had inspired people to dress up in army outfits? Who knows any ideas would be greatly apreciated.

4) Ann Summers
Like Leg Avenue, Ann Summers also stared life selling sexy underwear and lingerie and have now moved on to offer sexy fancy dress and Halloween costumes. Interesting haw it seems that sexy fancy dress is the in thing at the moment (perhaps I should write more about them!) In my experience, I have found that Ann Summers costumes are not as good quality as the Leg Avenue ones.

5) Joke Fancy Dress
I suppose this could be either people looking for novelty costumes, or possibly one of my favourite fancy dress companies in the UK, Jokers' Masquerade Fancy Dress. I think because their website is www.joke.co.uk, many people just refer to them as Jokers Fancy Dress, Joke Fancy Dress or even just as joke.co.uk. According to their website, they have the largest online collection of adult fancy dress costumes and Halloween costumes in the UK, with over 10,000 costumes and accessories to choose from. I have often used them and would highly recommend them to anyone.

9) Fancy Dress Outfit
This is also interesting as it shows that people are starting to think of fancy dress as more than just as costume, but as an outfit, which to my understanding of the word in this context makes a fancy dress outfit somehow more substancial, more seriouse than a costume.

Top 10 Childrens Halloween Costumes 2008

Top 10 children’s Halloween costumes for 2008

Every year the range of fancy dress costumes seems to grow and the largest market for Halloween costumes are children's costumes. With the traditional bricks and mortar stores and on-line merchants offer a vast range of children’s costume ideas. Ranging from traditional ghosts, vampires and scary monsters to the South Park Muscle Devil Costume, from witches to the latest movie and television characters.There are literally thousands of childrens Halloween costumes available and you only limited by your imagination and of course your budget!

So what are the most popular Children's costumes for Halloween?
According to the fancy dress company HalloweenExpress.com the top 10 kids Halloween costumes this year are:

1. Indiana Jones Costume
2. Iron Man Costumes
3. Batman Costumes
4. The Joker Costume
5. Hannah Montana Costume
6. Sharpay (“High School Musical”) Costume
7. Clonetrooper Cody (“Star Wars: Clone Wars”) Costumes (Darth Vader Costume) (Yoda Costume) (Princess Leia Costume)
   
8. Transformers Bumble Bee Costume
9. Monkey Costume (by Tom Arma)
10. Monster bride Costume (Funny Halloween Costumes)
    

A trip down any high street or shopping center is also a good indication of what is popular, yesterday I found plenty of Batman, The Joker and Incredible Hulk costumes for boys. As for the girls there were Hannah Montana costumes including countless accessories including make-up, jewellery, blonde wigs and the sparkly microphone!

We all know that Halloween costumes can get pricey, this is especially true for older children who are less likely to re-use the costume for games of dress-up throughout the year. Discount retailers such as the Wal-Marts Woolworths and Targets of this world have their aisles filled with children’s Halloween costumes which can cost anything upwards from $15, quite a bit of money for just one night of use.

So is the solution to buying, a Homemade Halloween costume? It could be, but as you probably well know as well as me, with children it is hard to beat the glamour and glitz of the commercial costumes! If this still does not help see my earlier post on Kids Halloween costumes for less than $20/£10 and Kids Halloween Costumes

Plus Size Halloween Costumes

Sometimes finding large sizes of fancy dress or Halloween Costumes can be difficult. Most website stock the normal adult costumes, as well as childrens Halloween costumes and even toddler and baby costumes, but no plus size fancy dress. The if you are looking for plus size Halloween costumes it can become even more difficult.



It's all in the name - Halloween Costumes Plus size
If you are searching on the web for larger sized Halloween costumes, you may want to try different search terms. Try "Plus Size Halloween Costumes" or "Full Cut Costumes" as depending on where you live, the terminology for larger sized costumes is different and different fancy dress websites use different names for this category of fancy dress.

I have done a little research and here are a few Plus size Halloween costumes that I think are pretty cool:

Mens Plus Size Halloween Costumes

Halloween Plus Size Adult Werewolf Costume (ref: 23082)
This werewolf costume comes in larger sizes and I think is perfect for Halloween, the Costume includes tattered red gingham shirt with black, grey and white plush fake fur on the chest using a torn through fabric effect. It is available from most good fancy dress stores, both in the UK (including Jokers' Masquerade) and the USA. Halloween plus size awoooooo yeagh! (sorry that was my werewolf impression!)

