A fancy dress party is the perfect opportunity to be someone other than your self, if only for a while.
Grab this chance to impersonate someone you love, mimic someone you admire or give traditional costumes a new twist with your unique flair.
Think outside the box when thinking of costumes to wear at a fancy dress party.
First of all you should decide whether you intend to be someone good or someone bad, someone funny or someone scary.
Choosing a costume that goes with your personality will double your fun quotient as well as that of the other guests.
If comedy is your forte, you could dress up as Charlie Chaplin and entertain everyone with a Charlie Chaplin act.
All you need is a pair of baggy trousers, a walking stick, a hat and a fake moustache a la Charlie Chaplin.
Other funny options include going as a clown or a funny scarecrow.
On the other hand this is the ideal time to reveal your alter ego to everyone.
So take a giant leap out of your comfort zone and live it up as some one you are not.
Are you normally gentle and shy? Well, paint yourself green and go around terrorizing all the guests as you do an impersonation of the Hulk or of the Green Goblin.
Other scary costume ideas include Count Dracula, Frankenstein and countless innovative versions of the traditional ghost costume.
Dress up as an angel or a fairy godmother and show off that flash of goodness with wings and a tiara.
But to unleash the devil within, go dressed up as ...
what else? The devil himself- horns, tail, trident et al.
A good idea for the whole family dress-up is the Incredibles costumes or even different characters from the Flintstones.
Whatever or whoever you choose to be for the day, let the character get under your skin, let your hair down and reveal a side of you that even you did not know existed.