With Halloween just around the corner and Christmas not long after, there will be loads of opportunities over the coming months to have some fun dressing up. Over the last few years fancy dress costumes have become increasingly intricate and much more authentic. Gone are the days of cutting two holes in a white sheet and pretending to be a ghost, nowadays you can buy complete fancy dress costumes to transform yourself into a superhero, an animal or even your favourite movie character.

Children love dressing up and there are a fantastic range of children’s fancy dress costumes available including all their favourite characters from film and TV along with fantasy characters such as vampires, pirates and fairies. Basic kids’ outfits cost as little as a few pounds but can be accessorised with any of a vast number of hats, belts, jewellery, weapons, shoes, masks etc. as well as costume make up like fake blood that will add the finishing touch to any look.

If you’ve been invited to a fancy dress party then there’s also a great selection of fancy dress costumes for adults covering the entire range from sexy nurse to Robocop. Adult costumes range in price from just a few pounds for a mask or simple outfit to hundreds of pounds for supreme edition sci-fi character costumes such as Batman and Darth Vader that could almost be the real thing.

So whether you’re looking for inexpensive Halloween costumes for kids, or a top of the range superhero costume for yourself, or anything in between, you’re sure to find something that captures your imagination and fits your budget. And if you happen to be throwing a fancy dress party at home this year, don’t forget to include your pets!