What's the best way to find what I want?

There are three ways to find what you are looking for on our website.

You may simply Browse Our Website by category (eg ladies this will show all related costumes).

Select a Theme (eg 60’s/70’s ladies this will show all related men’s & ladies costumes)

Enter a search word or words into the Advanced Search box or browse the site. There are advantages and disadvantages to this method and we hope to explain the best practices to help:

Browsing our website

This may take a little longer but if you are not sure what you need for a party theme or are looking for an idea, this can be quite inspirational.

This is by far our most recommended approach and we are positive you will save time in the long run.

Using the Advanced Search function

Useful if you are in a hurry, though you can sometimes fall foul and miss an item. The problem is that you have to exacly match letter for letter and word for word to get what you want. Be too vague and you'll find too much, be too exact and you'll miss what you want.

If you miss-type or miss-spell your search criteria, you will not get the desired result. Our engine searches for the exact 'string' of characters. So, if you type "The Pink Ladies From Grease" by example, you will receive a nil return. So, you need to keep it simple. Here are Ryan’s tips on searching:

To increase the amount of results:

• Check your spelling: 'medieval' is not spelled 'medievil' and it's 'Marilyn Monroe' not 'Marilyn Monro'
• Use fewer words: Try 'Pink Ladies' or 'Pink Lady' not 'The Pink Ladies from Grease'.
• Use spaces: Try 'police man' and 'policeman' or 'Pop Star' and 'Popstar'
• Use or not use a hyphen: Try 'spiderman' and 'spider-man'
• Use single words: Try 'police'. Our search engine likes short simple queries.
• Use singular and not plural: Use 'pirate' and not 'pirates'
• Do not use operators: Exclude 'the', 'and', 'a' from the search.
• Use character names not film names: Try ‘Jabba The Hutt' not ‘Star Wars’ To narrow the results:
• Use more specific or concise words: Use 'pistol' or 'gun'
• Use exact phrase: Try 'afro wig' not 'wig'

Which is the best way?

Browse, browse, browse!

We are sure we have what you want, you just have to find it :o) though if all else fails, please feel free to contact us.

Still having problems?

Call us on - 044 (0) 28 90 320532 - Lines are open 8:30am to 5:00pm Mon-Fri