Plus Size Official Deluxe Ghostbusters Costume (ref: 21808)
Ghostbusters costumes are one of the best selling themes of fancy dress costumes this Halloween and the good news is that the men's Ghostbusters costume is available in larger sizes as well. Another great thing about this costume is it's versatility, as it also make a great 80's theme costume.







Womens Plus Size Halloween Costumes

Plus Size Sally Costume (ref: 22506)
The Sally Standard costume makes an excellent Halloween costume and is also available in larger sizes, try doing a Google search for "Plus Size Sally Standard Costume" For those of you who don't know, Sally Standard comes from the Nightmare Before Christmas film You can find out more the about the film and its cast by visiting the Internet Movie Database. The fully licensed Halloween costume includes a thin dress with printed patchwork colour detail on the front, collar, short sleeves with one slightly longer than the other and dagged finish at the base and sleeves. The back of the dress is an attractive pink and has ties at the base of the neck for easier fitting. There are also two drapes just below the bust at the rear of the dress that will add definition when tied and allow you to make as figure hugging as desired.

Halloween Plus Size Sexy Witch Costume (ref: 21485)
If you are after a more traditional Halloween costume what could be better than a scary witch costume? Something with a little twist in it is a sexy witch costume, hey you can still look sexy and be a witch these days! The good news I also found plenty of Witch Halloween Costumes in Plus sizes on the web.





Adult Devil Princess Costume (FC) (ref: 23314)
Again, a devil costume is a pretty traditional Halloween costume, less so for women, and I think costumes like this one pictured are pretty sexy as well as fitting perfectly into the Halloween theme. There are quite a few plus size women's devil costumes out there, and so you shouldn't find them too difficult to get hold of.

Many thanks to Jokers' Masquerade Halloween Costumes for the excellent Plus size Fancy dress Costume Ideas.

Best Halloween Costume Themes Ever

If you are struggling to come up with a theme for your fancy dress costume this Halloween, here is my list of the best Halloween Costume themes ever:

Classic Halloween Costumes
The top Halloween costumes that will never go out of fashion:

• Witch Costumes
• Devil Costumes
• Vampire Costumes including Dracula Costumes
  
• Werewolf Costume
• Grim Reaper Costume
• Ghost Costumes
• Skeleton Costume
• Zombie Costumes
  

Book and Movie Halloween Costumes
Characters from Books as well as Film characters that make great Halloween costumes

• Ghostbusters Costumes
• The Joker Costume from the Batman Films
• Darth Vader Costume from Star Wars
• Predator Costume
• Chucky Halloween Costumes from the Child's Play, Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky movies
• Edward Scissorhands Costume
• Beetlejuice Costume
• Addams Family Costumes - like the Uncle Fester Costume
• Hellraiser Pinhead Costume - from the horror film Hellraiser
• Skeletor Costume from the He Man Cartoons
• Saw Jigsaw Puppet Costume - From the SAW horror films
• Saw Pig Costume - From the SAW Horror films
  
• Frankenstein Costume
• Jekyll and Hyde Costumes
• Ghost costume from the Scream Horror films
• Tinkerspell Halloween Costume
• Little Dead Riding Hood Halloween Costume
• Malice in Wonderland Halloween Costume
• Freddy Krueger Costume
• Jason Voorhees Costume
  
• Miss Freddy Krueger Halloween Costume
• Sinderella Costume
• Jack Skellington Costume from the Tim Burton hit, Nightmare Before Christmas
• Sally Halloween Costume from the Tim Burton hit, Nightmare Before Christmas

Miscellaneous Halloween Costume themes
Halloween costumes that don't really fit into a group

• Evil Clown Costume
• Evil Jester Costume
  
• Bloody Surgeon Costume
• Bloody Nurse Costume
  
• Ghost Pirate Costume
• Mystic Sorcerer Costume
• VooDoo Doll Costume
• Mummy Costume
• Headless Man Costume
• Spider Princess Costume
• Sorceress Costume
• Mental Straight Jacket Costume
• Gothic Bride Costume
• Sexy Evil Queen Costume
  

So there you go, this list is by no means exhaustive and i will add to it as and when I think of more Halloween costume ideas, please feel free to comment if you can think of anything that I may have forgotten.

Happy Halloween.