Fancy dress costume parties are held year round. It can seem nearly impossible to plan ahead and buy the perfect fancy dress when it is on sale. If you are in a club or organization that throws frequent fancy dress parties a useful tool that you can use to your advantage is mixing and matching your costumes.

If you have recently joined a club that loves to throw festive costume parties, stock up on various types of wigs, belts, hats, robs, masks, and other standard costume accessory. The perfect time to try and take advantage of these offers is after Halloween and the week after Christmas.

Halloween is known for its gothic themes. With dark makeup, long black wigs, fish net stockings, and an array of gothic costumes, this is the prime time to stock up on any costume basics that you can use in the future. After Halloween you will find those bright colored wigs, wings, hats, and assortment costumes on sale ranging from 50-75% off their standard price.

After Christmas sales will give you a great chance to stock up on multi colored stockings, various styles of hats that can be used to create an array of fantasy characters, from Robin Hood, to a classic elf. You won’t have any problems finding the right accessories for you. After Christmas is also a great time to stock up on red suits and assortments of crazy beards, often offering sales up to 80% off their original price. With prices like these it will make it easy to have all of your costume needs completed before the end of the year.

Finding a good fancy dress sale will help save you money, and give you a chance to build an extensive wardrobe for your various costume needs. It may seem like a lot of work at first, finding these sales, but if you check online, or at your local costume stores after any major holiday or change of season you are bound to find the right costume for you.