Desert Island Disco August 30 2014

It's almost the end of another summer and Bestival (this coming weekend) is the last major festival of the season. They always raise the bar when it comes to fancy dress. This year's theme is "Desert Island Disco".  Here are some ideas for your festival fancy dress - all available at Mad World to buy or hire.

Disco - 1970s.... Soul Sisters, ABBA, Bee Gees, Pimps, Saturday Night Fever, 1970s velvet suits, flares, groovy shirts, Afro wigs, ABBA wigs, Glitter tinsel wigs, glitter spray, glitter eyelashes, star shades,...

Glastonbury Glad Rags! June 20 2014

It's just five days to go until Glastonbury Festival opens it's gates to thousands of  lucky ticket holders. Arguably the best festival in the world, Glastonbury has been a highlight of the summer since 1970. The first festival was held the day after Jimi Hendrix died and was just £1 a ticket (including free milk!). 1,500 attendees saw the likes of the Kinks and "Mad Mick" perform on Michael Eavis' farm.

From such humble beginnings, the festival has grown more and more popular and really took off in the 90s. Nowadays tickets...

The 8 Groups Of People You Will See At Every Festival May 22 2014 1 Comment

The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and I'm sure I just heard the chime of the ice-cream van.....summer is almost here! This summer is packed full with exciting events like the World Cup and the ever increasing roster of festivals. Fancy dress is a very important element when it comes to festivals, with more and more organisers deciding to set official themes for their events. We will be looking at individual festivals and their themes in the coming months but for now here are the 8 groups you see at every festival!

1: Flower Headband Girls

Preparing for the end of Summer :( August 19 2013

We only have a few more festivals to look forward to this year. This weekend is August bank holiday and we can enjoy the long weekend at Reading/Leeds festivals, Shambala or Notting Hill Carnival.

Reading and Leeds festivals are held every August bank holiday weekend - the events take place simultaneously, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival, the original and senior leg of the two, is the world's oldest popular music festival still in existence. Known for consistently booking big name rock and indie acts, this years headliners are Green...

Masks, Kicking Ass and Green Man! August 13 2013

2013 has been one of the busiest festival seasons we have experienced at Mad World. We are noticing more and more of our customers are spending long weekends at one of the increasing numbers of boutique festivals on the calendar.

Last week's in demand item was definitely the Venetian mask, as Wilderness festival had a Masquerade theme for one of the days. We sold many elaborate masks - feathers, glitter, long noses, you name it. We are looking forward to seeing photographs of masquerade messiness! Don't forget our monthly photo competition is open...

Feelin hot hot hot and this weekend's festival round up July 24 2013

We are loving this wonderful weather and dressing everyone up for BBQs, beach and boat parties –lots of pirates, sailors, Hawaiian babes and dudes! We are also excited to be making lots of new costumes to add to our stock. Having great seamstresses and wonderfully creative at both branches is allowing us to customize outfits to another level! Festival season continues throughout July and into August, following great weather for Glastonbury, Latitude and Lovebox it looks like festival goers will carry on enjoying the heat this weekend at Secret Garden Party and Kendal Calling.