Theatrical costumes tell the story about characters from the past, and costumes give us clues about the character. The costume designer is asked to create costumes that represent actual period clothing of the time.
Halloween has probably been the one event that has drive the love of costume to such great heights. Trends show that we indulge more then than Christmas, in fancy dress activity.
Mention costumes and Halloween is the first occasion that spring to mind. You just need to take a look around to see how this has taken such a strong hold on our activity around the 31st of October. Those in medieval times could hardly have imagined how their style of attire would be celebrated today.
Although traditional costumes for Halloween usually mean monsters, vampires, witches and ghosts, super heroes and characters from television are now starting to appear. As a result, Halloween parties are now cross-theme. It seems any occasion is now an excuse to indulge our desire to dress up.
Fancy dress costumes are now being used in festivals other than Halloween. For example elve costumes are now popular at Christmas and the Easter bunny at Easter time.
Cosplay is the latest fad to hit both America and Japan in costume design. Basically all the costumes at a convention are created based on video game characters. The judging panel then decides on who designed theirs most accurately.
The resources we can now enjoy for our parties are rich and diverse. The film industry, online role playing and traditional sources all combine to provide an enormous range of characters to choose from for our costumes and fancy dress event.
