Costume hire for Spring Racing Carnival

Whether you are a fabulous filly or swarve stallion your costume hire needs can be fulfilled at  Melbourne Fancy Dress and Costume Hire

Celebrate Muck-Up day with costume hire from Melbourne Fancy Dress

It's the end of the road for high school students everywhere and what better way to celebrate than a costume from Melbourne Fancy Dress & Costume Hire.

Get your Halloween costume now!

Melbourne Fancy Dress & Costume Hire has everything you will need to be sure you are the star of your Halloween party this year.

Nicki Minaj's costume disaster

We don't expect to be fielding too many requests for this outfit.  

Nicki, in future, give us call and we'll sort you out something a little less... everything.

Get your Spring Racing Carnival costumes

Spring racing is back. On Saturday, 14 September the Underwood Stakes at Caufield will officially begin this spring's racing. If this isn't a great reason to dress-up then we don't know what is.

It's Book Week time!

Find Book Week costumes for your children at Melbourne Fancy Dress.

Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia and celebrated its 65th birthday in 2010.

The date for Book Week 2011 this year is August 20th - 26th.

Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading,

A look back at the most popular halloween costumes of 2010

Halloween is approaching and it is always interesting to see what costumes have been popular in the past. We found this article which lists Lady Gaga and Buzz Lightyear as the years most popular costumes. What does anyone think the most popular costume will be this year?

Village People to judge fancy dress competition

Melbourne Fancy Dress wonders if they will give preference to competitors dressed as village people.

PHOTO: PA

They will judge the competition at Bestival, a music festival in the UK. We will keep our eyes peeled for results. 

Need Party Balloons?

Melbourne Fancy Dress will soon be offering party balloons for all occasions! So watch this space for more information and updates on our great new service.

World UFO Day 2011

Melbourne Fancy Dress and Costume Hire has gone Sci-Fi this month to celebrate the upcoming World UFO Day 2011. So come on down and check out our wide range of Sci-Fi costumes, from Star Trek to The Matrix!

Roll Up! Roll Up!

Melbourne Fancy Dress have gone circus crazy to celebrate Circus Day on 19th of May. We've got clowns, magicians, animals, showgirls, acrobats, ringmasters and much more!

Easter Trading Hours

Customer please take note that our trading hours for Easter will be as follows:
Thursday 21/4/11 Close at 4pm
Friday 22/4/11 Closed
Saturday 23/4/11 Close at 4pm
Sunday 24/4/11 Closed
Monday 25/4/11 Closed
Tuesday 26/4/11 Closed

Easter Bunny Costumes!!

There are still plenty of Bunny costumes available for easter weekend, so book in before they all disappear.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

The new Red Riding Hood movie comes out in cinemas this week so be sure to book in a Red Riding Hood or Big Bad Wolf costume for your next fancy dress party before they get booked out!!

Feeling Lucky?

Come down to Melbourne Fancy Dress & Costume Hire for some great last minute St Patrick's Day accessories bargains that are all under $20.

St Patrick's Day 2011

Melbourne Fancy Dress goes green this month as we celebrate St Patrick's Day, come on in for some great green costume accessories!!

Book Your Party With Us And Get Discounts!

All you need is 10 or more full adult costume hires to receive a 10% off discount and 50% off for the host. This is also a great way to make sure that everyone dresses up and that there are no double ups with any costumes.

Who's Got Spirit? Melbourne Fancy Dress!!!

Support your house colour for upcoming swimming and athletics carnivals by dressing up with Melbourne Fancy Dress & Costume Hire. We have a large range of mascot costumes, colourful wigs, face/ body paint and not to mention we offer a discount to all high school students!

Masquerade Madness!

February is the season of masquerade, so why not add a mask to spice up your next costume? Come in and visit any of our friendly staff at Melbourne Fancy Dress and we guarantee we can help you find a mask to suit your costume!

Planning a hens night?

You can get all your hens night costumes from Melbourne Fancy Dress in Essendon to make your girls' night out a success!