Its nearly time for Chinese New Year and this year we celebrate the Year Of The Horse Chinese New Year falls on Tuesday 17th of February, another welcome break from the dark winter months. The skies will light up with people celebrating this happy time of year. This lunar year welcomes the year of the horse, it gallops in with...

Valentine's Day, The Day Of Love always falls on the 14th of February. Celebrating St Valentine who is patron Saint of happy marriages, and love to name a couple. (Who knew epilepsy and bee keeping where among the others.) After the doom and gloom of the January and winter, Valentine's day is a welcome rest bite to the dreary winter...

Right ladies lets get sorted for Halloween! Lets talk Skeleton costumes. Read for spooktacular costume ideas For ladies . Whip up a storm this Halloween with this little number, Miss Whiplash leather look dress with skeleton print. Fever Miss Whiplash Skeleton Beauty the rattles the bones, this Beautiful Bones costume, where beauty meets the afterlife! Beautiful Bones Costume This next...

Do you like scary movies? The horror film character that is Ghost Face from the scream franchise, seems to grow more and more every year. With him also becoming an online sensation. Here at Hollywood we have the many faces of Ghost Face to choose from. With too many to choose from we have put a selection together of some...

With Halloween falling on a Friday this year, we have no excuse not to hold a house party. We may only be in September, but parties need a lot of planning, and here at Hollywood's we can help with the Halloween decorations. Whether you want to go all out and decorate the garden as well as the house we can...

The sun is shining and the summer festivals are upon us. With food festivals, music festivals and family festivals. There is a something for everyone. So get your festival hat on and party the summer weekends away. National Summer Festivals The first festival of the season is Isle of Wight Festival, 19th June to 22nd June at Seaclose Park Newport...

Pride month is here again! That magical time of year when the streets of our cities and towns are brought to life with rainbows and glitter. Rainbow Wings All over the country and in fact the world people come together. Celebrating life and the freedoms we have that many years ago not all of us had. Pride marches started in...

St George's Day 2025 is fast approaching. It’s that time of year that we all raise a glass and drink to the patron Saint of England. St. George. Who was a roman officer who didn’t even visit England. However, he became the patron saint of our small island. How did a Roman officer become the patron saint of a country...

The dark and gloomy days are behind us for another year, Easter Weekend 2025 is almost upon us. The frosts are a thing of memory, even Lent is behind us. So if you look very closely, you may see a very special bunny hopping around with a basket of brightly painted eggs. Easter is most commonly associated with Jesus’s Resurrection...

With January being a long month we need something to look forward to. The end of the month sees the Chinese New Year 2025. Wednesday the 29th January is New years day with new years eve on the 28th. So banish the winter blues and celebrate the coming of the year of the snake. There are 12 zodiac animals, that...

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...

Hohoho here’s hoping for a white Christmas. It’s too early to start thinking about all the good food. But it’s a perfect time to start thinking about all the great parties that will be thrown. So get ready for the Christmas party season with Hollywood Fancy Dress. The big question is, what will you wear? You can’t do the same...

Only a few days away from the multi award winning Bournemouth 7's Festival. They are well into the build of this fabulous sports ad music festival. All happening at Chapel Gate, Hurn from 24th May - 26th May The festival combines music and sport for a glorious bank holiday of fun. Sports include rugby, netball and hockey to name a...

Calling all Bournemouth Uni students! The best part of being a Uni student in Bournemouth is the big summer ball. For the last 30 years it has grown to be one of the best Uni balls in the country. The unique thing about this party is, well mini music festival, is they encourage fancy dress. This year is no exception...

The mornings have started getting brighter, the evenings are lighter, I know what we are all thinking … “Its Crème Egg Time”! Easter 2024 is here! Easter has a lot of meanings, the main one being the resurrection of Jesus, it signifies new beginnings and new life. Who doesn't love a little lamb or baby chicks? Eggs symbolise the birth...

Mothers Day 2024, or Mothering Sunday, here in sunny England is here once again. The time has come to celebrate those special ladies that gave everything to bring us up. How would we have ever functioned without those amazing ladies ironing school uniforms? Who remembers the alarm clock of mum with the distinctive “Get up or you’ll be late for...

Here we are again, World Book Day is here. It’s that time of the year when teachers can make books come to life. Here at Hollywood Fancy Dress we have costumes for the Teachers World Book Day. Why should the kids have all the fun! World Book Day is a great opportunity to inspire students to explore books they may...

That time of year again, World Book Day 2024 is fast approaching. The children are getting excited for a fun day of dress up at school. Ignite their imagination and bring their favourite book alive with a fancy dress costume. The world would look very different without books, I mean what would libraries do? Ok joking aside, films, plays and...

Who remembers that iconic moment when Freddy Kruger begins invading the dreams of teens living on Elm Street. Or when Reagan’s head began to rotate past normal movement in the exorcist. If your anything like us then horror movies are for every week, not just Halloween. Relive the horror classics with our wide selection of Halloween Horror Film Costumes. What...

October is not all about ghosts and ghouls, also the month of the German festival Oktoberfest. Brits being Brits have embraced Oktoberfest with various festival weekends and themed nights. So grab your Lederhosen and party! This is an annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 12...