Continuing our fancy dress guides, tonight we’ll be giving you a head start for an occasion that’s only a matter of weeks away with our guide to St Patrick’s Day Fancy Dress Costumes.
 
Originally St Paddy’s Day was celebrated only in Ireland as a national holiday to celebrate the life of the country’s most recognised patron saint. However, over the last few decades the event has evolved into a massive celebration with St Patrick’s Day parties held all over the world, from large scale parades and firework displays to bars being decked out with green banners and Guinness promotions for themed nights. This year the event falls on a Saturday, it is already expected to be one of the biggest nights out in the social calendar and even boozier and rowdier than the last! Many people opt to dress in Irish themed fancy dress for the occasion, so without further ado, we give you The Mega Fancy Dress guide to St Patrick’s Day Fancy Dress, showcasing some of our favourite Irish inspired costumes available on the site.
 
When it comes to St Patrick’s Day costumes, the typical colours are green, black and gold with Leprechaun costumes being the most popular. There are hundreds of different ways to dress as a Leprechaun, some people choose the easy option, opting just to wear a top hat decorated with a shamrock, a ginger beard and a matching wig, whilst some people go the full hog opting to wear a huge Leprechaun mascot costume with an oversized head. This is a great way to stand out at the party and is likely to make a big impression on your fellow party guests. For those of you who want something that stands out however is not too simple, we recommend the standard Leprechaun Fancy Dress Costume, it includes everything from the green jacket right down to the hat and ginger beard. It also won’t break the bank, costing an affordable £22.99
 

 
Though the above costume is one of our bestsellers for the 17th of March, some women will agree that it’s not that feminine and that is why we also stock a huge range of Ladies’ Leprechaun costumes that’ll have you Irish dancing in style all night long. The most popular of which is our Lucky Leprechaun Costume which includes a pretty green dress and cape as well as the usual shamrock emblazoned hat.
 

 
Finally in our guide are some helpful tips about getting your accessories just right. Girl’s you may want to encompass a bit more green into your fancy dress costume, in which case why don’t you check out our green wigs, or green face paint which you could use to paint shamrocks on your face?
Guy’s if you don’t fancy the whole Leprechaun route but still fancy looking Irish, why don’t you check out our Jedward wig which will instantly turn you into one of the emerald Isle’s most notable twins.
 
We hope you’ve found this guide useful, whatever you choose to do or wear for St Patrick’s Day we hope that it’s a night to remember.