Fancy Dress
Rob da Bank has announced the Fancy Dress Theme for Bestival 2008…
'30,000 Freaks Under The Sea'
... calling all Mermaids, Giant Squid, Sharks and Deep-Sea Divers!
Yep – taking a lead from legendary author Jules Verne’s classic tome 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, we can now announce that we are taking it even deeper… 30,000 party people will be deep sea skiving in their best underwater fancy-dress garb at Bestival on the Isle of Wight this September.
Expect scantily-clad mermaids by the dozen, sharks, stingrays, probably the odd shopping trolley and who knows, love might well prove a many tentacled thing for any lucky squid in the area… and surely somebody will resurrect the classic 70s underwater crooner Frankie Prawn joke (please)? The world of costume truly is your lobster at Bestival 2008!
Bestival head-honcho Rob da Bank said:
"We wracked our collective brains ‘til they turned to custard and eventually came up with '30,000 FREAKS UNDER THE SEA' - essentially another open-ended theme open to abuse and many different angles which we hope you'll follow! This year we'll do a night parade as well as daytime one, so make sure you light up bright - calling all pesky squids, little urchins, deep sea divers and Yellow Submarines!"
And if you need a wee bit of help in coming up with the perfect sub-aquatic costume this year, why not take a trip to the ever-helpful Jokers’ Masquerade website…
Following their successful sponsorship of last year’s Bestival FM radio-station, the lovely people at Jokers' Masquerade have announced that they will be partnering up with Bestival once again. Jokers' Masquerade are the perfect fancy dress solution for Bestival-goers everywhere, offering over 10,000 costumes to choose from securely online, including many outfits especially available to inspire you for this year's '30,000 Freaks Under The Sea' theme.
Check out www.joke.co.uk/bestival for loads of great fancy dress ideas and don't forget to enter promo code BEST08 to enjoy an exclusive 10% discount. NB. Promo code must be written in capitals. Offer valid until 31st August 2008.
Also, as always, you can bring your own threads or get kitted out in our ace Dressing Up Area...
The Dressing Up Area will grow in size once again to offer even more in the way of sartorial delights - retro and vintage clothes, hair-styling and adornments, nail painting, and the New Pimp My Outfit Booth - full of sparkling trimmings feathers and sequins to jazz up your festival wear. Plus, of course, the famous moustache bar, eyelash bar, make up, face painting and air brush tattooing. You can even just chill out with a manicure or pedicure. They are also some of the loveliest people you could hope to meet... so pop in and say hello... and walk out wearing a new frock!
NB: It's always fun to get dressed up but it's no sweat if you don't wanna, its a strictly come as you are festival and we want you to feel relaxed and happy at all times.
However, if you put on your dancing shoes... maybe a wig, some mascara, bunny ears, a Spam tin outfit, some clown shoes, an astronauts helmet, a witches hat or just a plain old Buzz Lightyear lycra all-in-one it can be an awful lot of fun and you can pretend to be someone entirely different for the day... or for the whole weekend!