With Christmas almost upon us, thoughts turn to the end of the year, and New Years Eve, time to party! Whether you are having a quiet one with family at home or dancing the night away. Make it fun with a fancy dress theme. Hollywood's can cater for all themes and genres. From super hero's to pirates, and 1920's though...

Great Dorset Steam Fair | 22nd - 26th August 2019 Are you ready for the Great Dorset Steam Fair? That's right it's returning to Dorset again from Thursday 22nd until Monday 26th August 2019! What is the legendary Steam Fair? If you’re looking for an excellent fun and action packed day out for all the family, you’ll love the Great...

Thursday 31st August to Sunday 3rd September - get set for the UK's biggest air festival, 4-days of action and entertainment in the air, on land and at sea! Air Festival - what is it and what's going on? This year is the 10th Bournemouth Air Festival and they are incredibly proud to have entertained more than 8.5million people since 2008...

The World’s largest heritage and cultural event showcasing Great Britain’s national industrial, agricultural and leisure history is back! That's right the Great Dorset Steam Fair is happening between Thursday 24th of August and Monday 28th of August 2017! What is the Great Dorset Steam Fair? 'Ten miles of electric cable, 200 tonnes of coal, 550 barrels of beer! These are...

Calling all DC and Wonder Woman fans! Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman is hitting our UK screens on June 1st 2017! So what's Wonder Woman up too? 'Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and...

Are your looking forward to World Book Day in March? Well if so then it is a date in your diary that simply cannot be missed! It is the 2nd of March 2017 and it is their 20th anniversary! Roald Dahl is a much-loved and famous Author and Poet of children's books. His works span from the 1940's all the...

The best family event of the summer is back for the 8th year running and we couldn’t be more excited! Bournemouth Air Festival brings you a long weekend of the best air, land and sea displays in the country from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st August. Bournemouth Air Festival Earlier this year, in May, Bournemouth Air Festival was awarded gold by Visit England and is officially the best tourism event in the whole country! If that wasn’t enough to draw you in then just check out what they have to offer you in 2016! The Red Arrows have been confirmed for all 4 days of the festival once again! They are a firm family favourite year in, year out, so it’s only right to have them headline Bournemouth Air festival. The RN Black Cats helicopter display team will also be performing over the weekend along with the Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team and the mighty RAF Typhoon. New for 2016, the Swiss Air Force Super Puma Display Team will also be joining us! The excitement doesn’t end there either as there will also be the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Royal Navy ships. Continue reading →

From Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd August we welcome back the best event of the summer. Bournemouth Air Festival is returning with a huge and impressive line up of shows and displays to look forward to!  Now, we Brits don’t need much of an excuse to hit the beach, but Bournemouth Air Festival can draw a crowd from far and wide. Since it began in 2008, the air festival has not stopped growing. Not only do the organisers give you a spectacular show year in, year out, they also help raise money for charities chosen by the armed forces. This infamous event has even been voted the best tourism event in the country and was voted gold by Visit England. Continue reading →

The 1940s was an elegant and sophisticated era in the world of fashion and hair. Ladies wore beautiful dresses, stockings, hats and jewellery – always looking sweet, feminine and polished. When you look back through photographs and advertisements of the time – you can get a sense of the ladylike grace that this period embraced. Perhaps ladies spent so much time making their hair look gorgeous, because their clothing, stockings and fabrics were rationed and this was the only way to feel stylish and dressed up. Continue reading →

June 6 of 2014 marks the 70s anniversary of the Normandy Landings, also known as “D-Day” or “Operation Neptune”. This was the largest seaborne invasion in history and it was the act that began the invasion of Western Europe by the Allied Troups, which was then under German occupation. This invasion led to the Allied victory in the war. Continue reading →

This bank holiday 25th August, Arubas ever popular Jazz Juice celebrates its 21st birthday, and it’s going to be BIG! This Summer sizzler of an evening promises drink deals, great funky music from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, and the best part is that the first 200 people to arrive in fancy dress get in for FREE! So make your...

Big news party fans, October 26th Russell Brand is coming to Bournemouth's very own BIC for his much anticipated 'Messiah Complex Tour'. However what makes this so exciting is that he's inviting everyone to come wearing fancy dress and whoever does, will be brought on stage with him! Basing this request on Bournemouths notoriety for fancy dress, we're predicting that...

All together now…  ‘I don’t know what I’ve been told, but fancy dress never gets old, finding great costumes can take a while, so that’s why I do it Hollywood style’ Why the chant? Well because tomorrow its national forces day! With celebrations all over the country it’s looking to be a big one. So why not get involved and...

  Good Day Party People, July 1st, the Joiners in Southampton plays host to the charity gig of the year 'Jam For Heroes', with all proceeds going towards Help For Heroes it's a great way to spend a balmy Summer evening! With lots of local band talent, the only thing that could make this better is fancy dress right? Right...

Welcome back party people, I expect you're all as excited as we are about the next big event of the Summer, Isle of Wight festival! It promises fantastic music, fantastic atmosphere and as always a fantastic array of costumes and fancy dress! Taking place between the 13th and 16th of June now is the time to pick up your festival...

Hi Party People! Four days to go!!  So stop wondering about what you should dress as and get on down to Hollywood. Our staff are brilliant at coming up with unique ideas and with our insider information we can advise you what has already sold in bulk and what will make you that little bit individual! So with four days left...

Fasten your seatbelts readers, because this competition is one heck of a thrill ride. We are giving you the chance to win you, or you and your crew free costumes of your choice*. Ideal for next years socials or summer ball, or if your are so inclined, to wear on an average day doing the food shop. All you have to do...

That's right party people, there's only THREE DAYS LEFT to claim your discount on all non sale packet costumes by quoting 'STUDENT1' at the till*. So if you're still wondering what to do for Summer ball or have that all important fancy dress function coming up then now is the time to strike! We have a huge selection of the comic...

That’s right party people, only TWO WEEKS to go until Bournemouth University’s Summer Ball and if you are still stressing about what to wear, RELAX, we’ve got you covered. Our staff are great at coming up with inventive and original concepts for group and individual costumes. Not only this but our sale continues with hundreds of fantastic and unique costumes...

The winds of change have swept through Hollywood’s Post Office Road branch and if you have seen it already you’ll know it’s looking awesome! To make way for more costumes and to make it easier for you for, we’ve ripped out the original set up and given our store interior a complete make over! So if you still haven’t found...