size 22 fancy dress

yraunaj

any ideas for fancy dress theme what i wanted to be when i was 10 which would be 1966 im a size 22 so most of the hire and buy costumes are too small any ideas would be great

wendytiggermad

My sister attended a fancy dress as Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) she looked great and she had it made to fit was same price as hiring a cossie. Can send you a pic if you send your email hope this helps

dora37

How about a nurse?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nurses-White-Dress-BeautyTherapy-Fancy-Dress-SIZE-22_W0QQitemZ250095133630QQcategoryZ1277QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or a nun?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Taylors-Fancy-Dress-XL-Nun-Costume_W0QQitemZ330097606590QQcategoryZ53372QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Katie_Pink

What about a cowgirl!

That way you can wear jeans, boots, a checked shirt and a hat.

You can always add more things if you want to go all out like a gun belt, pig tails etc

amyandoli

never used it, but did a very quick search and found
http://www.partypants.fsnet.co.uk/plus-size-fuller-figure-fancy-dress-costumes.htm
amongst others. Theres a few size 16+ outfits, and even if you dont want to buy/rent one, you could steal the ideas and make your own?

Togas are very easy to make when invited to an improptu fancy dress- just a sheet, a fancy curtain tieback and fake ivy sprayed gold on your head.

Cruella de Ville is simple too- black/white dress. faux! fur coat (like £5 at charity shops, or lend one), spray half your hair white, other black.

amy

bebebelle1975

wendytiggermad wrote: »

My sister attended a fancy dress as Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) she looked great and she had it made to fit was same price as hiring a cossie. Can send you a pic if you send your email hope this helps

Hi

I have exactly the same problem..thanks for this idea I have just found red sparkly shoes in evans for £5.00..................just the rest of it now:)

mistresslenore

...What did you want to be when you were 10, and lets go from there

onredbull

You could have a look in TK Maxx as i know they have clothes that go up to larger sizes - although some are in americansizes but they also have a clearance bit and you may be able to get an item of clothing that you can slightly change it or alter it to what you want it to be - maybe cutting or sewing things on.

You could also cheak out some charity shops :search: as they usually sell loads of bigger sizes and if your only gonna wear it once or twice you dont wanna be paying evans prices !!!

RachelD

What about a witch! You could use an existing black dress or skirt and t shirt. Make a cape from some asatiny mateial or lining. Stitch on a few glittery stars, half moon shapes. You can buy witches hats although thsi might not be the season for them.

I remember making this for my daughter when she was about 7 or 8 and that Christmas she never played with anything else.

yraunaj

thanks to everyone for some great ideas, plenty to think about, as for what i wanted to be when i was 10 it was a long time ago think it was a nurse no super heros around then

thetope

i went to a fancy dress party as an oompa loompa last year, got some bright orange face paint, a green wig off ebay, some stripy football socks, white 3/4 trousers (which i had already), braces and a brown shirt... cost me maybe £10 or £15 in total and it looked brilliant!

ok so it's not something perhaps that you aspired to (the film came out in 1971) but it's a damn cool costume!


edit... and it suited my more uh, "rotund" frame down to the ground