Moulin Rouge Fancy Dress

Fancy dress parties, especially those with a Moulin Rouge Fancy Dress party theme, let you have an excitingly different night out. You can really let your hair down and be a tease.

The name "Moulin Rouge" is french for "Red Windmill" and if you look online for pictures of the moulin rouge you will see the iconic red windmill on the top of the night club. It is an icon of social upheaval during the industrial revolution where there was a new hope for an improved standard of living. The moulin rouge released a mixture of disorder and joy allowing upper lower classes to mix in a wild abandonment of social convention.

Since the release of the Film in 2001 there has been an explosion of enthusiasm for the theme and there are quite a few costumes for women. Some costumes come with feather headpieces, elegant long silk gloves, masquerade eye masks or fishnet stockings but if you feel that the costume you have chosen doesn't have quite what it needs it is very easy and cheap to add some more exciting extras.

There are actually several different types of women's dress and these are called by different names (although they seem to be used interchangeably). These are:

ShowGirl Costume

Can Can Fancy Dress

These two dresses are a modern take of the older period dresses and are more daring than others.

Burlesque Costumes

This dress is more like a spanish dancer's dress - very beautiful.

Dance Hall Dolly Moulin Rouge Outfit.

This outfit has more material that flows around you - and is more like a traditional dress that you would have found in the late nineteenth century.

All of these look great and they are all different, some are more revealing e.g the can can costume while some are less e.g. the Dance hall dolly, so there are dresses to cater for everyone's tastes and they are all great fun.

Costumes for the men

Dressing up for a Moulin Rouge fancy dress party seems a little more difficult as there are not as many costumes to choose from. However what you need to look for is that "bankers outfit"; a white tuxedo, black or dark jacket, cane and top hat. Have a look at the moulin rouge film to get some (over the top ideas). Note:A top hat is authentic when choosing a costume as a favourite trick at the moulin rouge was for a dance girl to kick off his hat with one high kick!

So it is still possible for the men to join in this type of party - they just have to look elegant - while the women can have fun!

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